Japan's Sensyn Robotics raises $15m

The round featured Nabtesco Technology Ventures, Eneos Innovation Partners, Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, and V-cube, a video and web conferencing services provider. They were joined by Japan Finance Corporation and Shoko Chukin Bank, which provided a debt component of unspecified size.

It brings total funds raised since the company’s inception in 2015 to JPY 5.8bn. Previous investors include Eight Roads Ventures Japan, Globis Capital Partners, Drone Fund, Itochu Technology Ventures, and Future Venture Capital, among others.

Sensyn brands itself as a digital transformation company focused on social infrastructure. It develops robotics and drones with a view to meeting challenges around labour shortages, hazardous working conditions, error prevention, and disaster countermeasures.

Target use cases include inspections of power stations, rooftops, and industrial worksites, including mines and ports. Last month, the company partnered with Hitachi Power Solutions for a wind turbine inspection project. Eneos, SoftBank, and Isuzu are also clients.

In August, Sensyn launched a product for use at construction sites called RemoteBase, which allows for the remote control of unmanned underground vehicles (UGVs) from anywhere in the world with internet access. The system uses a thumbpad controller in the same style as a home videogame console. Its UGVs can take pictures and facilitate voice communications.

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