CI Partners has raised ¥400 million in a Series B round, completed through a third party allotment of new shares. The round was led by HIRAC FUND, specifically HIRAC FUND No. 2 Investment Business Limited Partnership. A long list of investors joined in, including Kaga Electronics, Kiyo Growth Support No. 2, Kyoshin Social Capital through the Kyoshin Innovation C3 fund, Kyoto Capital Partners via KCAP Venture No. 1, Gougin Capital’s Goenmusubi No. 1 fund, Sagin Capital & Consulting’s Venture Capital Fund No. 6, THESEED No. 3, Yukaria, and Mika Nakano, president of Life and Seed.
The company runs day support services for children with disabilities, covering both developmental support and after school day services. It also operates employment support services for people with disabilities. The core idea is continuity. Support should not break once childhood ends. CI Partners is building a system that connects care in early years directly to employment support later in life.
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CI Partners was founded in November 2015. CEO Takashi Iezumi started the company drawing from personal and professional experience, as a parent of a child with disabilities, through work in corporate HR focused on disability employment, and by managing welfare facilities. That mix continues to shape how the company thinks about support, from childhood through work, without gaps.

