# BALLAS funding: rounds and investors > BALLAS has raised $21M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Global Brain Corporation, IVC and Shoko Chukin Bank. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/ballas (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *BALLAS* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 6 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. Construction Raised 7 months ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$21M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources **$7.8M** Series A **$13M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $13M Apr 2026 - **Step-up i:** 1.7× - **Investors:** 6 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. 2026 **$7.8M** Series A **$13M** Series B - **First round:** Series A, $7.8M - **Biggest round:** $13M - **Between rounds:** 12 months ## The rounds - **Apr 2026** Series B **$13M** *2 new* *3 returning* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) Source recorded - **Apr 2025** Series A **$7.8M** *4 new* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) Source recorded ## 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. **Series A** 2025 **Series B** 2026 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) ## Everyone who backed them [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **2** rounds [IVC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ivc) VC firm **2** rounds [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) VC firm **2** rounds [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **1** round [Z Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/z-venture-capital) Corporate VC **1** round [Aozora Corporate Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/aozora-corporate-investment) Private equity **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=ballas). ## Also claim to have backed them These 2 firms list BALLAS 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. [ANOBAKA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/anobaka) VC firm Per its own site [JGC MIRAI Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jgc-mirai-innovation-fund) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about BALLAS ### Who invested in BALLAS? BALLAS's investors include Global Brain Corporation, IVC, Shoko Chukin Bank, SBI Investment and Z Venture Capital, and 1 more on record. ### How much has BALLAS raised? BALLAS has raised $21M across 2 rounds since 2025. ### When did BALLAS last raise? BALLAS's most recent round was a Series B of $13M in Apr 2026. ### What was BALLAS's biggest round? Its most recent round, $13M in Apr 2026, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed BALLAS first? BALLAS's first round on record, in Apr 2025, was backed by Global Brain Corporation, IVC and Shoko Chukin Bank and 1 others. ### What stage is BALLAS at? BALLAS's latest named round is a Series B, in Apr 2026. ### Where is BALLAS based? BALLAS is based in Japan. ## Companies like BALLAS In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Infratech Japan Holdings** $1.2M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/infratech-japan-holdings)[**Mozu** $8.0M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mozu)[**Address** $3.1M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/address)[**Velpha** $377K · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/velpha)[**Zip Infrastructure** Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/zip-infrastructure)[**CommerceX Holdings** $11M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/commercex-holdings) ## Find investors like these Search every investor by what they have actually funded, then narrow to your stage and market. Free. 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