# Metro Engines funding: rounds and investors > Metro Engines has raised $9.0M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include SBI Investment, SBI and NEC. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/metro-engines (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Metro Engines* 2 rounds we have observed, with the 9 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. Engineering Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$9.0M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$6.3M** Round **$2.7M** Series B - **Latest round:** Series B, $2.7M May 2019 - **Biggest round:** $6.3M Round · Aug 2018 - **Investors:** 9 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. 2019 **$6.3M** Round **$2.7M** Series B - **First round:** Round, $6.3M - **Biggest round:** $6.3M - **Between rounds:** 8 months ## The rounds - **May 2019** Series B **$2.7M** *1 new* [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) Source recorded - **Aug 2018** Round **$6.3M** *8 new* [SBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi) [NEC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nec) [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) [Vector](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vector) [Evolable Asia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolable-asia) Kiyohiro Sugashita Tap Venture Labo Reported by Thebridge ## 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. **Round** 2018 **Series B** 2019 [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [SBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi) [NEC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nec) [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) [Vector](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vector) [Evolable Asia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolable-asia) Kiyohiro Sugashita Tap Venture Labo ## Everyone who backed them [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **1** round [SBI](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi) Growth equity **1** round [NEC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nec) Corporate VC **1** round [JR East Start Up](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jr-east-startup) VC firm **1** round [Vector](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vector) Private equity **1** round [Evolable Asia](https://millionrounds.com/fund/evolable-asia) Investment firm **1** round Kiyohiro Sugashita no record of our own yet **1** round Tap no record of our own yet **1** round Venture Labo 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=metro-engines). ## Quick answers about Metro Engines ### Who invested in Metro Engines? Metro Engines's investors include SBI Investment, SBI, NEC, JR East Start Up and Vector, and 4 more on record. ### How much has Metro Engines raised? Metro Engines has raised $9.0M across 2 rounds since 2018. ### When did Metro Engines last raise? Metro Engines's most recent round was a Series B of $2.7M in May 2019. ### What was Metro Engines's biggest round? Metro Engines's largest round on record is $6.3M (Undisclosed round), in Aug 2018. ### Who backed Metro Engines first? Metro Engines's first round on record, in Aug 2018, was backed by SBI, NEC and JR East Start Up and 5 others. ### What stage is Metro Engines at? Metro Engines's latest named round is a Series B, in May 2019. ### Where is Metro Engines based? Metro Engines is based in Japan. ## Companies like Metro Engines In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. [**Listie** $1.9M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/listie)[**Things** $2.2M · Jul 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/things)[**Mach9** $46M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/mach9)[**Applied Intuition** $640M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/applied-intuition)[**Aikido Technologies** $5.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/aikido-technologies)[**BioLinker** $1.7M · Oct 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/biolinker) ## 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