Top 10 Organic Food Startup Investors in Japan (October 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Farmship
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed, Corporate Round | Energy, Agriculture, Organic Food | |
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Nakashimato
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, Singapore | Seed, Series A | Brewing, Blockchain, Craft Beer | |
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Lacto Japan
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, New Zealand | Seed, Corporate Round | Organic, Agriculture, Organic Food | |
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Hirata Farms
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Seed | Organic Food, Food Processing, Food and Beverage | |
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Hakuhodo
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, India, Thailand | Series C, Corporate Round, Series B | Content, Media and Entertainment, Farming | $2M–$36M |
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Trust Smith & Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Pre-Seed, Seed | Energy, Commercial, Consulting | |
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Kagome
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Series A, Series C | Nutrition, Health Care, Food and Beverage | |
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Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United States, Israel | Series A, Venture - Series Unknown, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $470k–$21M |
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Keio Innovation Initiative
VC Fund
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1 | Japan, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown | Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology | $826k–$41M |
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A-Five
VC Fund
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1 | Japan | Venture - Series Unknown, Seed, Series A | Agriculture, Food and Beverage, Health Care | $1.8M–$6.1M |
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Farmship is an AgriTech company that develops a sustainable Agri system. Farmship is an Agritech company that supports future agriculture through technology, distribution, human resources, and business development.
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- Industry: Energy, Agriculture, Organic Food
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- WithGreen — WithGreen is a store of domestic vegetables and meat.
- Plant form — Plant form is an Agri IT venture production of high value-added products.such as caviar production and energy-circulating plants that utilize natural / excess energy, as well as plant factories pursuing efficiency such as automation and mass production, and business in which facilities themselves become entertainment To make agricultureinteresting and profitable.
Nakashimato is a food company.
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- Industry: Brewing, Blockchain, Craft Beer
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Japan, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wakaze — Wakaze is a supplier of craft sake beer. They provide products that include beer, other alcoholic beverages, food products, snacks, and drinks. They provide products that are available for online shopping. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website.
- WithGreen — WithGreen is a store of domestic vegetables and meat.
- Penguin Securities — Penguin Securities offers institutional-grade digital asset investment products with innovative structures using cutting edge and the traditional finance.
Lacto Japan is a supplier of ingredients, cheese, and meat products. They are involved in the wholesale of milk raw materials as well as the sale of cheese through markets. They offer products that include whole milk powder, skim milk powder, cream, butter, butter oil, condensed milk, processed egg products, and more.
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- Industry: Organic, Agriculture, Organic Food
- Stage:Seed, Corporate Round
- Geography: Japan, New Zealand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fermecutes — Fermecutes is a food production firm that specializes in production of edible proteins using natto bacteria and sustainable methods.
- Leaft Foods — Leaft Foods has proven viability across New Zealand's pasture-based agricultural economy.
Hirata Farms specializes in handling piglet production, breed development and fattening to processing.
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- Industry: Organic Food, Food Processing, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fermecutes — Fermecutes is a food production firm that specializes in production of edible proteins using natto bacteria and sustainable methods.
Hakuhodo offers services that include marketing, creative, PR, consulting, activation, business development, media & content, and technology/R&D.
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- Industry: Content, Media and Entertainment, Farming
- Stage:Series C, Corporate Round, Series B
- Geography: Japan, India, Thailand
Investor stats
- Total investments: 20
- Round size: Series B $4.2M–$13M; Series C $20M–$36M; Corporate Round $2M–$7.1M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Piazza — PIAZZA deploy the regional platform PIAZZA.
- Redcliff — Redcliff is a drone management company that organizes aerial shows and events for private and public organizations.
- Hide Kasuga 1896 — Hide Kasuga 1896 provides consulting services in the field of brand development, communication design, marketing, and sales strategy.
Trust Smith & Capitalis is a startup that uses cutting-edge technology such as artificial intelligence, robotics, mathematical algorithms, and blockchain to provide solutions to key sectors worldwide.
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- Industry: Energy, Commercial, Consulting
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: 60% lead, 40% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FwC — FwC Inc is a financial intermediary and consulting firm that provides comprehensive asset management, inheritance, business succession, and M&A advisory services for individual wealth owners, corporate executives, and professional legal/accounting firms.
- SEZO — SEZO will use both human and artificial intelligence to address the issues facing sectors AI and human labor are used to tackle analog problems in Japan's manufacturing sector (building, manufacturing, etc.). Obtain new clients by utilizing AI-powered data.
- Naruse African Food — Naruse African Food is working to modernise and scale the fast-food industry in Africa, beginning in Ghana.
Since their founding, they have endeavored to offer ideas for a healthy and enjoyable diet based on nature’s bounty. This approach, as expressed in their "True to nature, the flavor of Kagome" brand statement, reinforces their commitment to customers. Vital to fulfilling this commitment is the development of safe, reliable products. Thus,to ensure product safety they have adopted a quality management system (QMS) covering everything from raw ingredient procurement, R&D and production to distribution in accordance with their "Product Quality Policy," which was established in 2003.
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- Industry: Nutrition, Health Care, Food and Beverage
- Stage:Series A, Series C
- Geography: Japan
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: 33% lead, 67% follow
Portfolio highlights
- FiNC Technologies — FiNC Technologies is a health tech company specializing in AI-driven wellness solutions. Their platform combines data analysis, rich content, and social elements to assist users in logging, understanding, managing, and improving their health and wellness. It empowers individuals to achieve their health goals effectively by leveraging machinelearning and personalized coaching.
- 2foods — 2foods is a plant-based food brand that makes plant-based cuisine intending to provide nutritious junk food.
- TWO — TWO is a health and wellness company that offers innovative lifestyle solutions 2foods, a line of healthy and delicious food products.
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital is a venture capital firm focusing on life science, ICT, and high technology investments.
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- 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.
Keio Innovation Initiative (KII) is a venture capital established by Keio University. In order to make more effective use of the research results of Keio University, we aim to contribute to the development of society by creating investment for venture companies that utilize research results and creating new industries.The key to thinking aboutJapan's future growth strategy is to utilize advanced research results of the university. In addition to GDP, in addition to GDP, Japan is the world's third largest R & D exporter in R & D expenses, but as the low growth rate shows, it has a problem in investment efficiency in research and development. There are also reports on the entrepreneurial spirit that is indispensable for creating new industries, with the lowest entrepreneurial activity rate among developed countries.
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- Industry: Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
- Geography: Japan, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 91
- Round size: Seed $826k–$14M; Series A $2.2M–$41M; Venture - Series Unknown $1.6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 30% lead, 70% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $94M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- ElleThermo — elleThermo aims to implement Semiconductor-Sensitised Thermal Cells (STCs), an energy conversion technology that can generate electricity from unused waste heat above room temperature.
- Starlight Engine — Starlight Engine develops and commercializes fusion energy power plant technologies.
- Neusignal Therapeutics — Neusignal Therapeutics is a medical company that develops therapeutic medicines for dementia and psychiatric illnesses.
A-Five is a government fund that creates employment opportunities in rural areas.
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- 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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