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Ichiro Co., Ltd. Raises ¥1.13B in Series B Funding

Ichiro Co., Ltd., operator of the custom-tailored nursing care service "Ichiro," has raised a total of approximately 1.13 billion yen in Series B funding through a third-party allotment of new shares underwritten by Fast Track Initiative Inc., Aflac Ventures Japan, Inc., MPower Partners Fund LP, Open Network Lab/ESG No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership (commonly known as Earthshot Fund), Cygames Capital, Inc., Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Capital Co., Ltd., Meiji Yasuda Future Co-Creation Investment Limited Partnership, and One Capital Co., Ltd., as well as borrowing from the Japan Finance Corporation. This brings the company's total funding to approximately 1.54 billion yen. Ichiro will continue to accelerate growth and innovation in the nursing care market, which continues to expand with the aging population. In the rapidly expanding nursing care market, Ichiro has been…