# Synspective funding: rounds and investors

> Synspective has raised $144M across 2 rounds since 2019. Investors include Mizuho Capital, SBI Investment and MUFG Bank. Every round with its source.

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

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

# Who invested in *Synspective*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 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.

Aerospace & Space Big Data & Analytics

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$144M** raised across 2 rounds since 2019, from 2 sources

**$100M** Round **$44M** Series C

- **Latest round:** Series C, $44M Jun 2024
- **Biggest round:** $100M Round · Jul 2019
- **Investors:** 7

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.

2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

**$100M** Round

**$44M** Series C

- **First round:** Round, $100M
- **Biggest round:** $100M
- **Between rounds:** 4.8 years

## The rounds

- **Jun 2024** Series C **$44M** *4 new* [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) Also list them on their own site [Energy & Environment Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-and-environment-investment) Source recorded
- **Jul 2019** Round **$100M** *3 new* [Shimizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shimizu-corporation) Keio Innovation Initiative Space aSTART 1 Limited Partnership Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From Synspective's own website: 2 founders, 14 on the team.

**Dr. Motoyuki Arai** Founder & CEO

**Synspective Inc.** Founder & CEO

- **Dr. Kumar Navulur** CEO
- **Atsushi Shito** Board Director
- **Colin Low** Board Director
- **Dr. Toshihiro Obata** Executive Officer
- **Hajime Morioka** Executive Officer
- **Keizo Fujiwara** Executive Officer
- **Mike Edwards** Board Director
- **Ronda Schrenk** Board Director
- **Stefan Chelariu** Executive Officer
- **Tak Nakamura** Executive Officer
- **Takayuki Odawara** Executive Officer
- **Takehiro Sanoh** Executive Officer
- **Tomoyuki Imaizumi** Executive Officer
- **Yu Akiyama** Board Director

## 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** 2019 **Series C** 2024 [Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) [SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) [MUFG Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mufg-bank) [Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) [Shimizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shimizu-corporation) Keio Innovation Initiative Space aSTART 1 Limited Partnership

## Everyone who backed them

[Mizuho Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mizuho-capital) VC firm **1** round

[SBI Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sbi-investment) VC firm **1** round

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

[Pavilion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pavilion-capital) Private equity **1** round

[Shimizu Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shimizu-corporation) Corporate VC **1** round

Keio Innovation Initiative no record of our own yet **1** round

Space aSTART 1 Limited Partnership no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 5 firms list Synspective 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.

[UTokyo Innovation Platform](https://millionrounds.com/fund/utokyo-innovation-platform) Growth equity Per its own site

[Japan Post Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/japan-post-capital) VC firm Per its own site

[Energy & Environment Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/energy-and-environment-investment) VC firm 2024, per its site

[MIRAI SOUZOU](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mirai-sozo-investments-corporation) VC firm Per its own site

[aSTART](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astart) Corporate VC Per its own site

## Quick answers about Synspective

### Who invested in Synspective?

Synspective's investors include Mizuho Capital, SBI Investment, MUFG Bank, Pavilion Capital and Shimizu Corporation, and 2 more on record.

### How much has Synspective raised?

Synspective has raised $144M across 2 rounds since 2019.

### When did Synspective last raise?

Synspective's most recent round was a Series C of $44M in Jun 2024.

### What was Synspective's biggest round?

Synspective's largest round on record is $100M (Undisclosed round), in Jul 2019.

### Who backed Synspective first?

Synspective's first round on record, in Jul 2019, was backed by Shimizu Corporation, Keio Innovation Initiative and Space aSTART 1 Limited Partnership.

### What stage is Synspective at?

Synspective's latest named round is a Series C, in Jun 2024.

### Where is Synspective based?

Synspective is based in Japan.

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