SolaNika Inc. (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative: Mai Kikuchi) announces that it has completed its seed round of financing. This seed round consists of equity financing led by Incuate Fund Inc. and debt financing through a loan with credit guarantee from Mizuho Bank. As a first step towards the social implementation of laser wireless power transfer technology, SolaNika aims to conduct demonstration experiments for long-duration hovering of moving drones using laser wireless power transfer within 2026, utilizing the funds raised. Background and Purpose of Fundraising SolaNika develops laser wireless power transfer technology based on research results from Tokyo University of Science. In particular, the company has strengths in automatic imaging technology and predictive tracking technology that continuously irradiate optimized lasers to the light-receiving cell while tracking mobility in three dimensions. Recently, with the advancement of AI, the power consumption of mobility has been increasing. On the other hand, there are limits to battery evolution. Especially for mobile objects like drones, increasing battery capacity leads to increased body weight, creating a dilemma where flight time and payload capacity are constrained. Furthermore, battery capacity limitations significantly impact operations for mobility operating in harsh environments where charging facilities are difficult to install (such as autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and lunar exploration rovers). The laser wireless power transfer we are developing can wirelessly transmit sufficient power at an operational level to mobility, enabling long-duration operation without increasing the mobility's battery capacity. Other wireless power transfer technologies include microwave and electromagnetic induction methods, but our technology is characterized by its ability to transmit overwhelmingly long distances and high power compared to them. As the first startup in Japan aiming for the practical a