Lazuli Inc. raised ¥1 billion in Series B funding

~ We aim to expand our business by promoting the use of generative AI, enhancing the functionality of "Lazuli PDP," strengthening hiring, and accelerating our partner strategy ~

Lazuli Inc., which develops and provides solutions for "Lazuli PDP (Product Data Platform)," a service that uses AI technology to organize product data, has signed an agreement in December 2024 for a third-party allotment financing in Series B round with Global Brain Co., Ltd. as the lead investor, and SBI Investment Co., Ltd. and Carbide Ventures as the subscribers. The total amount raised in this round is JPY 1 billion, bringing Lazuli's cumulative funding to JPY 1.56 billion.

Since its founding in 2020, Lazuli has been helping companies solve issues across a wide range of sectors, including food and beverage, daily necessities, and home appliances, through solutions centered on "Lazuli PDP," which leverages AI-based natural language processing and large-scale data technologies. By using its proprietary product data infrastructure, the company enables improved customer experience value centered on product information and promotes digital initiatives through data integration and analysis. Lazuli has already been adopted by major companies that make the most of digital capabilities in their respective industries, such as Asahi Beer, Lotte, Beisia, and Yamada Denki, creating new value through more efficient data collection and organization, as well as digital initiatives that leverage customer data.

<Product Overview>

"Lazuli PDP," developed and provided by Lazuli, is a platform for centrally managing product information that was scattered across multiple external databases, and for organizing and linking data into a form that is easy to use. It uses AI to perform entity resolution on diverse product master data held by manufacturers, retailers, and others, and then assigns metadata and establishes associations based on product features and usage scenarios. Through "Lazuli PDP," this information is automatically linked to various tools.

[Comment from Seigen Hagiwara, Representative Director of Lazuli Inc.]

[Comments from companies that have implemented Lazuli PDP]

<Tomoari Toeda, General Manager, EC Department, Marketing Headquarters, Beisia Co., Ltd.>

<Shintaro Sakagami, Deputy General Manager, Business Division, Asahi Beer Co., Ltd.>

[Comments from investors]

<Global Brain Co., Ltd. General Partner Kiyotora Miyako and Partner Takuya Hosomura>

<SBI Investment Co., Ltd. Investment Department, Hiroyuki Ono>

<Carbide Ventures General Partner Yusei Yoshikawa>

Lazuli is currently recruiting for various positions. You can view the list of open positions at the URL below.
Recruitment page: https://herp.careers/v1/lazuli

Seigen Hagiwara, Representative Director, CEO and CTO of Lazuli Inc., has written a blog post expressing his gratitude and determination to all of you. Please take a look at it as well.
Blog article: https://corporate.lazuli.ninja/useful/series-b-fundraising/

<About Lazuli Inc.>

Press release here:
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000080.000068652.html

<Contact for inquiries regarding this matter>
Lazuli Public Relations Contact: VA International Co., Ltd. Tanaka / Iwano / Tanida
TEL: 03-3499-0016
FAX: 03-3499-0017
E-mail: vai@va-intl.co.jp