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SUPWAT Raises ¥200 Million to Expand Manufacturing DX Platform WALL

SUPWAT, the company behind the manufacturing DX platform WALL, announced on January 6th that it raised about ¥200 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The investment came from INSPiRE Investment through a third-party allotment of shares. This funding will go toward expanding the platform and building more features. WALL is a digital transformation platform focused specifically on the engineering chain in manufacturing. That includes technology development, design, and production processes. The goal is to make experimental and analytical cycles faster and more efficient. It also helps capture and formalize knowledge from the factory floor that would otherwise stay in people’s heads. Companies using WALL include automotive and auto parts manufacturers, chemical and materials manufacturers, all with hundreds of billions of yen in sales. SUPWAT says these companies have been…