We made additional investment in Gojo & Company.

We have made an additional investment in Gojo & Company, Inc. (Representative Executive Officer: Taejun Shin; Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), a company aiming to become the private sector’s answer to the World Bank, in collaboration with several domestic institutional investors and overseas government-affiliated financial institutions.

The company has completed a total of JPY 17.5 billion in Series F funding, bringing its cumulative capital raised since its founding in July 2014 to JPY 46.5 billion. In addition, Gojo and its group companies have secured a total of approximately JPY 15.9 billion in debt financing (including a committed syndicate loan) from six domestic financial institutions, including Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Mizuho Bank.

(Related link:https://gojo.co/gojo-raised-a-total-of-jpy-33-4-billion-usd-233-million-in-equity-series-f-and-debt-to-support-its-growth  )