RFC Venture Debt Fund No. 1 Executes ¥120 Million Loan to XAION DATA Inc.

Fivot Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shogo Abe; hereinafter "Fivot"), a startup aspiring to be a challenger bank, has executed a ¥120 million loan to XAION DATA Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Yasuhide Sato; hereinafter "XAION DATA") through the venture debt fund "RFC Venture Debt Fund No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership" (hereinafter "this Fund") jointly established with Resona Bank, Ltd.

Overview of the Loan Recipient Company and Background of Loan Execution XAION DATA's mission is "Maximizing Global Value with AI x DATA." Based on its proprietary open data structuring and integrated AI patented technology "WEB VISION," it connects disparate data to create mechanisms that maximize human and corporate value from vast information.

Considering data as the source of competitive advantage in the AI era, XAION DATA, as an AI Ready platform provider, not only offers its own products supporting HR and Sales activities based on data but also operates AI/data solution services utilizing each company's closed data. It has achieved over 200 implementation successes with both large enterprises and small-to-medium-sized businesses.

Behind this business, a unique database infrastructure has been built, based on the accumulation of different data sets: publicly available web data (open data), user usage data from its own products, and closed data held by each company. The accumulation of structured data leads to further improvement of the services provided by the company and an increase in corporate value.

This Fund highly evaluated the unique strengths and potential of XAION DATA, which is operated by a management team with extensive experience in management, technology, and governance despite their youth, leading to this loan decision.

About RFC Venture Debt Fund No. 1 This Fund was established in November 2025 by Fivot and Resona Bank with the aim of expanding growth capital support for domestic startups from seed to middle stage (total fund size: ¥3.1 billion). Loan executions began in January of this year, with cumulative loan disbursements totaling approximately ¥2.5 billion (as of the end of April 2026).

This Fund aims to realize unprecedented lending operations by fusing the know-how of Resona Bank, which began handling venture debt in October 2023, and Fivot, which possesses proprietary AI credit models and data analysis technology utilizing LLMs.

Comments from Each Company Mr. Yasuhide Sato, Representative Director, XAION DATA Inc. "We are very pleased to receive this financing through 'RFC Venture Debt Fund No. 1' by Fivot and Resona Bank. We, XAION DATA, aim to create a society where the value of people and companies is more accurately evaluated through the power of data and AI. We feel a strong affinity with Fivot, which supports numerous startups with its unique AI credit models and data analysis technology, and creates new value by fully utilizing data and AI without being bound by existing structures. With this support, we will further accelerate our business growth."

Mr. Shogo Abe, Representative Director, Fivot Inc. "XAION DATA Inc. is a professional group that combines outstanding technical capabilities backed by the experience of its management team with strong trust proven by over 200 implementation achievements. The value that their AI data platform brings to the structural social challenge of a declining working population is significant. The direction of maximizing data value based on data and creating new social value strongly resonates with our own mission. As players who make society better with the power of AI and data, we are very pleased to support XAION DATA Inc.'s further leap."

About XAION DATA Inc. Representative: Yasuhide Sato Establishment Date: January 16, 2020 Number of Employees: 75 (as of April 2026) Headquarters: Hanzomon PREX North, 2-3-2 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Website: https://xaiondata.co.jp/ XAION DATA Inc. develops services utilizing open data and provides AI/DATA solutions based on its data collection and structuring patented technology.

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