SBS Holdings and P&E Directions were among the investors that provided $51.7m for the Dentsu, Japan Post, Horipro and MCJ-backed mobile charging station operator.

Inforich, the Japan-based owner of mobile charging service ChargeSpot, has raised ¥5.9bn ($51.7m) from investors including property development and recruitment group SBS Holdings and consulting firm P&E Directions.

NextBlue, Next Unicorn and MRA Investments filled out the participants in the round, which helped push the company’s overall funding to $94.6m.

Founded in 2015, Inforich runs a network of mobile charging service stations under the ChargeSpot brand which are installed at commercial hubs including train stations, restaurants and corner shops across…

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.