MEME introduced on June 18 that it has accomplished the second shut of its Pre-Collection A spherical, bringing its whole funding to ¥280 million. On this spherical, Riso Kagaku Company and particular person investor Yusuke Konishi made new investments, conducting a third-party allocation of shares to strengthen capital ties following the primary shut in December 2024.
The corporate’s faculty cost service “Sukupay” has been launched in roughly 400 colleges nationwide, primarily public elementary and junior excessive colleges, and is utilized by about 110,000 mother and father for funds reminiscent of textbook and tour charges. It helps each speedy account transfers and money funds at comfort shops, and as of Might 2025, it’s related to 382 banks nationwide.
Sukupay integrates with the present communication app “Sukure,” adopting a system that completes every part from billing notifications to funds seamlessly. In collaboration with MUFG Financial institution, it has additionally established a right away debit scheme utilizing “Financial institution Pay,” considerably decreasing the gathering workload for college workers whereas making certain security by not displaying mother and father’ private info to the varsity.
The funds raised will probably be used to develop the gross sales construction to speed up the nationwide rollout of “Sukupay” and to develop merchandise that meet various cost wants associated to child-rearing. Moreover, with a view to creating right into a monetary infrastructure for child-rearing past faculty collections, the corporate plans to strengthen its service platform and organizational construction.
In previous funding rounds, the corporate raised a complete of ¥175 million in December 2024 from Innovation Discovery, FINOLAB, and Iceblue Fund, and secured roughly ¥70 million in a seed spherical in March 2024 from PE&HR and the Japan Startup Assist Affiliation, amongst others.
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