Sumitomo Corporation's CVC Co-Leads Series A Funding for AI Agent Developer secondz digital

Sumisho Venture Partners, the corporate venture capital firm of Sumitomo Corporation, announced that it has co-led the Series A 1st round investment in secondz digital, a company specializing in AI-native transformation and AI agent development for enterprise customer touchpoints, alongside JAFCO Group.

Driven by the evolution of generative AI and AI agents, corporate sales activities are at a major turning point. The pre-sales process—including company research, customer understanding, hypothesis construction, and proposal preparation—is shifting from human-operated tasks to autonomous operations performed by AI agents.

secondz digital has been involved in developing AI agents capable of executing sales processes since its inception. The company provides end-to-end support, ranging from AI strategy design and AI agent development to implementation and integration into actual workflows. Additionally, it is an early mover in the AEO (AI Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) space.

Sumisho Venture Partners decided on the investment based on the startup's market foresight, implementation capabilities in the enterprise sector, and long-term growth potential. Leveraging Sumitomo Corporation Group's extensive industrial network, the firm aims to assist in creating collaboration opportunities with enterprise clients and exploring new business creation centered on AI agents.