# Estie funding: rounds and investors

> Estie has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2025. Investors include Global Brain Corporation, Japan Finance Corporation and MUFG Bank.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/estie (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Japan · [Venture startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *Estie*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 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.

Big Data & Analytics

Raised 7 months ago

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$14M** raised across 2 rounds since 2025, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Apr 2026
- **Biggest round:** $14M Debt · Nov 2025
- **Investors:** 3

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

**$14M** Debt

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Debt, $14M
- **Biggest round:** $14M
- **Between rounds:** 5 months

## The rounds

- **Apr 2026** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *3 returning* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Source recorded
- **Nov 2025** Debt **$14M** *3 new* [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Source recorded

## Founders and team

From Estie's own website: 2 on the team.

- **Kitaru Ueda** 取締役cfo
- **Tatsuya Iwanari** 取締役cto

## 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.

**Debt** 2025 **Venture** 2026 [Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) [Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank)

## Everyone who backed them

[Global Brain Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/global-brain-corporation) VC firm **2** rounds

[Japan Finance Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-finance-corporation) Investment firm **2** rounds

[MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Investment firm **2** rounds

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists Estie as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. 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

## Quick answers about Estie

### Who invested in Estie?

Estie's investors include Global Brain Corporation, Japan Finance Corporation and MUFG Bank.

### How much has Estie raised?

Estie has raised $14M across 2 rounds since 2025. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.

### When did Estie last raise?

Estie's most recent round was a Venture in Apr 2026.

### What was Estie's biggest round?

Estie's largest round on record is $14M (Debt), in Nov 2025.

### Who backed Estie first?

Estie's first round on record, in Nov 2025, was backed by Global Brain Corporation, Japan Finance Corporation and MUFG Bank.

### What stage is Estie at?

Estie's latest named round is a Venture, in Apr 2026.

### Where is Estie based?

Estie is based in Japan.

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