# Clean Energy Connect

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/clean-energy-connect

- Industry: Business Support Services
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: www.cleanenergyconnect.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $66M
- Latest round: Series D (Jun 6, 2025)
- Investors on record: 9

## About

Founded in 2020 and based in Tokyo, Japan, Clean Energy Connect, Inc. operates as a consulting firm that engages in the operation and planning of renewable energy power generation and green power solution services for corporations. In April 2024, Clean Energy Connect, Inc. raised an amount in the second closing of Series C funding from SBI Investment. As of 2024, the company is being led by its representative director, Teppei Uchida. 

Clean Energy Connect Inc. specializes in renewable energy consulting and implementation. They offer services including optimal renewable energy introduction and procurement strategies, non-fossil fuel certificates, and various power purchase agreements (PPAs), such as off-site and on-site options. The company also facilitates the supply of raw green electricity for self-consumption and manages projects involving solar power installations on customer premises. 

The company intends to use the April 2024 funds to develop visualization tools for customer decarbonization efforts, expand our team with specialized personnel, and reinforce its organizational structure.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Jun 6, 2025, $30M — J-Will Partners, Energy & Environment Investment
- Series C, Apr 3, 2024, $0.6M — SBI Investment
- Series C, Jul 28, 2023, $23M — Itochu, Kansai Electric Power, Energy & Environment Investment
- Series B, Aug 1, 2022, $14M — Dai-ichi Life Insurance, Itochu, Global Brain, SBI Investment, Shimizu, K4 Ventures

## Investors

- Dai-ichi Life Insurance — Series B
- Itochu — Series B, Series C
- Global Brain (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/global-brain) — Series B
- SBI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment) — Series B, Series C
- Shimizu — Series B
- K4 Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/k4-ventures) — Series B
- Kansai Electric Power — Series C
- Energy & Environment Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/energy-environment-investment) — Series C, Series D
- J-Will Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/j-will-partners) — Series D