Comture, Eneos Innovation Partners, Globis Capital Partners, Itochu Technology Ventures, Kashiwabara and Taiho all backed the drone technology provider’s $20.4m round.

Sensyn Robotics, a Japan-based developer of unmanned aerial vehicle technology, raised ¥2.2bn ($20.4m) from investors including corporates Comture, Eneos, Globis, Itochu, Kashiwabara and Taiho yesterday.

Petroleum group Eneos, education services provider Globis and trading group Itochu took part through subsidiaries Eneos Innovation Partners, Globis Capital Partners and Itochu Technology Ventures, while IT services firm Comture, building remodelling services provider Kashiwabara and engineering firm Taiho invested directly.

The equity portion was filled out by investment and financial services group Fidelity’s Eight…

Edison Fu

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