Rounds / Sakana AI
Sakana AI raises ¥12B (Series B (extension))
Sakana AI raised its Series B total to about ¥32B in an April 2026 update. The 2025 announcement had said about ¥20B, so about ¥12B is new in 2026.
- Company
- Sakana AI
- Reported
- 9 Apr 2026 · that week's brief
- Stage
- Series B (extension) · 「シリーズB」 · Series B
- Amount
- ¥12B1 · as announced: 「シリーズB総額約320億円（2025年11月17日発表時は約200億円、2026年4月9日更新）」
- Breakdown
- Equity ¥12BDerived
- Status
- Not yet registry-confirmed
- Notes
- Derived 2026 increment: ¥32B revised total − ¥20B announced 2025-11-17. Company converts at ¥160/USD. INITIAL books ¥31B as a 2026 "Series D" from registry filings; we count only the increment the company disclosed in 2026.
- Investors
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupKhosla VenturesFactorial FundsMacquarie CapitalMouro CapitalMitsubishi ElectricSalesforce VenturesGoogleDatadogCitiCCI GroupNew Enterprise AssociatesGeodesic CapitalLux CapitalOra GlobalFundomoMPower PartnersJAFCOSTNetIn-Q-Tel · list incomplete (release ends with 等/ほか)
- Sector
- AIDeep tech
- Source
- Company announcement
1 ≈ ~$76.7M at the ECB reference rate on 2026-04-09 (¥1 = $0.00639). Yen is the figure of record. Methodology
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