New Innovations raises ¥1.75 billion in Series B extension round through debt financing, bringing total funding to ¥8.56 billion.

New Innovations Inc. (Headquarters: Koto-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Keito Nakao, Susumu Yamada) has raised ¥1.75 billion in a Series B extension round through debt financing with lenders including The Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd. and MUFG Bank, Ltd. This brings the total amount raised since the company's founding to ¥8.56 billion.

The procured funds will be allocated to the mass production and sales channel expansion of products for the OMO business, as well as to strengthen the organizational structure, to further accelerate business growth.

New Innovations is a "next-generation manufacturer" that solves customer issues by combining Japan's hardware technology with software construction capabilities, including AI. By automating and saving labor on tasks traditionally performed by humans using technologies like AI and robotics, the company aims to realize a society where people can engage in high-value-added work that involves communication and warmth.

In its core OMO business, the company develops and provides the smart coffee stand "root C," which creates a new customer experience in a one-tsubo (approximately 3.3 square meters) space, as well as the fully automatic shaved ice robot "Kakigori Maker," the fully automatic hamburger cooking robot "Burger Cooker," the integrated solution "Store Meister" that streamlines store operations, and the voice-interactive AI "AI Order Thru" for taking orders at physical stores.

In addition, for the manufacturing industry, it offers "Zumen Bank," an AI-powered drawing management system that inherits knowledge. As a next-generation manufacturer, besides solving corporate challenges centered on labor-saving, it also contributes to building a foundation that supports the entire Japanese manufacturing industry.

In August 2025, the company initiated a co-representative system with an eye on expanding the scale of key projects in the OMO business, creating new business opportunities, and further enhancing the product development and manufacturing base as a next-generation manufacturer. Furthermore, in November 2025, Starbucks Coffee Japan introduced a corporate solution plan for "root C" (*1), and in December, it announced a partnership with Mos Food Services regarding the utilization of AI for developing next-generation stores (*2), expanding collaborations with industry-leading companies.

*1: New Innovations introduces a corporate solution plan for "root C" at the Starbucks Coffee JR Shin-Yokohama Station, Shinkansen Down Platform 11 store.

*2: Mos Food Services and New Innovations form a partnership. They will deploy next-generation operations to approximately 1,300 stores nationwide through the introduction and utilization of generative AI and robotics.