【Press Release】Challenergy Will Accelerate Mass Production and Sales in 2020 Through 600 Million JPY Fundraising and Business Collaboration With the Investors.
July 23,2019
In July 2019, Challenergy Inc. (President and CEO: Atsushi Shimizu; Head Office: Sumida-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter, “Challenergy”), which develops next-generation wind turbine, “Magnus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”, raised a total of 600 million JPY, consisting of around 500 million JPY fundraising announced in April 2019. Challenergy will also strengthen tie with the investors newly joined in this round.
＜Purpose of the round＞
Challenergy Will Accelerate Mass Production and Sales in 2020 Through 600 Million JPY Fundraising and Business Collaboration With the Investors.
＜Shareholders of this funding＞
REAL TECH FUND
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital Co.,Ltd.
THK CO., LTD*1
The Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited*1
Kobashi Industries Co., Ltd.*1
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation*1
＜Business collaboration＞
THK CO., LTD.：the company which manufactures a main shaft of the turbine, will extend their corporation toward the whole process of manufacturing and its cost analysis*1
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation：the company is aiming to expand the business opportunities in the disaster prevention and mitigation system which continuously provides the power and communication during calamities by the combination of the turbine and satellite antenna*1
The Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited.：the company also considers to install the turbines in its own properties in near future*1
Nippon Steel Engineering Co., Ltd.：the company collaborate in engineering such as design, procurement, and construction, and jointly study cost reduction for commercialization.*2
*1 Press Release on 26 April 2019： https://challenergy.com/en-news/challenergy_raises_record_largest_fundingaccelerate_its_rd_and_business_developments_towards_the_com/
*2 Press Release on 30 May 2019： https://challenergy.com/en-news/press_releasejoint_technology_study_for_next-generation_wind_turbine_magnus_vawt/
＜Contact for more information＞
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