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Who invested in Preferred Networks?
Preferred Networks's investors include Mizuho Corporate Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyota.
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Japan · Venture startup
Who invested in Preferred Networks
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$95Mraised across 3 rounds since 2011, from 3 sources
- Latest round
- VentureDec 2024
- Biggest round
- $95MRound · Aug 2017
- Investors
- 5
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Seed Feb 2011
- Biggest round
- $95M Round · Aug 2017
- Usual gap between rounds
- 7.3 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Dec 2024VentureAmount undisclosed4 new
Source recorded
- Aug 2017
- Feb 2011SeedAmount undisclosed
No investor was named in the report.
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.
Seed2011Round2017Venture2024
Mizuho Corporate BankMUFG Bank
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationMitsubishi Corporation
Toyota
Mizuho Corporate BankMUFG BankSumitomo Mitsui Banking CorporationMitsubishi CorporationToyotaEveryone who backed them
MUFG BankInvestment firm1round
Mitsubishi CorporationVC firm1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists Preferred Networks 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.
Quick answers about Preferred Networks
How much has Preferred Networks raised?
Preferred Networks has raised $95M across 3 rounds since 2011. 2 rounds did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Preferred Networks last raise?
Preferred Networks's most recent round was a Venture in Dec 2024.
What was Preferred Networks's biggest round?
Preferred Networks's largest round on record is $95M (Undisclosed round), in Aug 2017.
Who backed Preferred Networks first?
Preferred Networks's first round on record, in Aug 2017, was backed by Toyota.
What stage is Preferred Networks at?
Preferred Networks's latest named round is a Venture, in Dec 2024.
Where is Preferred Networks based?
Preferred Networks is based in Japan.
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