# Preferred Networks funding: rounds and investors

> Preferred Networks has raised $95M across 3 rounds since 2011. Investors include Mizuho Corporate Bank, MUFG Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.

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

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

# Who invested in *Preferred Networks*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 5 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.

AI Industry 4.0

Valuation: $2.0B, Mar 2026

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$95M** raised across 3 rounds since 2011, from 3 sources

- **Latest round:** Venture Dec 2024
- **Biggest round:** $95M Round · Aug 2017
- **Investors:** 5

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.

2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023

**?** Seed

**$95M** Round

**?** Venture

- **First round:** Seed
- **Biggest round:** $95M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 7.3 years

## The rounds

- **Dec 2024** Venture **Amount undisclosed** *4 new* [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) [Mitsubishi Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-corporation) Source recorded
- **Aug 2017** Round **$95M** *1 new* [Toyota](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota) Reported by Tech in Asia
- **Feb 2011** Seed **Amount 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.

**Seed** 2011 **Round** 2017 **Venture** 2024 [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) [Mitsubishi Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-corporation) [Toyota](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota)

## Everyone who backed them

[Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) VC firm **1** round

[MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Investment firm **1** round

[Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sumitomo-mitsui-banking-corporation) VC firm **1** round

[Mitsubishi Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mitsubishi-corporation) VC firm **1** round

[Toyota](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota) Corporate VC **1** round

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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.

[TBS Innovation Par...](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tbs-innovation-par) VC firm 2025, per its site

## Quick answers about Preferred Networks

### Who invested in Preferred Networks?

Preferred Networks's investors include Mizuho Corporate Bank, MUFG Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation and Toyota.

### 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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