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      "hq_country": "Japan",
      "website": "https://ugo.plus/",
      "status": "active",
      "what_it_builds": "Develops its own wheeled, dual-arm semi-humanoid robots. The latest ugo Nova targets manipulation in factories and warehouses, alongside physical-AI training-data collection and model development.",
      "what_it_builds_source": "https://ugo.plus/information/2026/09/16/ugo-nova/",
      "founded_year": "2018",
      "founded_source": "https://corp.ugo.plus/company/",
      "funding_usd": "8992876",
      "funding_basis": "disclosed rounds",
      "funding_source": "https://corp.ugo.plus/news/2024/01/31/20240131seriesb/",
      "funding_note": "Summed: 2020-05-29 JPY120m seed/Pre-A https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000013.000034305.html; 2021-04-28 JPY225m Series A https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000020.000034305.html; 2024-01-31 JPY850m Series B https://corp.ugo.plus/news/2024/01/31/20240131seriesb/. FX: announcement-day USD/JPY rates 107.7700,108.8100,146.2600 respectively (Federal Reserve H.10); total rounded to USD. Partial disclosed-round sum. Excluded amount-undisclosed equity: 2018-06-05,2018-10-31,2021-10-29,2022-10-28,2023-12-21,2025-05-27,2026-04-15 (B3). Earlier JPY40m implied by seed cumulative total lacks dated individual amounts; not assigned a guessed FX date. Cumulative JPY1.65bn (2024) and JPY4bn (2026) are not individual rounds and may include debt; not added. Excluded 2026-10-21 JPY1bn debt. No dated post-money valuation found.",
      "latest_funding_date": "2024-01-31",
      "valuation_usd": null,
      "latest_model": "ugo Nova",
      "latest_model_year": "2026",
      "latest_model_source": "https://ugo.plus/information/2026/09/16/ugo-nova/",
      "units_shipped": null,
      "units_shipped_source": "https://ugo-robot.hatenablog.com/entry/2024/11/29/114527",
      "units_shipped_note": "No humanoid-only delivered/sold/shipped count found. The company tech blog reported more than 200 cumulative robot shipments on 2024-11-29 without a model breakdown; this cannot be assigned solely to humanoids. Nova was unveiled in September 2026 with mass production planned for 2027.",
      "as_of": "2026-11-03"
    }
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  "sources": [
    "https://corp.ugo.plus/company/",
    "https://ugo.plus/",
    "https://ugo.plus/information/2026/09/16/ugo-nova/",
    "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000013.000034305.html",
    "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000020.000034305.html",
    "https://corp.ugo.plus/news/2024/01/31/20240131seriesb/",
    "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000001.000034305.html",
    "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000453.000016751.html",
    "https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000031.000034305.html",
    "https://corp.ugo.plus/news/2022/10/28/ugo-platform-yaskawa-khi/",
    "https://corp.ugo.plus/news/2023/12/21/nttw/",
    "https://ugo.plus/information/press-release/2025/05/27/corpinfo/",
    "https://ugo.plus/information/2026/04/15/financing_news/",
    "https://ugo.plus/information/2026/10/21/debtfinance/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20200601/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20210503/",
    "https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h10/20240205/",
    "https://ugo-robot.hatenablog.com/entry/2024/11/29/114527"
  ]
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