# Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd.

> Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. is a VC fund backing Franchise and Snack Food. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. is a VC fund focused on Franchise and Snack Food. Japanese restaurant brand

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Franchise | 1 | 100% |
| Snack Food | 1 | 100% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 100% |
| Food Delivery | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| YO-KAI EXPRESS | YO-KAI EXPRESS is a tech company that innovates the future autonomous restaurant solution to serve people. The company fills the gap in the availability of food. It provides vending machines to dispense steaming-hot bowls of noodles. The machines serves freshly prepared gourmet food in seconds and it provides different choices of noodle and brothwhich is made using real, fresh ingredients, allowing customers to pay for the food with card or a code. The food is served with chopsticks, a spoon, and a mesh-like carrier so fingers are not burnt while taking the bowl to a nearby table.YO-KAI EXPRESS was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. | $9.3M | Series A | Sep 02, 2022 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Japan Tobacco](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/japan-tobacco) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pulmuone](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pulmuone) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. invest in?

Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. invests primarily in Franchise, Snack Food and Restaurants startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chikaranomoto Holdings Co., Ltd. closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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