From Nagoya, Acompany (Accompaniment) developed by a secret calculation engine, 200 million yen in the pre -series A | BRIDGE (Bridge) Technology & Startup Information
Nagoya -based Acompany (Accompany) announced on April 14 that it has raised 200 million yen in the pre -series A round.The lead instance in this round was ANRI and Beyond Next Ventures, and DG Daiwa Ventures and Epist Ventures participated.Acompany has been investing as the first project for EPIST VENTURES in last year's Sea Dround, and the fund will be investing in the followon this time.Acompany will enhance product development, research and development of secret calculation algorithms, and recruitment and organizational structure through procurement funds.
Acompany is a startup by engineers from Nagoya University and Nagoya Institute of Technology, which has been in its third year since its founding.It supports the engine development of secret calculation and its social implementation, which is the next -generation encryption technology.With DX (digital transformation) is required, it is expected that different companies will be able to obtain new insights by collaborating and analyzing data, but this cooperation has not actually progressed.According to the representative Ryosuke Takahashi, there are many personal data, and these data include corporate know -how and competition sources.
No matter how much NDA is exchanged, it is difficult for different companies to disclose raw data and start the project to perform data and analyze data.It's nothing but naked with each other and tags in a completely defenseless state.Therefore, the secret calculation is the technology that allows both sides to provide secreted data instead of raw data, and so that it can be performed and analyzed as it is.According to Takahashi, only NTT and his Acompany have developed and disclosed the engine for secret calculations in Japan.
The secret calculation is a high hurdle because the processing is complicated, so it is necessary not only to enhance the hardware for the calculation, but also to design a dedicated algorithm from scratch.In October of last year, Acompany has launched a secret calculation engine "QuickMPC" and realizes a mechanism that allows the data to be encrypted simply by installing it on the server.This has begun to be used in various fields, such as digital marketing sites and route optimization AI.
Acompany will launch a community "Secret Calculating Consortium", which will send information related to privacytech and hold events, centered on secret calculations.The community says that in order to respond to the current situation where data utilization and privacy protection are contrary to the revision of the Personal Information Protection Law, the use of data that complies with laws and regulations will study and disseminate information on privacy protection technology.
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