The space debris removal company has raised another $30m for its Mitsubishi Estate and Koei Tecmo-backed series D round and has now received $132m in total.
Japan-based space debris removal service Astroscale has increased a series D round featuring property developer Mitsubishi Estate and games publisher Koei Tecmo from $50m to $80m, SpaceNews has reported.
The new funding came from public-private partnership Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ), asset manager Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment, investment firm aStart, University of Tokyo’s UTokyo Innovation Platform and private investor Joe Hirao.
The original close included financial services firms Mizuho Bank, SBI and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, which invested…
