JIJ Raises US$5.2 Million in Funding Led by Global Brain

JIJ has raised JPY 840 million (about US$5.2 million) to expand its AI-enabled optimization platform, advance gate-based quantum computing technologies, scale enterprise deployments, and accelerate international growth. The company plans to invest the funding in research and product development across AI, mathematical optimization, and quantum computing while expanding its technical and business development teams and supporting hybrid quantum-classical computing infrastructure. JIJ is also expanding its global presence through subsidiaries in the UK and Germany and growing its U.S. operations, supported by investors including Global Brain-managed funds and Fujitsu Ventures. PRESS RELEASE — JIJ Inc. (“JIJ”), developer of a quantum- and AI-enabled optimization platform, today announced that it has raised JPY 840 million, approximately US$5.2 million, in equity financing, with Global Brain Corporation (“Global Brain”) serving as the lead investor. The financing was provided through multiple funds managed by Global Brain (GB-VII & GB-VIII Follow-on Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership, KDDI Open Innovation Fund III, ME Innovation Fund L.P., ANA Future Frontier Fund L.P., and KURONEKO Innovation Fund II L.P.)…