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    Visual Cognition Solution “de.Sukasu” Raises ¥60 Million in Pre-Series A

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    Visual Cognition Solution “de.Sukasu” Raises ¥60 Million in Pre-Series A

    do.Sukasu, a provider of visual cognition assessment and training solutions, has announced that it has raised ¥60 million in a pre-Series A round. The investors are the impact fund “Yamato Social Impact Investment Business Limited Partnership,” jointly operated by Nanto Capital Partners and Capital Medica Ventures.

    The company offers a comprehensive visual cognition solution called “de.Sukasu.” Visual cognition consists of spatial cognition and object cognition, both of which are abilities said to decline with age.

    The company’s solution is composed of multiple modules. These include the spatial cognition assessment app “de.Sukasu DRIVE” using smartphones and in-vehicle sensors, the VR-based spatial cognition assessment service “KEEP,” the VR spatial cognition training system “de.Sukasu Training CATCH,” and the tablet-based object cognition assessment service “FIND,” enabling the measurement, assessment, and training of users’ visual cognition abilities.

    According to the company, the VR assessment service “KEEP” can determine accident risk with approximately 4.2 times the accuracy of traditional depth perception tests. Evidence has been accumulated through joint research with Nara Women’s University and Tokyo Rehabilitation Hospital. In collaboration with Nara City and Nara Prefecture, it is being used to evaluate the driving abilities of elderly drivers.

    The funds raised will be allocated to strengthening the development system aimed at expanding product functionality and improving accuracy, as well as intensifying sales and PR activities to increase awareness and expand adoption.

    Since its establishment in June 2020, the company has been operating as an enterprise born from the collaboration between Co-Studio and Sumitomo Pharma. This round represents additional investment from the same fund, which is an existing shareholder, and will support the full transition to the social implementation phase of technology as “investment in do.Sukasu, which tackles social issues in the Yamato region.”

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