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Blue Laser Fusion Completes $37.5M Series Seed Funding Round With Investment From SoftBank Corp., Maezawa Fund, and Itochu Corporation

Blue Laser Fusion Completes $37.5M Series Seed Funding Round With Investment From SoftBank Corp., Maezawa Fund, and Itochu Corporation

Blue Laser Fusion在軟銀公司、前澤基金和伊藤忠公司的投資下完成了3750萬美元的系列種子輪融資
Accesswire ·  03/20 19:45

PALO ALTO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / March 20, 2024 / Blue Laser Fusion Inc. (BLF), a leading inertial fusion company, successfully closed its $37.5 million Series Seed funding round with investment from strategic partners SoftBank Corp., a major Japan-based telecommunication and IT operator, a private investor Yusaku Maezawa through the Maezawa Fund, and Itochu Corporation, one of world's largest trading companies. These new investors joined the round with top tier venture capitalists, JAFCO Group Co., Ltd., SPARX Group Co., Ltd (Mirai Creation Fund III), and Waseda University Ventures.

加利福尼亞州帕洛阿爾託/ACCESSWIRE/2024年3月20日/領先的慣性聚變公司Blue Laser Fusion Inc.(BLF)在戰略合作伙伴軟銀公司、總部位於日本的主要電信和信息技術運營商軟銀公司、前澤基金的私人投資者前澤友作和全球最大的貿易公司之一伊藤忠商事的投資下,成功完成了3750萬美元的種子輪融資。這些新投資者加入了本輪融資,包括頂級風險投資家,JAFCO集團有限公司,SPARX集團有限公司(Mirai Creation Fund III)和早稻田大學風險投資公司。

BLF was founded in 2022 by Shuji Nakamura, Ph.D, 2014 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Hiroaki Ohta, Ph.D, General Partner of Waseda University Ventures (WUV), and Richard Ogawa, a Silicon Valley attorney. The company developed a proprietary novel laser fusion technology capable of achieving the world's first fusion for energy generation for power grids. BLF's technology enables a high efficiency Mega Joule pulse energy laser with a fast repetition rate coupled with a high gain, aneutronic solid target to achieve commercial fusion. BLF plans to complete its first prototype in 2025, and demonstrate a commercial-ready fusion reactor by 2030.

BLF由2014年諾貝爾物理學獎得主、加州大學聖塔芭芭拉分校教授中村修二博士、早稻田大學風險投資公司(WUV)普通合夥人太田宏明博士和硅谷律師理查德·小川於2022年創立。該公司開發了一種專有的新型激光聚變技術,能夠實現世界上第一個用於電網發電的聚變。BLF的技術使高效的兆焦耳脈衝能量激光器具有快速的重複率,再加上高增益的中子固體靶標,從而實現商業聚變。BLF計劃在2025年完成其第一個原型,並在2030年之前演示一座可用於商用的聚變反應堆。

CEO of Blue Laser Fusion, Shuji Nakamura commented, "As we work to commercialize our innovative fusion technology to achieve our vision of a future powered by clean, limitless energy, we are proud to announce that SoftBank Corp., the Maezawa Fund, and Itochu Corporation are becoming shareholders of Blue Laser Fusion. We look forward to working with these world-renowned companies and strategic investors to deliver clean, on-demand renewable energy to the world."

Blue Laser Fusion首席執行官中村修二評論說:“在我們努力將我們的創新聚變技術商業化以實現由清潔無限能源驅動的未來願景時,我們很自豪地宣佈,軟銀公司、前澤基金和伊藤忠公司將成爲Blue Laser Fusion的股東。我們期待與這些世界知名公司和戰略投資者合作,向世界提供清潔的按需可再生能源。”

"Successfully closing our seed round of financing with $37.5M in funding for our U.S. based company by Japanese investors truly shows strong support for our unique and pioneering technical approach for fusion," said Richard Ogawa, General Counsel and Secretary of Blue Laser Fusion.

Blue Laser Fusion總法律顧問兼秘書理查德·小川表示:“日本投資者成功完成了我們的種子輪融資,爲我們的美國公司提供了3750萬美元的融資,這確實表明了對我們獨特而開創性的聚變技術方法的大力支持。”

"We are thrilled to be part of the journey with Blue Laser Fusion," said Akihiko Nakano, Vice President and Head of the Green Transformation Promotion Division at SoftBank Corp. He further emphasized, "As electricity demand for data centers are expected to increase rapidly due to the spread of AI, we hope to utilize CO2-free clean energy generated by Blue Laser Fusion's unique and innovative laser technology, and realize a decarbonized society."

軟銀公司副總裁兼綠色轉型促進部負責人中野明彥說:“我們很高興能參與Blue Laser Fusion的旅程。” 他進一步強調,“由於人工智能的普及,數據中心的電力需求預計將迅速增加,我們希望利用Blue Laser Fusion獨特的創新激光技術產生的無二氧化碳清潔能源,實現脫碳社會。”

Yusaku Maezawa commented, "Investing in Blue Laser Fusion represents more than just a financial opportunity; it is an investment in the future of energy and our planet. Fusion has the potential to revolutionize how we power our world, and we are proud to be backing a company at the forefront of this transformative technology."

前澤友作評論說:“投資藍色激光聚變不僅僅是一個財務機會;它是對能源和地球未來的投資。Fusion有可能徹底改變我們爲世界提供動力的方式,我們很自豪能夠支持一家站在這一變革性技術前沿的公司。”

Tetsuya Yamada, Chief Operating Officer, Energy Division of Itochu Corporation added, "Joining forces with Blue Laser Fusion represents a strategic investment in the future of clean energy. Fusion has long been touted as the holy grail of sustainable power, and we're confident that BLF has what it takes to bring this vision to fruition."

伊藤忠商事能源部首席運營官山田哲也補充說:“與Blue Laser Fusion聯手是對清潔能源未來的戰略投資。長期以來,Fusion一直被吹捧爲可持續能源的聖盃,我們相信BLF有能力實現這一願景。”

About Blue Laser Fusion, Inc.
Blue Laser Fusion is a technology company with novel laser fusion technology. The technology is accelerating a transition to an electrified world without carbon using a proprietary high efficiency laser coupled with a high gain, aneutronic solid fuel target. The technology creates a complete clean energy system for providing electrical power to homes, businesses, and electric vehicles. "Blue Laser Fusion" and the logo are trademarks of Blue Laser Fusion Inc.

關於 Blue Laser Fusion, Inc.
Blue Laser Fusion是一家擁有新型激光聚變技術的科技公司。該技術正在加速向無碳電氣化世界的過渡,該技術使用專有的高效率激光器加上高增益的中子固體燃料靶材。該技術創建了一個完整的清潔能源系統,爲家庭、企業和電動汽車提供電力。“Blue Laser Fusion” 和徽標是 Blue Laser Fusion Inc. 的商標。

About SoftBank Corp.
Guided by the SoftBank Group's corporate philosophy, "Information Revolution - Happiness for everyone," SoftBank Corp. (TOKYO: 9434) operates telecommunications and IT businesses in Japan and globally. Building on its strong business foundation and compelling number of customer touchpoints, SoftBank Corp. is expanding into non-telecom fields in line with its "Beyond Carrier" growth strategy while further growing its telecom business. Also, by fully harnessing the power of AI, 5G/6G, IoT, Digital Twin, Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) solutions, including High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)-based stratospheric telecommunications, and other advanced technologies, SoftBank Corp. aims to be "a company that provides next-generation social infrastructure essential to the development of a digital society." To learn more, please visit

軟銀公司簡介
在軟銀集團的企業理念 “信息革命——人人幸福” 的指導下,軟銀公司(東京:9434)在日本和全球經營電信和信息技術業務。基於其強大的業務基礎和大量的客戶接觸點,軟銀公司正在按照 “Beyond Carrier” 增長戰略向非電信領域擴張,同時進一步發展其電信業務。此外,通過充分利用人工智能、5G/6G、物聯網、數字雙胞胎、非地面網絡(NTN)解決方案(包括基於高海拔平台站(HAPS)的平流層電信和其他先進技術的力量,軟銀公司的目標是成爲 “一家提供對數字社會發展至關重要的下一代社會基礎設施的公司”。要了解更多信息,請訪問

About Itochu Corporation
ITOCHU Corporation was founded in 1858 when the Company's founder Chubei Itoh commenced linen trading operations. Since then, ITOCHU has evolved and grown over 160 years. With approximately 100 bases in 62 countries, ITOCHU, one of the leading sogo shosha, is engaging in domestic trading, import/export, and overseas trading of various products such as textile, machinery, metals, minerals, energy, chemicals, food, general products, realty, information and communications technology, and finance, as well as business investment in Japan and overseas.

關於伊藤忠株式會社
伊藤忠商事株式會社成立於1858年,當時該公司的創始人伊藤忠兵衛開始了亞麻貿易業務。從那時起,伊藤忠已經發展壯大了160多年。伊藤忠商社是領先的崇光商社之一,在62個國家擁有約100個基地,從事紡織、機械、金屬、礦產、能源、化學品、食品、一般產品、房地產、信息通信技術和金融等各種產品的國內貿易、進出口和海外貿易,以及在日本和海外的商業投資。

About Maezawa Fund
The Maezawa Fund, a joint-stock company established by a private investor Yusaku Maezawa, invests in entrepreneurs and organizations that focus on solving social issues. Yusaku Maezawa (born 22 November 1975) is a Japanese billionaire entrepreneur and art collector. He founded "ZOZO" (formerly "Start Today") in 1998 and launched the online fashion retail website ZOZOTOWN in 2004, now Japan's largest. In September 2019, he sold shares to one of the SoftBank Group companies "Yahoo! JAPAN" led by Masayoshi Son and stepped down as president. Since then, he has continued to take on various challenges, including a space mission on the ISS as a private citizen, while at the same time supporting various venture entrepreneurs in Japan and abroad.

關於前澤基金
前澤基金是由私人投資者前澤友作成立的股份公司,投資於專注於解決社會問題的企業家和組織。前澤友作(生於1975年11月22日)是日本億萬富翁企業家和藝術品收藏家。他於1998年創立了 “ZOZO”(前身爲 “Start Today”),並於2004年推出了在線時裝零售網站ZOZOTOWN,現在是日本最大的時裝零售網站。2019年9月,他向軟銀集團旗下的一家公司 “Yahoo!日本” 由孫正義領導,辭去總統職務。從那時起,他繼續接受各種挑戰,包括以普通公民身份在國際空間站上執行太空任務,同時爲日本和國外的各種風險企業家提供支持。

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