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Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in Japan (October 2026)

The most active venture capital funds and angel investors investing in Japan Food and Beverage startups. This investor list is updated monthly from the Shizune investor database, ranked by number of investments in Japan Food and Beverage startup companies. Find investors to raise a Seed, Series A or Venture - Series Unknown round with Shizune.
Investor Relevant Deals Geography Stage Focus Round Size
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
19 Japan, United States, Israel Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $470k–$21M
MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund
13 Japan, United States, India Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing $482k–$16M
ANOBAKA
VC Fund
12 Japan, United States, India Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology $283k–$10M
ANRI
VC Fund
11 Japan, United States, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Health Care, Information Technology $268k–$41M
Genesia Ventures
VC Fund
9 Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $404k–$11M
Future Food Fund
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Denmark Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Food Processing $1.2M–$26M
East Ventures
VC Fund
8 Japan, Indonesia, Singapore Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce $250k–$30M
SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund
8 Japan, United States, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, Health Care $800k–$34M
Nissay Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Ethiopia Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Health Care, Software, Medical $455k–$12M
Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, United Kingdom Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $602k–$48M
Incubate Fund
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, India Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $312k–$20M
Mizuho Capital
VC Fund
7 Japan, United States, Singapore Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $661k–$47M
Yu Akasaka
Angel
6 Japan, Australia, Hong Kong Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Content, Food and Beverage, Internet $28k–$6.2M
UntroD Capital
VC Fund
6 Japan, Singapore, Austria Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care $316k–$15M
Chiba Dojo
VC Fund
6 Japan, Singapore, United States Seed, Series A, Series B Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce $689k–$32M
Agribusiness Investment Development
VC Fund
6 Japan Series A, Series B, Seed Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Manufacturing $1.4M–$31M
Coral Capital
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Denmark Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Information Technology, SaaS $468k–$184M
PE&HR
VC Fund
5 Japan Seed, Series A Software, Fashion, Education $178k–$31M
iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Hong Kong Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A E-Commerce, Internet, Software $351k–$52M
Kemuri Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan Series A, Seed, Series B Agriculture, Food Processing, Food and Beverage $1.4M–$7M
Delight Ventures
VC Fund
5 Japan, United States, Malaysia Seed, Series A, Series B Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology $556k–$19M
Monex Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, China Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Financial Services, FinTech $372k–$17M
Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund
4 Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $212k–$13M
NES Venture Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series B, Series A Software, Food and Beverage, B2C $544k–$3.6M
Ceres
VC Fund
4 Japan, Singapore Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain $450k–$120M
Kajitsudo
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein $2M–$2.7M
Spiral Ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, India Seed, Series A, Series B E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet $500k–$15M
Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel
4 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Art, Software, Reservations $182k–$5.5M
Miraidoa
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Myanmar Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology $96k–$11M
Lotte Ventures Japan
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Series A Food and Beverage, Restaurants, B2B $621k–$4.4M
Yusuke Sato
Angel
4 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel Internet, Content, Software $226k–$27M
W ventures
VC Fund
4 Japan, Indonesia, United States Seed, Series A Information Technology, Content, Internet $382k–$37M
YJ Capital
VC Fund
4 Japan, United States, Indonesia Series A, Seed Software, Information Technology, Apps $150k–$101M
NOW Japan
VC Fund
4 Japan Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A Content, Software, Marketing $13k–$5M
Taliki
VC Fund
3 Japan Seed, Angel, Series A Sustainability, Cooking, Information Technology $534k–$21M
Vector
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round Software, Apps, Internet $174k–$14M
XTech Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence $480k–$11M
Ken Soga
Angel
3 Japan Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D Music, Content, E-Commerce $134k–$6M
Hidetoshi Takano
Angel
3 Japan, United States Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Information Technology, Content $255k–$30M
STRIVE
VC Fund
3 Japan, India, Indonesia Seed, Series A Software, E-Commerce, SaaS $800k–$142M
ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, Belgium Series A, Series B Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology $4M–$213M
JAFCO
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States, India Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence $1.4M–$41M
A-Five
VC Fund
3 Japan Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Health Care $1.8M–$6.1M
VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund
3 Japan, China, Germany Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A Software, Internet, Content $190k–$7.1M
Saison Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, Switzerland Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B Software, Finance, Internet $181k–$28M
Apricot Ventures
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Venture - Series Unknown Food and Beverage, Internet, Fashion $135k–$4.5M
Fundinno
VC Fund
3 Japan, France Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding Information Technology, Content, Health Care $123k–$582k
Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel
3 Japan, Singapore Seed, Angel, Series A Finance, Content, Internet $177k–$40M
Giftee
VC Fund
3 Japan, Indonesia Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Marketing $345k–$2.9M
500 Startups Japan
VC Fund
3 Japan, United States Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown Internet, Software, Task Management $91k–$30M
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 19 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Israel

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 685
  • Round size: Seed $470k–$16M; Series A $1.2M–$21M; Venture - Series Unknown $525k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Caguuu — Caguuu offers high-quality designer furniture at affordable prices, through e-commerce, eliminating middlemen and store operating costs.
  • Smart Craft —
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE Venture Capital (MSIVC)
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 13 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

MSIVC is a venture capital firm that invests in Japanese and global startups scaling to IPO. It focuses on startups in verticals of Fintech, SaaS, Healthcare, AI, E-Commerce, Foodtech, and Environment etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 328
  • Round size: Seed $482k–$12M; Series A $1.2M–$16M; Venture - Series Unknown $957k–$8.3M
  • Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $88M in 2021

Portfolio highlights

  • 9lione — 9lione is a cloud drug management system that can perform complicated drug management easily. It uses optical character recognition technology (OCR) whereas information can be read simply by taking a prescription, and drug inventory lists are automatically created and updated. It was established on August 8, 2018, and is headquartered in Tokyo,Japan.
  • Peco Free — Peco Free is a school meal pre-order service that is selected using a smartphone.
  • Smart Craft —
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ANOBAKA
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 12 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 13 in the past 12 months

ANOBAKA is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm with rich group resources to add value to seed-stage startups. ANOBAKA actively invests in and supports startups aiming to be a global leader in the innovative Internet business and promising to greatly grow up in the future. ANOBAKA's investment focuses on fledgling seed-stage startups. Inaddition to investment financing, ANOBAKA provides founders with a variety of business support such as development consulting by our engineers, sales support, and international marketing support.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 179
  • Round size: Seed $283k–$1.9M; Series A $944k–$10M; Venture - Series Unknown $365k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $31M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • IGU — IGU is a professional team dedicated to designing, refining, and delivering exceptional entertainment experiences. With a strong focus on creativity, quality, and innovation, IGU brings together talented professionals who transform ideas into engaging and memorable experiences.
  • GEMBA — GEMBA develops on-site improvement DX services specialising in the manufacturing industry.
  • NexusAdvisors — NexusAdvisors operates AvaCareer, an AI-powered recruitment platform that leverages intelligent AI agents to support both companies and job seekers by streamlining hiring processes, enhancing candidate matching, and improving recruitment efficiency.
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ANRI
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 11 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

ANRI is a Japanese venture capital firm that mainly invests in seed and early-stage startups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 315
  • Round size: Seed $268k–$9.9M; Series A $967k–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $616k–$9.1M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $102M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Any Style — Any Style develops a messaging app from voice actors that regularly sends messages via subscription. It also engages in the planning and production of audio content and the VTuber production business.
  • Arrowsmith — Arrowsmith is committed to unlocking the full potential of bacteriophages to revolutionize the treatment of bacterial infectious diseases. Through transformative science, Arrowsmith strive to create a world free from the pain and fear caused by antimicrobial resistance.
  • Typewriter Therapeutics — Typewriter Therapeutics, Inc. develops mRNA-based gene therapies using a gene writing, or gene writing, platform for precise insertion of therapeutic genes into the genome. The company builds on transposon-based technologies originating from research by Professor Emeritus Haruhiko Fujiwara at the University of Tokyo. Its programs focus on all‑RNA,nonviral gene writing systems that repurpose natural genetic elements to address severe genetic disorders with limited treatment options. Typewriter Therapeutics conducts research and development across its U.S. and Japan operations and collaborates with investors and partners to advance genetic medicine candidates toward the clinic.
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Genesia Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 9 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Genesia Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on seed/early stage startups in Japan and Southeast Asia. Since it's inception in Dec 2016, Genesia Ventures has invested in over 90 companies in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and the US. Genesia Ventures invests in various sectors: SaaS, marketplace, Media, Finance, Insurance,RealEstate, Healthcare, Medical, Travel, Education, Manufacturing, Construction, HR, Agriculture, Sports, Retail, Entertainment, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 240
  • Round size: Seed $462k–$5.7M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $404k–$2.1M
  • Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $110M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • AI Mage — AI Mage is an IT company that provides AI solutions for anime production business industries.
  • Umami United — Umami United is a plant-based food brand with unique focus on Japanese food technologies and traditional ingredients to make delicious and healthy food to unite people at one table. The wide lineups are designed to be vegan-friendly, buddhist friendly, and halal friendly for all.
  • Gravity Design — Gravity Design is a full-stack platform consolidating supply chains for home interior materials.
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Future Food Fund
VC Fund · Nishi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Future Food Fund is a corporate venture capital company that specializes in the field of food.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Food Processing
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 26
  • Round size: Series A $1.2M–$26M; Series B $1.5M–$7.2M; Venture - Series Unknown $2.5M–$3.1M
  • Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $19M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
  • Mycoverse — Mycoverse is a agri-biotech startup specializes in developing fungal-based biological crop protection solutions to replace chemical pesticides, targeting row crops with an initial focus on potato late blight.
  • GrubMarket — GrubMarket develops a website where sellers can offer foods and other items at wholesale prices to customers. It offers products such as organic foods, vegetables, gluten-free foods, snacks, drinks, pantries, home goods, health and beauty products, baby and kids' products, pets, non-GMO foods, paleo foods, cholesterol-free, and no trans-fatfoods.GrubMarket also offers foods from local farms, fisheries, commercial kitchens, certified home kitchens, and restaurants. Mike Xu founded GrubMarket in 2014, with its headquarters in Newark in California with an additional office in San Francisco in California.
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East Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

East Ventures is an early stage venture capital (VC) focused on Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Japan. Success cases include Tokopedia, Traveloka, and Mercari.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 692
  • Round size: Seed $250k–$5M; Series A $1.9M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $366k–$30M
  • Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $150M in 2022

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • BASE — BASE provides web-based services that develop and build e-commerce platforms. The company provides its services across Japan, such as net shop creation, development of shopping applications, development of online payment, and other services.
  • Tokoshie — Building infrastructure that inspires everyone to create.
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SMBC Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 8 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and its group companies offer a broad range of financial services centered on banking. They are also engaged in the leasing, securities, credit card, investment, mortgage securitization, venture capital and other credit related businesses. The following lists the activities of SMBC, its subsidiaries andaffiliates in the various business segments.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 667
  • Round size: Series A $1.1M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$34M; Venture - Series Unknown $800k–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • LQUOM — QWAVE offers cryptography communication technology.
  • Etaily — Etaily provides e-commerce and retail solutions in the Philippines, enabling brands with end-to-end services, from store management to fulfillment.
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
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Nissay Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Nissay Capital is a venture capital Company specializing in seed, start-up, growth capital, middle stage, and later stage investment.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Health Care, Software, Medical
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Ethiopia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 324
  • Round size: Seed $455k–$9.6M; Series A $1.2M–$12M; Venture - Series Unknown $899k–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • OptQC — OptQC commercializes cutting-edge optical quantum computing technologies developed by the Furusawa-Endo Laboratory. Because optical quantum computers are more scalable than superconducting and other quantum computing implementations, OptQC's optical quantum computers should reach this scale. They also have benefits like faster processing andreduced power consumption, which makes optical quantum computers a possible long-term pinnacle of quantum technology.
  • Eight Knot — Eight Knot is a developer of autonomous navigation systems intended for water mobility. They provide autonomous ship maneuvering technology using robotics, enabling customers with water-on-demand transportation using environment-friendly EV robotic boats.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Global Brain Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Global Brain Corporation is a venture capital firm that invests in companies from seed or early to pre-IPO startups. Global Brain has invested in 300+ startups from seed/early to pre-IPO startups and achieved 25 IPOs and 61 M&As as a result of providing hands-on support services and resources to its portfolio startups. Global Brain hasmanaged a pure investment fund as well as multiple corporate venture capital funds partnered together with tier 1 public companies of telecom, real estate development, financial service, beverages, agriculture food, logistics, and electronic devices.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, United Kingdom

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 831
  • Round size: Series A $1.9M–$28M; Series B $3.4M–$48M; Venture - Series Unknown $602k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $65M in 2025

Portfolio highlights

  • WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
  • Josys — Stop letting runaway SaaS costs & unsecured SaaS access ruin your day. Josys is the only SaaS Management Platform that provides true 360-degree control.
  • Deeping Source — Real-time Video Analytics based on Data Anonymization. High-accuracy computer vision for large-scale spaces: hypermarkets, shopping malls, convention centers, hospitals, logistics warehouses, construction sites, etc.
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Incubate Fund
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Incubate Fund is an independent early-stage venture capital that specializes in providing capital to technology startups at the seed stage. The firm built a portfolio of over 300 companies in Asia, taking 12 companies to public and 20 companies to M&A exit since 2010.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 388
  • Round size: Seed $312k–$7.1M; Series A $1.8M–$20M; Venture - Series Unknown $368k–$9.2M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $127M in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Black Cat Carnival — Black Cat Carnival Inc. is a communication service development company.
  • Carbon CryoCapture — Carbon CryoCapture specializes in the carbon dioxide separation systems aimed at creating economically viable, energy-efficient, and genuinely sustainable CO2 separation and recovery technologies. The company is dedicated to deploying cost-effective, efficient systems for CO2 capture that integrate smoothly with current infrastructures, all whileenhancing energy consumption and production. This enables clients to attain zero emissions throughout the development and application of resources.
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Mizuho Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 7 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Mizuho is the venture capital firm affiliated to Mizuho Bank, the second-largest Japanese bank in terms of assets. The firm has headquarters in Tokyo.The firm has ¥49.6 billion JPY under management, focusing on information technology and biotechnology investments. Over 600 Mizuho companies have gone public. According to Nikkei, Mizuho is thefifth-largest venture capital firm in Japan.Mizuho Capital was formed in 2002 by the merger of Fujigin Capital, Tokyo Venture Capital and IBJ Investment. Three firms were subsidiaries of Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank and the Industrial Bank of Japan respectively.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 545
  • Round size: Series A $1.4M–$32M; Series B $2.4M–$47M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $92M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • AIONA — AIONA uses AI to produce high-quality products and provides everyone with access to knowledge.
  • Yoom — Yoom is a consulting company that offers system development services on AI, IoT, data solutions, and cloud integration.
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Yu Akasaka
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

During Hosei University student, and intern at Hakuhodo C & D. After joining the Image-net, I do media monetization of EC site as a media planner. Then, new business, engaged in Alliance. Launched a crowdsourcing site "MILLION DESIGNS" of design in the individual, sold to Ransazu Corporation. Established the Eureka Co., Ltd., wasappointed Representative Director CEO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Food and Beverage, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Australia, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 41
  • Round size: Seed $302k–$4.3M; Angel $28k–$474k; Venture - Series Unknown $538k–$6.2M
  • Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Now Do — Now Do provides online growth revolution platform.
  • RE — RE specializes in smartphone application design and development.
  • Vitalogue Health — Vitalogue Health is a hormone testing service intended to provide access to hormones and medical care. They allow users to self-check the physical condition for pregnancy and how hormones affect it, whether the symptoms are related to menopause, and provide personalized test results, commented on by physicians.
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UntroD Capital
VC Fund · Sumida, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 14 in the past 12 months

UntroD Capital is an R&D-based innovative technology that specializes in social implementation.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, Austria

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Seed $316k–$6M; Series A $2.1M–$15M; Venture - Series Unknown $438k–$10M
  • Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
  • Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024

Portfolio highlights

  • JAOPS — JAOPS develops space mission operations software, tools, training, and services for spacecraft control and simulation.
  • Eco-Pork — Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite.
  • Teragen Energy — Teragen Energy develops an energy technology platform based on advanced regenerative solid oxide fuel cells that provide both power generation and energy storage in a single system. The company’s systems generate electricity from external fuels such as natural gas or hydrogen without combustion and can operate in reverse to store power as hydrogen.Teragen designs modular systems that can be scaled from megawatt-scale installations for data centers to deployments for microgrids, renewable projects, and utilities. Its technology is intended to help operators manage variable renewable output, ride through outages, and address daily capacity needs using one device. Teragen focuses on applications including AI and cloud data centers, manufacturing and cold storage facilities, remote communities, and electric grid infrastructure. The platform is positioned to replace separate diesel generators and battery systems by combining fuel-flexible generation and low-cost storage in a compact footprint.
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Chiba Dojo
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 6 in the past 12 months

Chiba Dojo is an entrepreneurial community that supports startup companies in various stages from seed to pre-IPO.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $689k–$20M; Series A $1.9M–$32M; Series B $2.3M–$24M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • AlgaleX — AlgaleX is a food technology and biotechnology company that develops AI-powered algae fermentation technology to produce sustainable food ingredients, nutritional compounds, and bioproducts. The company leverages proprietary AI-driven cultivation and fermentation systems to convert underutilized food byproducts into high-value microalgae rich innutrients such as DHA, umami compounds, and other functional ingredients. Its mission is to build a circular bioeconomy by reducing food waste while providing sustainable alternatives to marine- and animal-derived ingredients.The company's core technology is Touji-24, an AI-powered algae cultivation and fermentation control system that automates and optimizes microalgae production. Using proprietary fermentation processes and food byproducts such as awamori lees, AlgaleX cultivates algae that can be used to produce Umamo, a plant-based ingredient combining seafood-like umami flavor with high concentrations of DHA. This approach reduces reliance on wild-caught fish as a source of omega-3 fatty acids while upcycling food industry byproducts into valuable nutritional ingredients.
  • Prossel Holdings — Prossel Holdings are a holding company based in Niigata, building the future of manufacturing and technology.
  • Mign — Mign offers a generative AI-related SaaS solutions for the construction and real estate fields.
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Agribusiness Investment Development
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 6 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Agribusiness Investment Development is a venture capital firm that offers agriculture investment for agricultural corporations. It was established in 2002 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Agriculture, Manufacturing
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$1.4M; Series A $1.6M–$31M; Series B $2.6M–$12M
  • Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • KAICO — KAICO is a pharmaceuticals, diagnostic drugs production company.
  • kikitori — kikitori engages in the development and operation of applications and web systems in the fruit and vegetable distribution field.
  • Newlocal — Newlocal offers planning, development, and consulting services related to real estate, construction, and community development sectors.
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Coral Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 11 in the past 12 months

Coral Capital is a seed stage venture capital firm in Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Denmark

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Seed $468k–$8.5M; Series A $3.2M–$41M; Series B $7.6M–$184M
  • Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
  • Last fund: Likely actively investing — fresh fund, raised $6M in 2026

Portfolio highlights

  • Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
  • Kiviaq —
  • DeltaForesight — DeltaForesight is a business that creates B2B services and goods with a focus on stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.
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PE&HR
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

PE&HR is a private equity and venture capital firm that seeks to invest in incubation, start-up, and early-stage companies. PE&HR primarily invests in the human resources, internet, healthcare, IT, mobile, and social commerce-related industries.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Fashion, Education
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 40
  • Round size: Seed $178k–$1.4M; Series A $585k–$31M
  • Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Landsview — Landsview is an IT company that provides software development, numerical analysis, testing equipment, and measurement services.
  • Flora — Flora develops a big data platform for female health, collecting data on individual symptoms, work performance, health conditions etc.
  • Izanagi Games — Izanagi Games is an entertainment company that publishes interactive games and films. The services provided by the company include the production and distribution of interactive piercing games and story-based movies, allowing creators and development teams to present their projects on a global platform and provide players with an immersive andseamless gaming experience.
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iSGS Investment Works
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

iSGS Investment Works is Japan-based venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Internet, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 58
  • Round size: Seed $351k–$3.1M; Series A $1.3M–$52M; Venture - Series Unknown $661k–$8.4M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • SOUNDRAW — Your personal AI music generator.
  • Inter Holding — Inter delivers solutions for global difficulties using vacuum technology, which uses a particular check valve to maintain a 99.5% vacuum rate.
  • Better Place — Better place vision is to create a world in which kind people can continue to be kind, as well as a society in which people can work in their own way without worrying about money.
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Kemuri Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Kemuri Ventures is a Japanese venture capital firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
  • Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 17
  • Round size: Seed $1.4M–$1.9M; Series A $2.1M–$7M
  • Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $9.5M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • AccordX — AccordX is a platform that allows individuals to open a virtual restaurant, prepare food at cloud kitchens and sell food by online delivery.
  • HarvestX — HarvestX manufactures fully automatic robots which contributes to the shortage of agricultural human resources and stable food production
  • Quantum Flowers & Foods — Quantum Flowers & Foods is a technology firm that develops and creates agricultural business models and technologies.
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Delight Ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 5 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 22 in the past 12 months

Delight Ventures is a venture capital firm that thoroughly reduces the hurdles of entrepreneurship in Japan and supports entrepreneurs in the world. Entrepreneurship is taken as a natural career path, and we aim to be a society where both successful and unsuccessful people can continue to take on challenges.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Malaysia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 93
  • Round size: Seed $556k–$4.3M; Series A $1.9M–$11M; Series B $3.1M–$19M
  • Lead/follow: 31% lead, 69% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $93M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • 10pct. — 10pct. is a consulting firm that provides hotel management, marketing, and operation support services to its clients.
  • Ocean — Ocean is a technology-driven company dedicated to promoting digital transformation in the tax-free and retail shopping sectors. By developing innovative digital platforms and integrated solutions, the company streamlines tax refund processes and enhances the overall shopping experience for international travelers and retailers alike.
  • Voxela, Inc. — Voxels is an AI powered platform on a mission to reinvent caregiving by making incident detection intelligent and actionable.
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Monex Ventures
VC Fund · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Monex Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Japan that finances seed and early stage investments in startup companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, China

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 99
  • Round size: Seed $372k–$2.9M; Series A $1M–$17M; Venture - Series Unknown $473k–$2.5M
  • Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • HEAL-lll — HEAL-lll is a multifaceted firm that merges healthcare, technology, and gamification to promote individual and organizational well-being.
  • Pale Blue — Water propulsion systems for sustainable space development
  • Rise — Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power.
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Japan Finance Corporation
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 69 in the past 12 months

Japan Finance provides a diversified portfolio of financial services to the small and medium enterprise sector.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Debt Financing, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Kenya, Hong Kong

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 389
  • Round size: Seed $282k–$1.8M; Debt Financing $212k–$13M; Venture - Series Unknown $635k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Facilo — Facilo is a real estate communication provider that uses cloud computing to enhance sales and ease transactions of real estate brokerage.
  • ARK — ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming.
  • Intentia — Intentia is a technology startupspecializes in developing and implementing AI-driven workflow support tools and operational systems.
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NES Venture Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

NES Venture Capital is an investment firm.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Food and Beverage, B2C
  • Stage:Seed, Series B, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 23
  • Round size: Seed $544k–$1.4M; Series A $1.2M–$1.7M; Series B $1.5M–$3.6M
  • Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Porty — Porty is a real estate platform company that provides property search tools, urban housing services, and data-driven solutions.
  • GramEye — GramEye is a developer of medical equipment that uses robotics and deep learning to automate gram staining. The company operates under the assumption that the growth of germs that are resistant to antibiotics is a natural occurrence brought on by the usage of these medications. It aspires to a world in which antibiotics are correctly prescribed inall medical contexts. GramEye analyzes medical data, create web services, and create mobile applications as a health sciences company.
  • Compass — Compass is a Solve problems in the local labor market with Consultation x Technology
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Ceres
VC Fund · Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Ceres is a company providing internet marketing services and is engaged in the planning, development, and operation of smartphone media.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Cryptocurrency, Content, Blockchain
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $464k–$2.7M; Series A $1.4M–$120M; Venture - Series Unknown $450k–$3.4M
  • Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Samansa — Samansa is a film production company that offers planning, production, and distribution of telefilms, dramas, and short series.
  • AndGAMER — AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players.
  • TASIMOVF — Founder of Asimov Foundation. Investing in the future of AI & Crypto (a much more meaningful space than FX) prev. @xbox
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Kajitsudo
VC Fund · Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Kajitsudo is a production and sales of large-scale baby leaf.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food Processing, Food and Beverage, Alternative Protein
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 4
  • Round size: Seed $2M–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • DAIZ — DAIZ produces and sells plant-based meat, 'Miracle Meat' which uses germinated soybeans by the proprietary 'Ochiai Germination Method.' Also, DAIZ engages in research and development of raw materials, and drug discovery from germinated soybeans.
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Spiral Ventures
VC Fund · Singapore, Central Region, Singapore · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Our former entity “IMJ Investment Partners” was established in 2012 by IMJ Corporation (“IMJ”), a major digital marketing company, as an independent venture capital subsidiary in Japan. After IMJ was acquired by Culture Convenience Club (“CCC”) in 2013, we continued our investment activities independently, and eventually relocated our office toSingapore to change our strategy and start a venture capital fund for the Southeast Asia market. In 2015, we established the Japan office and started a venture capital fund for the Japanese market.In tandem with the expansion of our business, we left the CCC Group, changed our name to “Spiral Ventures” in 2017, and made a fresh start as an independent venture capital firm.taken from https://spiral-ventures.com/en/group-info/

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Investment focus

  • Industry: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 106
  • Round size: Seed $500k–$4M; Series A $1.4M–$9.3M; Series B $2M–$15M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $64M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Bumame — Bumame menghadirkan layanan kesehatan terpadu, medical check up, vaksinasi, konsultasi dokter, dan informasi kesehatan.
  • TWO — TWO is a health and wellness company that offers innovative lifestyle solutions 2foods, a line of healthy and delicious food products.
  • SPUN — The most reliable online visa platform in Indonesia with 24/7 dedicated assistance and money-back guarantee.
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Ryosuke Matsumoto
Angel · Minato, Chiba, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Ryosuke Matsumoto is the Founder / CEO at Kankak. Ryosuke Matsumoto attended Chuo University.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Art, Software, Reservations
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $182k–$5.5M; Series A $1M–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • 6curry — 6curry is a brand that creates a new community around “curry”, one of the world's best Japanese foods. The concept is to mix many people and ideas like curry made by mixing various ingredients and spices. Original menu development, weekly events are held in the central kitchen, open only to members. We design and produce communication bornfrom food, such as event catering for over 500 people and communication proposals within the company.
  • TRiCERA — TRiCERA provides a platform for artists to advance their careers. It breaks down the barriers of language and distance that artists from all over the world face. It fosters an environment in which participating artists can freely sell their works to collectors and art enthusiasts worldwide.
  • Vivid Garden — vivid garden is an Agriculture company.
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Miraidoa
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups, 10 in the past 12 months

Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. is a venture capital firm specializing in early stage investment. The firm invests in diversified investment in a broad range of industrial sectors. It seeks to invest in Japan. The firm prefers to be the lead investor in its portfolio companies. Future Venture Capital Co., Ltd. was founded in 1998 and is based inKyoto, Japan with offices in Tokyo, Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Kanazawa, Mie, Sakai, Kobe, and Ehime.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Manufacturing, Health Care, Information Technology
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Myanmar

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 171
  • Round size: Seed $338k–$5.3M; Series A $1.2M–$11M; Venture - Series Unknown $96k–$4.6M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.5M in 2020

Portfolio highlights

  • Naorai — Naorai is a food and beverage firm that manufactures wine, beer, spirits, and non-alcoholic beverages.
  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • Dioseve — Dioseve is providing novel possibilities for all life.
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Lotte Ventures Japan
VC Fund · Nishi, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Lotte Ventures Japan supports and collaborates with businesses that embrace challenges and strive to build a better society in the future.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Restaurants, B2B
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 16
  • Round size: Seed $621k–$1.4M; Series A $2M–$4.4M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • CoA Nexus — CoA Nexus develops and operates a skillshare matching platform for human resource research and development.
  • Minnano Shashoku — Minnano Shashoku is a company cafeteria service based on restaurants and provides offices with daily and weekly menus.
  • Crisp — CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site.
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Yusuke Sato
Angel · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Yusuke Sato is the Co-Representative and Co-Founder of Pulit.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Content, Software
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Angel
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 60
  • Round size: Seed $226k–$4.3M; Angel $254k–$4.3M; Venture - Series Unknown $363k–$27M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • Meetscare — Meetscare provides correct information and supports the self-awareness of all people involved in care. The company provides a wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Users can make a telephone consultation and web diagnosis and search for free information using the system.Meetscare was founded on2016 and is headquartered in Arakawa, Tokyo.
  • Driver Technologies — Driver Technologies is a cloud logistics platform provider. It provides a solution for driver matching and cargo vehicle demands.
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W ventures
VC Fund · Shibuya, Kanagawa, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

W Ventures is a Berlin based Venture Design and Venture Capital company that offers a complete framework for the acceleration of digital business ideas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 76
  • Round size: Seed $382k–$14M; Series A $1.3M–$37M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $45M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • Anaguma — Anaguma handles business development based on the philosophy of helping people with a sustainable structure. The company's business objective is to eliminate concerns about purchases and reservations, and it delivers before-sales social networks. It also provides matching services exclusively for housekeepers' personal contracts. Thecompany also offers influencer marketing services with a focus on removing waste completely from advertising and realizing a world in which good products can be sold regardless of advertising costs.Anaguma was founded in January 2016 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • Ness — Ness is a tech company that offers 3 service websites and analytic tools for NFT marketing tool, TikTok product and NFT holders.
  • Visual Bank — Visual Bank operates a stock photo business and provides an AI data platform. It aims to create a society in which the value of Japanese creations is maximized and optimized.
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YJ Capital
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

YJ Capital is a Corporate Venture Capital of Yahoo Japan. Our value is to help global minded entrepreneurs build successful and lasting internet companies. We invest in all stages, all sectors in Asia, US and Israel.YJ Capital has a unique access to Yahoo Japan's operational experience and unparalleled Japan market entry support. Oursole LP allows us to focus only on our portfolio companies and make fast decision making.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Apps
  • Stage:Series A, Seed
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 110
  • Round size: Seed $992k–$71M; Series A $150k–$101M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $2.9B in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Brhino — Brhino provides planning, development, and management of web services. The company's product, Monokabu, is a site where people can buy and sell sneakers and things like stock. Brhino is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
  • LEAN BODY — Lean Body is an online platform for fitness videos.
  • Stacked — Stacked is a new membership platform where fans get the most out of their support for creators.
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NOW Japan
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 4 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Next One for the World.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Content, Software, Marketing
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 67
  • Round size: Seed $90k–$4.3M; Series A $880k–$5M; Venture - Series Unknown $13k–$2.8M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sinumy — Sinumy develops touchless identity authentication technology and high-speed, high-precision position measurement technology.
  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Tohakusha — Tohakusha is a creative agency that offers design, production and sale of digital content and EC websites, and content creation services.
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Taliki
VC Fund · Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Sustainability, Cooking, Information Technology
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 9
  • Round size: Seed $534k–$21M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • AiCAN — AiCAN provides system planning and development, data analysis, IT, and consulting services related to child welfare.
  • Gab — Gab is a company that works to solve social problems as well as develops and markets ethical products.
  • ForestFolks — ForestFolks Provider of forest management and conservation services aimed at protecting forestry and the environment.The company exploits and successfully employs the forest's CO2 absorption potential and conserves and recovers forest resources and biodiversity, allowing for regulatory compliance and supporting environmental protection.
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Vector
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Vector is a Japan-based PR agency that provides PR planning and implementation services for its clients. The agency also offers other services covering areas such as management, finance, accounting, human resources, administration, internal controls, and audits. Vector was founded in 1993.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Apps, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Corporate Round
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Seed $541k–$5M; Corporate Round $174k–$2.7M; Venture - Series Unknown $226k–$14M
  • Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Pick You — Pick You offers a marketplace that facilitates seamless purchase of items directly from popular Instagram users.
  • CareLink — CareLink is an app that connects people looking for one-time part-time work in nursing and welfare.
  • Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
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XTech Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

XTech Ventures aims to achieve dramatic growth for investee companies by supporting entrepreneurship, multifaceted management support, and IPO support for the excellent middle class who are enthusiastic about entrepreneurship.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Italy, United Arab Emirates

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 119
  • Round size: Seed $480k–$3.7M; Series A $1.1M–$7.8M; Venture - Series Unknown $549k–$11M
  • Lead/follow: 37% lead, 63% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $27M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • Yondemy — Yondemy is an online platform for children reading books.
  • Yokohama Vanilla — Yokohama Vanilla is a Company which operates Yokohama-based gift sweets brand.
  • Zeal Boxing Fitness — Zeal Boxing Fitness combines power of sports with the power of technology to provide a service that allows to enjoy fitness.
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Ken Soga
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Ken Soga is an individual investor.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Music, Content, E-Commerce
  • Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 10
  • Round size: Seed $134k–$6M
  • Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Tooon — Tooon Inc. is a technology company that deals with development and operations of business management tools .
  • Kids Snack Lab — Kids Snack Lab is a food manufacturing firm that produces and sells nutritional sweets for children.
  • Volve Creative — Volve Creative is a media company that provides virtual artist management, events, advertising video, and music production services.
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Hidetoshi Takano
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Joined Intelligence in 1999. Established Key Players Inc. in 2005. Consultation with more than 3,000 managers and career counseling for more than 10,000 individuals. In addition, we have invested in more than 55 outside directors, advisors and angels in Silicon Valley and Bangladesh in Japan. Over 100 lectures on careers, entrepreneurship andstartups.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Content
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 42
  • Round size: Seed $255k–$5.7M; Angel $493k–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $461k–$3.8M
  • Lead/follow: 2% lead, 98% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Kaimak — Kaymak is a recruitment platform that focuses on creating a recruitment website, planning a recruitment strategy, and managing candidates.
  • D-Chain — D-Chain offers services related to IT development and production in the Web3 and Web2 fields.
  • Rayout — Rayout is a business consulting company that provides creative content development, recruitment videos, and web production services.
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STRIVE
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

STRIVE focuses on investing in early-stage (Seed to Series A) internet and mobile companies. It seeks out companies in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India with top-notch management teams and strong market potential. It is not tied to strategic investments for GREE Inc. and leverages its pan-Asia expertise for guiding its portfolio in an engaged,hands-on role.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Stage:Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, India, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 143
  • Round size: Seed $800k–$33M; Series A $2M–$142M
  • Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $10B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • ASUENE — Asuene involves in clean power retail business, retail SaaS business, etc.
  • Recompound — Recompound is a financial services startup that acts as a personal investment advisor for individuals to grow their stock market portfolios.
  • Testsigma — Powerful cloud-based test automation platform that lets you automate tests for web, mobile, desktop apps, and APIs in minutes. Sign up now!
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ITOCHU Technology Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

ITOCHU Technology Ventures (ITV), based in Tokyo, is the venture capital arm of ITOCHU Corporation. ITOCHU is one of the world's largest corporations with offices in over 80 countries and operations that cover a broad spectrum of industries. ITV's mission is to invest and help build leading information technology companies by leveraging avast array of resources both domestically and internationally throughout ITOCHU and its group companies. The ITOCHU group has a long history of funding information technology companies with successes including Siebel Systems, NVIDIA, Openwave and Aruba Networks. Current portfolio includes, Box, Fab, Ooyala, WHILL, Tokyo Otaku Mode, etc.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Stage:Series A, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, United States, Belgium

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 148
  • Round size: Series A $4M–$101M; Series B $4.2M–$213M
  • Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $1.5B in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CMerTV — CMer TV is a platform that connects advertisers with newspapers, magazines, and specialized media by video
  • Link Therapeutics — Link Therapeutics specializes in developing therapeutic methods for targeting autoantibodies and identifying pathogenic autoantibodies.
  • Pixie Dust Technologies — Pixie Dust Technologies is a developer of computational technologies, including its ultrasonic phased array system with which one can generate force in mid-air; transport things in mid-air without touching anything; target and deliver different sounds from person to person in a crowd; direct guide-dogs; and even apply this in agricultural farming.
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JAFCO
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Since its founding in 1973, JAFCO has always worked with leading-edge entrepreneurs. The total capital commitments of its investment funds in Japan and overseas have exceeded 1 trillion yen and the number of portfolio IPOs to date has reached over 1,000. In addition to venture investment, JAFCO also carries out buyout investment and commit to thecreations of innovative technologies and services worldwide. As entrepreneurs’ closest partner in bringing their visions to life, JAFCO provides support in areas of HR, marketing/ sales, and back-office operations, in addition to providing financing.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence
  • Stage:Series A, Series B, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States, India

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 366
  • Round size: Series A $2.1M–$41M; Series B $4.2M–$36M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.4M–$13M
  • Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $567M in 2019

Portfolio highlights

  • CaTe — CaTe is based in Tokyo. CaTe develops and manufactures a Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for remote cardiac rehabilitation. Their invention allows heart disease patients to safely and successfully complete cardiac rehabilitation utilizing standing exercise in a confined space, such as at home, without the use of ergometers or similar instruments.
  • Alxtal — Alxtal is a tech company who optimize the development, design, and manufacturing processes of the manufacturing industry with IT and AI.
  • EISHIN — EISHIN is a technology company that specializes in pet tech business, recruitment consulting, website creation, and development services.
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A-Five
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

A-Five is a government fund that creates employment opportunities in rural areas.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Health Care
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 12
  • Round size: Seed $2.2M–$2.7M; Series A $4.3M–$6.1M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.8M–$5.1M
  • Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Nousouken — Nousouken offers an agricultural product distribution platform that connects collection points and distribution centers. Their distribution platform business transports fresh agricultural products collected at collection points across the country to in-stores located in urban supermarkets. It also operates a wholesale business, where it buysagricultural products directly from producers, brands them, and sells them to supermarkets.
  • Setsuro Tech — Seturotech is a biotechnology venture company established on February 22, 2017 by Tatsuya Takemoto (PI: Principal Investigator) of the University of Tokushima as a venture from Tokushima University. In 2015, Takemoto and Masakazu Hashimoto (Osaka University) developed a simple and highly efficient method for producing genetically modified(genome-edited) mice using CRISPR / Cas9, and filed a patent application for the technology. The technology is called fertilized egg electroporation (GEEP method), a technology that introduces molecules required for genome editing by CRISPR into fertilized eggs at high throughput by the power of electricity (electroporation). Using this technology, Seturotech will start from the production and sale of genetically modified mice, and will become a fundamental company providing all genetically modified animals, anticipating the future use of genetically modified animals in industry.
  • Routrek Networks — Routrek is a manufacturing and sales of ICT next generation hydroponic cultivation system.
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VOYAGE VENTURES
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Voyage Ventures is the venture capital arm of Voyage Group specializing in seed and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to make investments in the internet and mobile internet industry. It invests from JPY1 million ($.01million) to JPY to 10 million ($.12 million) in its portfolio companies. The firm typically invests in Japan, China, and othergrowing Asian markets. Voyage Ventures, Inc., formerly known as EC Navi Ventures Company, was founded on March 25, 2011, and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Internet, Content
  • Stage:Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, China, Germany

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 71
  • Round size: Seed $200k–$7.1M; Series A $913k–$4.4M; Venture - Series Unknown $190k–$2.7M
  • Lead/follow: 20% lead, 80% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • pickupon — Pickupon is a SaaS product that automatically records and inputs calls.
  • Bravesoft — bravesoft is a software company that operates events and in-house product for contract development and events. The company offering services such as UI / UX design, application consignment development service, appvisor push, and technical research service.
  • HEARTBEATS — ventus is an Media and Entertainment based company.ventus aiming to be an entertainment company that provides technology that all fans can enjoy.
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Saison Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Saison Ventures is investment arm of Credit Saison.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Software, Finance, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown, Series B
  • Geography: Japan, Switzerland

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 47
  • Round size: Seed $831k–$14M; Series B $332k–$28M; Venture - Series Unknown $181k–$4.8M
  • Lead/follow: 4% lead, 96% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Sisuta — Sisuta is a purpose-driven organization committed to addressing fundamental social issues by seamlessly integrating human insight with advanced technology, creating innovative solutions that empower individuals, strengthen communities, and unlock the full potential of both people and digital tools to drive sustainable social impact.
  • Akari Hosho — Akari Hosho provides a group of trusted professionals, including lawyers and judicial scriveners. Akari Hosho provides a guarantee service.
  • Snack Technologies — Snack Technologies specializes in the development and operation of “SnaTech,” an innovative business support application designed for snack bars, helping operators streamline daily management, improve customer engagement, optimize inventory and sales tracking, and enhance overall business efficiency through digital solutions tailored to the foodand hospitality industry.
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Apricot Ventures
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Apricot Ventures is a seed venture capital that mainly supports those who start businesses independently from large companies.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, Internet, Fashion
  • Stage:Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 14
  • Round size: Seed $135k–$2.6M; Venture - Series Unknown $273k–$4.5M
  • Lead/follow: 21% lead, 79% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $6.3M in 2018

Portfolio highlights

  • YAGO — YAGO operates in the IT field and provides internet and software services.
  • Nudge — Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially.
  • Hogetic Lab — Hogetic Lab specialize in DCaaS, AI development, and Data human resources training.
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Fundinno
VC Fund · Higashi-shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Fundinno is an equity investment crowdfunding platform.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Information Technology, Content, Health Care
  • Stage:Equity Crowdfunding, Product Crowdfunding
  • Geography: Japan, France

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 100
  • Round size: Equity Crowdfunding $131k–$582k; Product Crowdfunding $123k–$444k
  • Lead/follow: 70% lead, 30% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Atto — Atto operates in the healthcare and preventive medicine field as a technology venture. Its main business is the development, manufacturing, and sale of health inspection equipment. The core product is a capillary blood flow observation device called Kekkan Bijin. This device allows users to observe capillary blood flow simply by placing a finger onit, without any blood sampling.
  • FUNDiT — FUNDiT is an IT-focused M&A and business consolidation company that specializes in acquiring, managing, and scaling IT companies.
  • Novius Company — Founder & CEO | Building AI and Medtech for Global markets Healthcare, computer vision, and frontier technology
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Nobuhiro Ariyasu
Angel · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

Nobuhiro Ariyasu is the CEO at Coach United.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Finance, Content, Internet
  • Stage:Seed, Angel, Series A
  • Geography: Japan, Singapore

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 52
  • Round size: Seed $330k–$8.2M; Angel $177k–$626k; Series A $1.4M–$40M
  • Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • Grafto — Grafto operates “Mylo Magazine,” a platform dedicated to sharing and promoting trend culture, where readers can explore the latest developments in lifestyle, fashion, art, and emerging cultural movements through engaging and curated content.
  • FLASH — FLASH is an entertainment and technology startup.
  • OPERA TECH — OPERA Lead is a sales-focused AI web chatbot service from Opera Technology that turns websites into 24/7 "exhibit booths" for lead generation.It deploys AI sales assistants on existing sites (via simple tag embedding, no redesign needed) to engage the 99% of visitors who don't convert via inbound methods alone. Key capabilitiesinclude direct booking of meetings, guiding users to whitepapers/webinars, and targeted lead qualification for efficient deal progression.
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Giftee
VC Fund · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

giftee is an online service where you can send a small 'thank you' through small gifts by twitter and email. Supported by Open Network Lab.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Marketing
  • Stage:Series A, Corporate Round, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, Indonesia

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 20
  • Round size: Series A $2M–$2.9M; Venture - Series Unknown $345k–$1.9M
  • Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow

Portfolio highlights

  • WED — One Financial is an application that anyone can introduce card settlement immediately with one smartphone.
  • Domuz — Domuz is a firm that wants to utilize technology and design to create a lifestyle that makes potted plants and flowers more comfortable.
  • Treasure in Stomach — Treasure in Stomach is a food manufacturing company that develops vegan, gluten-free, and Muslim-friendly products and content.
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500 Startups Japan
VC Fund · San Francisco, California, United States · 3 investments in Japan Food and Beverage startups

500 Startups is the most active seed VC in the world. 500 Startups Japan is a $35M regional fund focusing on Japan.

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Investment focus

  • Industry: Internet, Software, Task Management
  • Stage:Seed, Series A, Venture - Series Unknown
  • Geography: Japan, United States

Investor stats

  • Total investments: 48
  • Round size: Seed $275k–$4.3M; Series A $3.6M–$30M; Venture - Series Unknown $91k–$1.6M
  • Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
  • Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $35M in 2015

Portfolio highlights

  • Noin — Noin specializes in cosmetics and delivers content that accurately captures trends like videos that solve girls worries.
  • GITAI — GITAI is the world’s leading space robotics startup, aiming to provide safe and affordable means of labor in space and reduce operational costs by 100 times. GITAI is developing highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, space stations, lunar bases, and cities on Mars.
  • Connected Robotics — Connected Robotics is an information technology company that designs and manufactures robotic arms for enterprises. The company's product, OctoChef, provides cooking services. It caters to individual restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events. The company was founded in 2014 and is basedin Koganei-shi, Japan.
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Food and Beverage Investor funding in Japan at a glance

Stats across 498 deals from 692 investors.

692
investors
in Japan Food and Beverage startups
498
deals
in Japan Food and Beverage startups
$2.2M
median round
in Japan Food and Beverage startups
26%
lead investors
lead at least one round
30%
Venture - Series Unknown
most common funding stage
85/15
VC / Angel
share of investor count

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