| Company | AquaFusion Inc. |
|---|---|
| Business description | Manufacture and sale of marine acoustic equipment |
| Head Office | 4-1-1-1004 Minatojima Nakamachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-0046 Japan |
| Company Representative | Toyoki Sasakura CEO |
| Establishment | January 19, 2017 |
| Capital | JPY 142,150,000. – |
| Number of employees | 10 (including executives) |
| January 2017 | Established AquaFusion Inc. |
|---|---|
| February 2018 | Invited to be a speaker and received winner at ICC Fukuoka Real Tech Catapult |
| July 2018 | Fundraised 35 million yen from Real-Tech Fund |
| May 2019 | Fundraised 200 million yen from Real-Tech Fund |
| August 2019 | Launched test sales of AquaMagic |
| August 2020 | Won 5th place in 2020 IVS Launchpad |
| December 2020 | Launched AquaMagic officially Released MagicBuoy and MagicView simultaneously |
| March 2021 | Formed business alliance with NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in the field of smart fisheries |
| December 2017 | Japanese Patent No. 6255449 obtained (Acoustic sounding device, acoustic sounding method, and multibeam acoustic sounding device) |
|---|---|
| September 2018 | Japanese Patent No. 6402224 obtained (Acoustic sounding device and Acoustic sounding method) |
| September 2019 | Japanese Patent No. 6587564 obtained (Acoustic sounding device, acoustic sounding method, multibeam acoustic measuring device, and aperture synthesis sonar) |
| February 2020 | Japanese Patent No. 6664731 obtained (Underwater information display equipment) |
| April 2020 | U.S. Patent Application No. 15/748,099 (Privileged and confidential echo measuring apparatus, echo sounding apparatus, multibeam echo measuring apparatus, multibeam echo sounding apparatus, and aperture synthetic sonar) |
| September 2020 | Japanese Patent No. 6757083 obtained (Acoustic sounding device and multibeam acoustic sounding device) |
Media Coverage
The Suisan-Keizai Daily News
The Minato Shinbun
Nihon Keizai Shinbun
（https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQODZ177EF0X10C21A2000000/）
（https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF19DS70Z11C21A1000000/）
（https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOKC043EF0U2A300C2000000/）
Sankei Shinbun
（Smart Fisheries Industry to “Not Too Much” Fisheries Fisheries Resources: Protecting Fisheries Resources with Information and Communication Technology）
（https://www.sankei.com/article/20220510-DFTVSWUQWRMYZBSQTYIULRSHIQ/）
STARTUPS -Here are the answers to revitalizing Japan.- 【Nikkei BP】
（https://www.nikkeibp.co.jp/atclpubmkt/book/22/284080/）
Smart Fisheries Handbook 【Ryokushobou | Written by Masaaki Wada】
（https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/17064192/）
FNN Prime Online
（https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/157933）
Gyoppy
（https://gyoppy.yahoo.co.jp/originals/82.html）
Good Morning Japan (broadcasted on July 5, 2021)
（https://www.nhk.jp/p/ohayou/ts/QLP4RZ8ZY3/blog/bl/pX6P8EQjK4/bp/pgDWBDJbK0/）
Nikkei News Plus 9 (broadcasted on July 28, 2021)
（https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/nkplus/feature/post_232871）
Tankyu no Kaidan（broadcasted on Jan 13, 2022）
（https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/tankyunokaidan/backnumber/index.html?trgt=20220113）
