{"id":1537,"date":"2026-06-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rapidus.inc\/?post_type=news_topics&#038;p=1537"},"modified":"2026-06-05T10:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:57:22","slug":"20260605-2","status":"publish","type":"news_topics","link":"https:\/\/www.rapidus.inc\/en\/news_topics\/information\/20260605-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapidus Completes 150 Billion Yen Funding Round from Japan Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>TOKYO, June 5, 2026<\/strong> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidus.inc\/en\/\">Rapidus Corporation<\/a> today announced that it has completed an additional funding round of 150 billion yen (equivalent to $943 million USD) from the Information-Technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan, an independent administrative agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) based on the \u201cAct on Facilitation of Information Processing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Rapidus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rapidus.inc\/en\/news_topics\/information\/rapidus-secures-267-6-billion-yen-in-funding-from-japan-government-and-private-sector-companies\/\">announced<\/a> that it received a 100 billion yen investment from the IPA, in addition to private-sector funding, totaling 167.6 billion yen from 32 companies including Canon, Development Bank of Japan Inc., Fujitsu, NTT, SoftBank and Sony Group. Simultaneously, Rapidus announced that the total amount of stated capital and legal capital surplus reached 274.95 billion yen. As a result of this latest capital increase by the IPA, Rapidus funding now totals 424.95 billion yen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its fiscal year 2022, Rapidus has received subsidies from Japan\u2019s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization under the \u201cPost-5G Information and Communication Systems Infrastructure Enhancement R&amp;D Project \/ Development of Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (Commissioned).&#8221; These projects are part of the \u201cResearch and Development of 2nm-Generation Semiconductor Integration Technology and Short Turnaround Time (TAT) Manufacturing Technology Based on Japan\u2013U.S. Collaboration\u201d and \u201cDevelopment of Chiplet, Package Design and Manufacturing Technology for 2nm-Generation Semiconductors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To support its evolution from the R&amp;D stage to full-scale 2nm logic semiconductor manufacturing by 2027, Rapidus will continue to raise capital and financing from a mix of public and private sources.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>About Rapidus Corporation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rapidus Corporation aims to develop and manufacture the world&#8217;s most advanced logic semiconductors. We will create new industries together with our customers through the development and provision of services to shorten cycle times in design, wafer processes, 3D packaging and more. We will continue to challenge ourselves in order to contribute to the fulfillment, prosperity and happiness of people\u2019s lives through the use of semiconductors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Rapidus Corporation<br>Headquarters: 4-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan<br>Founded: August 10, 2022<br>Business Areas: Development, design, manufacture, and sale of semiconductor devices, integrated circuits and other electronic components<br>Capital (as of June 5, 2026): 424.95 billion yen (including legal capital surplus)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Media Contact:<br>Breakaway Communications for Rapidus<br>Email: rapidus@breakawaycom.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news_cat":[9],"class_list":["post-1537","news_topics","type-news_topics","status-publish","hentry","news_cat-information","en-US"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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