# Akippa funding: rounds and investors > Akippa has raised $7.4M across 2 rounds since 2014. Investors include Sumitomo, DENA A/S and JR East Start Up. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/akippa (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Akippa* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Internet Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$7.4M** raised across 2 rounds since 2014, from 2 sources - **Latest round:** Round, $7.4M May 2018 - **Investors:** 8 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2016 2017 2018 **?** Venture **$7.4M** Round - **First round:** Venture - **Biggest round:** $7.4M - **Between rounds:** 3.9 years ## The rounds - **May 2018** Round **$7.4M** *7 new* [Sumitomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo) [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) [Japan Post Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-holdings) Chishima Real Estate Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Fukuoka Nippon Rent-a-car Reported by Thebridge - **Jun 2014** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [DENA A/S](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dena-a-s) From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Venture** 2014 **Round** 2018 [Sumitomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo) [DENA A/S](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dena-a-s) [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) [Japan Post Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-holdings) Chishima Real Estate Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Fukuoka Nippon Rent-a-car ## Everyone who backed them [Sumitomo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo) VC firm **1** round [DENA A/S](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dena-a-s) Private equity **1** round [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) VC firm **1** round [Japan Post Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-holdings) Investment firm **1** round Chishima Real Estate no record of our own yet **1** round Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting no record of our own yet **1** round Fukuoka no record of our own yet **1** round Nippon Rent-a-car no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=akippa). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list Akippa as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Globis Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/globis-capital-partners) VC firm Per its own site [Japan Post Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Akippa ### Who invested in Akippa? Akippa's investors include Sumitomo, DENA A/S, JR East Start Up, Japan Post Holdings and Chishima Real Estate, and 3 more on record. ### How much has Akippa raised? Akippa has raised $7.4M across 2 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Akippa last raise? Akippa's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $7.4M in May 2018. ### What was Akippa's biggest round? Its most recent round, $7.4M in May 2018, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Akippa first? Akippa's first round on record, in Jun 2014, was backed by DENA A/S. ### What stage is Akippa at? Akippa's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in May 2018. ### Where is Akippa based? Akippa is based in Japan. ## Companies like Akippa In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Trifa** $29M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/trifa)[**Ikura** $927K · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/ikura)[**Whop** $400M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/whop)[**Blackwall** $162M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/blackwall)[**Tolan** $30M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/tolan)[**Welltory** $4.0M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/welltory) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. Open the investor searchOr these rounds in the app