Azbil Invests in DNX Ventures US Fund IV, Aiming to Acquire New Technologies Related to Climate Change and AI, and Accelerate Business Scope Expansion

TOKYO, March 17, 2025: Azbil Corporation (Head Office: 2-7-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Kiyohiro Yamamoto) announces that it has concluded a capital investment agreement with DNX Ventures (Head Office: San Mateo, CA, USA; Representative: Michitaka Kitamura) to invest in the DNX Partners IV, LP fund (hereafter, the Fund) that is managed and operated by DNX Ventures.

This Fund invests in B2B startups in various sectors, including the climate tech domain—focusing on the nexus of digital transformation (DX) and the environment—and in the deep tech domain—which includes such innovative technologies as AI—, in the US and Japan. By investing in this Fund, we aim to explore technologies relevant to these domains, acquire new technologies, strengthen our business foundation, and expand our business domain.

DNX Ventures offers substantive programs to support the strategic business expansion of companies that invest in this Fund, known as limited partners (LPs), including one that provides for the secondment of LP employees to DNX Ventures office in Silicon Valley. Active participation in such programs will allow us early access to information in those areas where the Funds strengths lie, and we will be able to select/evaluate suitable investment targets. Furthermore, by combining automation technology, the foundation of our business, with technologies such as generative AI, we will accelerate our efforts to find solutions to the challenges facing society—achieving carbon neutrality and following the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)—as we look to collaborate and cooperate with other LPs.

Guided by the philosophy of human-centered automation, the azbil Group makes contributions that lead in series to a sustainable society, thus ensuring its own medium- to long-term development, while aiming to continuously improve enterprise value.

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