# amu

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/amu

- Industry: Environmental Services
- Headquarters: Kesennuma-shi, Japan
- Website: www.amu.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $0.5M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 3, 2024)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Founded in 2023 and based in Japan, amu inc. operates as an environmental service company that engages in the collection, recycling, product development, and sales of waste fishing gear from fishermen, such as used nylon fishing nets.The company offers various recycled products made from discarded fishing gear. The company builds a collection system for collecting fishing gear, develops products, and sells them. It also provides educational seminars related to sustainability and recycling. In August 2025,? amu inc. raised? an undisclosed amount ?in?seed funding ?from new investors AgVenture Lab, TeamMake Capital Inc. and Fisherman Japan General Incorporated Association, with participation from other individual investors. The company plans to use its proceeds from August 2025 funding to  enhance its sales and public relations frameworks, establish a network for collecting fishing nets, acquire new materials from international sources, and initiate global sales.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 3, 2024, $0.5M — Japan Finance Corporation, 77 Bank, ANRI, ANOBAKA, UBE Corporation
- Seed, Aug 1, 2023 — ANOBAKA

## Investors

- ANOBAKA (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/anobaka) — Seed
- Japan Finance Corporation — Seed
- 77 Bank — Seed
- ANRI (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/anri) — Seed
- UBE Corporation — Seed