Company Overview
| COMPANY NAME | Nature Architects, Inc. |
| ADDRESS | Sawanotsuru Ningyocho building 4F, 1-3-8, Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0013, Japan |
| CEO | Kai Suto |
| FOUNDED | May, 2017 |
Company History
| May 2017 | Established Nature Architects Inc. |
| December 2018 | Raised 48 million JPY in Angel Round funding from TomyK Ltd, Maeda Corporation, Mistletoe Japan, Studio del Sol, and others. |
| February 2019 | Developed the design platform "Crane" based on origami engineering and launched services targeting the apparel industry. |
| October 2019 | Developed Direct Functional Modeling, based on structural knowledge and design methodologies of metamaterials. |
| October 2020 | Raised 420 million JPY in Series A funding from Daikin Industries, Nifco Inc., Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, Kobashi Industrial Co., Ltd., and others. |
| December 2020 | Developed and launched vibration control and thermal-fluid solutions for air conditioning systems. |
| July 2022 | Developed and launched impact absorption, thermal-fluid, and vibration control solutions for the automotive industry. |
| December 2023 | Selected for NEDO grant project (total grant amount: 300 million JPY) to develop component design algorithms for electric vehicles. |
| February 2024 | Raised 500 million JPY in Series B funding from Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Yanmar Ventures, Daikin Industries (follow-on), and others. |
| April 2024 | Expanded development and services based on automotive solutions to heavy industry and aerospace sectors. |
| October 2024 | Consolidated individual services and evolved into the Nature Architects Design Platform, capable of handling larger-scale structural problems. |