# Vital Lead Co.

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/vital-lead-co

- Industry: Business Support Services
- Headquarters: Izumo-shi, Japan
- Website: www.vitallead.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $1.3M
- Latest round: Series B (Jun 20, 2023)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in Shimane, Japan, and founded in 1998, Vital Lead Co., Ltd. is divided into 4 divisions: the comprehensive planning division, the information system division, the travel division, and others. In June 2023, Vital Lead Co., Ltd. raised a venture funding from Tottori Capital, with participation from Energy & Environment Investment, and MINAMI HOLDINGS.

The comprehensive planning division is involved in giving consultations regarding public transportation planning, road planning, citizens' consensus, scenery planning, environmental planning, senior citizen welfare, trade and tourism promotion, information technology applications, and logistics enhancement. The information system division carries out system planning and development of new systems that make use of GIS, web, and mobile technology while developing, manufacturing, and selling public transportation-related equipment, such as on-board equipment in buses. The company carries GIS software MapInfo products and can give consultations regarding system infrastructure that uses MapInfo data and GIS. The company accepts all kinds of tasks using GIS, such as agricultural land maps and hazard maps.

The company develops Travel Create a service that supports travel to Shimane, where roads are few. It offers to go around Shimane's temples, taxi-sharing, infrastructure tourism etc. The company also offers other services which seek to promote regional development. Such as Ecchan's plantation club which sells special rice that was cultivated organically with reduced pesticides in the heart of Izumo-cho.

Vital Lead Co., Ltd. plans to use the 2023 funding to accelerate the nationwide development and commercialization of TAKUZO.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jun 20, 2023, $0.8M — Energy & Environment Investment, Tottori Capital, MINAMI HOLDINGS
- Series A, Mar 23, 2021, $0.5M — Samurai Incubate, Tottori Capital

## Investors

- Samurai Incubate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/samurai-incubate) — Series A
- Tottori Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/tottori-capital) — Series A, Series B
- Energy & Environment Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/energy-environment-investment) — Series B
- MINAMI HOLDINGS — Series B