Sakana AI

Sakana AI is a research-oriented artificial intelligence company that develops biologically inspired and nature-driven AI architectures.

Developer tools and cloudPlug and Play500 Global

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Sakana AI | 4802 days from X account to first raise on record

@SakanaAILabs·Raised $135M in 1 sourced round·2 signals before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

1. November 17, 2025
   Series B+ · $135M
   IIQT, KKhosla Ventures, LLux Capital, MMacquarie Capital, MMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, MMouro Capital, MMPower Partners, OOra Global, SSalesforce Ventures, YYONDEN
   Source: fundraisingfox.com
2. September 17, 2024
   Series A · amount undisclosed
   MMiyako Capital (lead), NNEA (lead), MMizuho Financial Group, NNEC Corporation, NNomura, NNvidia, SSBI Group, SStar Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, SSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, TTranslink Capital
   Source: medium.com
3. January 16, 2024
   Seed · amount undisclosed
   LLux Capital (lead), JJAFCO, JJeffrey Dean, JJuly Fund, KKDDI Open Innovation Fund, KKhosla Ventures, LLearn Capital, MMiyako Capital, NNTT Group, SSony Group Corporation
   Source: siliconangle.com
4. June 2, 2023
   Website created
5. 2023
   5500 Global · batch
   Source: 500.co
6. November 23, 2010
   X account created
7. Date unknown
   PPlug and Play · accelerator or program
   Source: public.dxp.playbook.vc

Founders and team

• AF
  AI Fujiki Founder

  source: 500.co
• DH
  David Ha Founder

  LinkedIn · source: 500.co
• LJ
  Llion Jones Founder

  LinkedIn
• RI
  Ren Ito Founder

  @renitomail · LinkedIn
• YT
  Yuta Tamaru Founder

  LinkedIn · source: 500.co
• HT
  Hiroki Taniguchi Business Development Manager
• KH
  Katsuhiro Honda Software Engineer

Investors

• 5500 Globalaccelerator
• CCiti
• FFactorial Capital
• GGoogle
• IIQT
• JJAFCO
• JJeffrey Dean
• JJuly Fund
• KKDDI Open Innovation Fund
• KKhosla Ventures
• LLearn Capital
• LLux Capitallead investor
• MMacquarie Capital
• MMitsubishi Electric
• MMitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
• MMiyako Capitallead investor
• MMizuho Financial Group
• MMouro Capital
• MMPower Partners
• NNEAlead investor
• NNEC Corporation
• NNomura
• NNTT Group
• NNvidia
• OOra Global
• PPlug and Playaccelerator
• SSalesforce Ventures
• SSBI Group
• SSony Group Corporation
• SStar Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company
• SSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
• TTranslink Capital
• YYONDEN

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