Uchida Yoko, Mori Trust, SmartValue, DRS and Taiyo Oil have supplied a total of $21.7m for the cybersecurity and IoT technology provider in 2019.

Japan-based cybersecurity software producer Blue Planet-works secured ¥2.3bn ($21.7m) over the course of this year, from investors including SmartValue, DRS, Uchida Yoko, Mori Trust and Taiyo Oil, it revealed on Monday.

Cloud technology provider SmartValue’s JJP Fund I contributed to the round in January while leasing services firm DRS, office supplies producer Uchida Yoko, real estate developer Mori Trust and petroleum supplier Taiyo Oil made their commitments in July and August.

Blue Planet-works is the developer of an endpoint security…

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.