Prossell HD, founded by technical college graduates and focused on small-factory and AI roll-ups, has completed a seed round with Chiba Dojo Fund as the lead investor. The group’s cumulative funding has reached ¥250 million, including debt.
株式会社プロッセルホールディングス has completed seed-round financing through a private placement to a third party, with Chiba Dojo Fund as the lead investor. As a result, the group’s cumulative funding is expected to reach ¥250 million, including debt.
As a technical-college-founded operating holding company, the company is developing its business by combining the roll-up of small factories with the use of AI. It has identified accelerating development of the FA Engineering OS, building the FDE organization, promoting the roll-up of small factories, and strengthening recruitment as uses of the funds.
The uses of proceeds include accelerating development and social implementation of the FA Engineering OS, building out and expanding the FDE business, promoting the roll-up of small factories, and strengthening recruitment of AI engineers and mechanical design engineers. The subscribers are Chiba Dojo Fund and 1 individual investor.
In investor comments, Okamoto Ryota (岡本 亮太) of Chiba Dojo Fund praised the succession of small factories and the modernization of Japan’s manufacturing industry through data utilization, while Yokoyama Kazuki (横山 和輝) expressed his determination to pursue the transformation of Japan’s manufacturing industry from Niigata.