# Rapidus funding: rounds and investors

> Rapidus has raised $2.6B across 2 rounds since 2026. Investors include MUFG Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank and SoftBank BB Corp. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Rapidus*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 13 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 Hardware & Electronics Manufacturing Semiconductors

Raised 5 months ago

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Funding summary Updated 5 Nov 2026

**$2.6B** raised across 2 rounds since 2026, from 2 sources

**$1.7B** Round **$938M** Venture

- **Latest round:** Venture, $938M Jun 2026
- **Biggest round:** $1.7B Round · Feb 2026
- **Investors:** 13

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.

2027

**$1.7B** Round

**$938M** Venture

- **First round:** Round, $1.7B
- **Biggest round:** $1.7B
- **Between rounds:** 3 months

## The rounds

- **Jun 2026** Venture **$938M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) Source recorded
- **Feb 2026** Round **$1.7B** *12 new* [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [NEC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nec) [Toyota](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota) [Sony Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-group) [Honda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/honda) [Development Bank of Japan Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/development-bank-of-japan-2) [Fujitsu Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fujitsu-ventures) [Canon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canon) [NTT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ntt) [Japan's Information-Technology Promotion Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-s-information-technology-promotion-agency) [KIOXIA](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kioxia) Reported by Ventureburn

## 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** 2026 **Venture** 2026 [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [Mizuho Corporate Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-corporate-bank) [SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) [NEC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nec) [Toyota](https://millionrounds.com/fund/toyota) [Sony Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-group) [Honda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/honda) [Development Bank of Japan Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/development-bank-of-japan-2) [Fujitsu Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fujitsu-ventures) [Canon](https://millionrounds.com/fund/canon)

## Everyone who backed them

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

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

[SoftBank BB Corp](https://millionrounds.com/fund/softbank) Corporate VC **1** round

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

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

[Sony Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sony-group) Investment firm **1** round

[Honda](https://millionrounds.com/fund/honda) Investment firm **1** round

[Development Bank of Japan Inc.](https://millionrounds.com/fund/development-bank-of-japan-2) Government **1** round

[Fujitsu Limited](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fujitsu-ventures) Corporate VC **1** round

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

[NTT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ntt) Growth equity **1** round

[Japan's Information-Technology Promotion Agency](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-s-information-technology-promotion-agency) Investment firm **1** round

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

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Rapidus 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.

[LU Innovation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lu-innovation) Government Per its own site

[LU HOLDING AB](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lu-holding-ab) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Rapidus

### Who invested in Rapidus?

Rapidus's investors include MUFG Bank, Mizuho Corporate Bank, SoftBank BB Corp, NEC and Toyota, and 8 more on record.

### How much has Rapidus raised?

Rapidus has raised $2.6B across 2 rounds since 2026.

### When did Rapidus last raise?

Rapidus's most recent round was a Venture of $938M in Jun 2026.

### What was Rapidus's biggest round?

Rapidus's largest round on record is $1.7B, in Feb 2026.

### Who backed Rapidus first?

Rapidus's first round on record, in Feb 2026, was backed by SoftBank BB Corp, MUFG Bank and NEC and 9 others.

### What stage is Rapidus at?

Rapidus's latest named round is a Venture, in Jun 2026.

### Where is Rapidus based?

Rapidus is based in Japan.

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