As of 9 Nov 2026, AIONA has 1 verified round on record, none with a disclosed amount; latest: ¥140M financing total pre-seed round led by ON&BOARD, announced 24 Sep 2026.
An industrial AI and engineering design company
aiona.co.jpShibuya, Tokyo, JapanManufacturingFounded 2024
7 sources · checked 2 times, last 42d ago
The sources do not specify a round stage. AIONA's package included bank loans; the banks are therefore treated as lenders, not round investors.
Publication audit: ¥140 million is includes debt, not this round's money: "The funding consists of the issuance of J-KISS type new stock acquisition rights through a third-party allocation and loans from Aichi Bank and Mizuho Bank." (https://thebridge.jp/en/2026/09/aiona-raises-%c2%a5140-million-led-by-onboard-for-ai-agent-revy-automating-design-tasks)
| Round | Amount | Announced | Lead | Buzz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-seed | ¥140M financing total | 2026-09-24 | ON&BOARD | No recent discussion |
7 sources · checked 2 times, last 42d ago [ VERIFIED ] read against 4 of 7 sources The sources do not specify a round stage. AIONA's package included bank loans; the banks are therefore treated as lenders, not round investors. Publication audit: ¥140 million is includes debt, not this round's money: "The funding consists of the issuance of J-KISS type new stock acquisition rights through a third-party allocation and loans from Aichi Bank and Mizuho Bank." (https://thebridge.jp/en/2026/09/aiona-raises-%c2%a5140-million-led-by-onboard-for-ai-agent-revy-automating-design-tasks) | ||||
AIONA builds REVY, an AI agent that uses technical documents and tacit design knowledge to help manufacturing companies automate design and make faster, higher-quality decisions.
Japanese manufacturers face labor shortages and the retirement of veteran engineers, while tacit design knowledge remains trapped in personal memory and technical documents, contributing to defects and longer development cycles. The latest round, written by the company as “総額1.4億円” and led by ON&BOARD, is intended to strengthen the development team and accelerate REVY's rollout so that this disappearing know-how can become reusable organizational design capability.
Checked against 10 sources on Sep 25
Also named as backers in company research: Link Capital, Plug and Play Japan, Kobe City SET SAIL!, Aichi Manufacturing Acceleration Program, AICHI CO-CREATION STARTUP PROGRAM 2025, GENIAC
| EARLIER ROUNDS FROM COMPANY RESEARCH · DEVELOPING | ||||
| プレシードラウンド | 総額4,200万円 | 2025-01-28 | Link Capital | |