- Headquarters
- Sendai
- Employees
- 11–50
- Founded
- 2015
- Business Model
- B2B
- Website
- ballwave.jp
- Total Funding
- $4.9M
- Last Round
- Venture RoundOct 2024
- Rounds
- 3
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About
Ball Wave Inc. is a Japanese deep-tech company commercializing ball surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensor technology, originally discovered at Tohoku University. Founded in November 2015 by Dr. Shingo Akao, the company develops, manufactures, and distributes chemical sensing products including a trace moisture analyzer (FalconTrace) and a palm-sized gas chromatograph (SYLPH). The ball SAW mechanism enables highly sensitive real-time detection of trace gases and moisture, with applications in semiconductor manufacturing, industrial safety, and environmental monitoring.
Summary
Ballwave is a Hardware company based in Sendai, Japan, founded in 2015. It has raised $4.9M in total across 3 rounds, most recently a Venture Round in Oct 2024. Investors include Darwin Ventures, Toyoda Gosei and Tohoku University Venture Partners.
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Funding History
Oct 2024
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Funding: Series B through Venture Round. Amounts, valuations, and investors where available.
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