FUNDiT Completes Series D Funding Round, Cumulative Funding Exceeds 6 Billion Yen Including Debt, Accelerating M&A Roll-up Strategy for Small to Medium-sized IT Businesses and AI Investments

FUNDiT Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hiroshi Hirose; hereinafter referred to as "the Company"), which conducts M&A and roll-ups of small to medium-sized IT businesses, has completed a third-party allotment of shares to funds, corporations, five angel investors, and multiple specified investors utilizing the J-Ships (Specified Investor-Oriented Share Scheme) system. As a result, the total cumulative funding, including debt finance from financial institutions, has reached 6.2 billion yen. The Company is a business investment firm that acquires and consolidates small to medium-sized IT businesses, primarily in the advertising and promotion sector. Since its establishment in November 2021, it has already executed over 100 M&A deals and is working on improving the operations of each business. The funds raised this time will be allocated to promote M&A and AI investments to further accelerate future growth.

Under the mission of "contributing to stakeholders and the future of Japan through business investment and management optimization in the IT domain," the Company will continue to promote co-creative M&A and roll-ups.

Series D Funding Overview Funding Method: Third-party allotment of shares Main Investors (in no particular order): MSIVC2025V Investment Limited Partnership, Hakuhodo DY ONE Inc., Yamanashi Susta Investment Limited Partnership, NANKAI NEXT Ventures Inc., F-code Inc., Interspace Co., Ltd., Coconala Inc., Tasuki Holdings Inc., Septeni Holdings Inc., Pialla Ventures No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, multiple specified investors utilizing "J-Ships" provided by FUNDINNO Inc., and five other individual investors. *The exact amount of this funding round is not disclosed as of today.

Comments from Investors (in no particular order)

・Yuichi Hosoya, Manager, Investment Department, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital Co., Ltd. We have invested in FUNDiT Inc., which conducts M&A and roll-ups of small to medium-sized IT businesses. M&A and roll-ups are very difficult business areas to succeed in, but FUNDiT possesses extensive knowledge in the small to medium-sized IT business domain and is a rare entity capable of completing everything from sourcing to PMI at a high level. We look forward to their further leap forward.

・Yohei Kitamura, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Division, Hakuhodo DY ONE Inc. We are very pleased to invest in FUNDiT, which is achieving rapid growth through the roll-up of small to medium-sized IT businesses. We recognize that the company's excellent AI-powered sourcing capabilities and advanced PMI system are rare strengths in the industry. Going forward, we will further deepen collaboration in data and sales areas between both companies to create new value and contribute to the further revitalization of the digital marketing industry.

・Fumitake Irino, Representative Director, Yamanashi Chugin Management Consulting Co., Ltd. FUNDiT is an extremely rare company that systematizes M&A and PMI (post-acquisition operational improvement) for small to medium-sized IT businesses, which tend to be person-dependent, through the power of technology. We believe that the 'IT business roll-up' undertaken by the company holds great potential to solve Japan's business succession problems and accelerate the fluidity of the entire IT industry. We decided to invest this time, expecting them to establish a new standard for IT investment with the strong operational team led by Representative Hirose.

・Naoki Kanaya, Manager, Investment Department, NANKAI NEXT Ventures Inc. We are very pleased to be able to join FUNDiT through this investment. We feel a strong appeal in the 'co-creative M&A and roll-up strategy' that enhances business value through FUNDiT's total digital marketing solutions and the group's expertise, as a next-generation business growth model, and it resonates with our own vision of co-creation. We expect further leaps and sustainable value creation from the professional team led by Representative Hirose, who has extensive experience and achievements, and is accelerating business expansion with high reproducibility.

・Tsutomu Kudo, Representative Director and President, F-code Inc. We have invested in FUNDiT Inc. We believe there is significant room for collaboration between their expertise in M&A roll-ups in small to medium-sized IT businesses and our expansion of business domains through M&A centered on digital marketing. We wish them further growth and success.

・Shinichiro Kawabata, Representative Director and President, Interspace Co., Ltd. FUNDiT is a company with high execution capabilities that has taken on business operations itself through M&A of small to medium-sized IT businesses and has created results in a short period. The company's knowledge and growth in the digital marketing domain