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Hacobu Inc Raises ¥700M, Total Funding Reaches ¥5.6B

Hacobu Inc., which solves logistics issues using the power of data, has announced that it has raised a total of 700 million yen in funding, including additional investment from existing investor JIC Venture Growth Fund No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, in addition to new investors Mercuria Supply Chain Investment Limited Partnership, Konoike Transport Co., Ltd., and one other company (undisclosed). Hacobu has raised approximately 4.9 billion yen to date, and this latest round of funding brings its total funding to approximately 5.6 billion yen. In April 2024, the so-called 2024 problem of "setting a cap on drivers' overtime work" will come into full swing, and logistics is now at an unprecedented turning point. Furthermore, in April 2025, the revised Logistics Act will come into effect, ushering in an era in…