# CAST

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

- Industry: Electronics
- Headquarters: Kumamoto-shi, Japan
- Website: www.cast-sensing.com
- Total disclosed funding: $1.1M
- Latest round: Series A (May 10, 2023)
- Investors on record: 3

## About

Based in Kumamoto, Japan, and co-founded by Kei Nakatsuma (President and CEO), and Makiko Kobayashi (Technical advisor) in 2019, CAST Inc. operates as a developer and manufacturer of ultrasonic sensors for use in industrial settings. In April 2022, the firm raised JPY 40 million in venture debt funding from investors Higin Capital and Real Tech Japan.

The company's solutions for measuring the thickness of pipes in factories and edge sensing in high-temperature areas, narrow areas, and difficult-to-access areas in factories. The flagship product of the company is the Pipe Wall Thinning Monitoring System, which utilizes ultrasonic probes attached to the piping using hose bands, to enable operators to detect and monitor the corrosion and wear thinning of pipes in real-time. The other features offered by the pipe wall thinning monitoring system are heat resistance, optimization of digital twin construction, anomaly detection prediction, maintenance, and production.

The company plans to utilize its April 2022 funding to accelerate the technological development of its sensor technology.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, May 10, 2023, $1.1M — UntroD Capital, Higin Capital, TOA Nondestructive Inspection Co.,Ltd.

## Investors

- UntroD Capital — Series A
- Higin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/higin-capital) — Series A
- TOA Nondestructive Inspection Co.,Ltd. — Series A