# Future Food Fund

> Future Food Fund is a VC fund in Nishi-shinagawa backing Food and Beverage and Agriculture. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nishi-shinagawa, Japan
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last fund: Aug 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://futurefoodfund.co.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FutureFoodFund/

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

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $1.2M–$26M |
| Series B | $1.5M–$7.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 9 | 35% |
| Agriculture | 7 | 27% |
| Food Processing | 7 | 27% |
| Farming | 5 | 19% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 15% |

40 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 7 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 19% |
| Series B | 4 | 15% |
| Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 19 | 73% |
| United States | 3 | 12% |
| Denmark | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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. | $2.2M | Series A | Jul 10, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $2.8M | Pre-Seed | Mar 03, 2026 |  |
| 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. | $50M | Series H | Feb 02, 2026 |  |
| EF Polymer | EF Polymer is an agricultural firm. The company came up with the idea to utilize this waste most efficiently without creating any kind of pollution. It developed an Eco-Friendly Water Retention Natural Polymer named "Fasal Amrit" which can absorb 300 times more water than its weight for as long as 10-12 days. It helps to reduce irrigationwater requirement by 30-40% along with a 40-50% reduction in fertilizer because it prevents the leaching of fertilizer causing 10-20% fertilizer loss. The "Fasal Amrit" itself is made from organic waste hence it has a great number of micronutrients to support the better growth of crops/plants. It is organic in nature, chemical-free, and pollution-free, and what is interesting, it is 100% biodegradable in the soil after 5-6 months of application. The farmers can reduce their cost of water and fertilizer by 20-40% and can increase the yield by 10-20%. The application of "Fasal Amrit" includes but is not limited to in-house plants to save them for a week or two in case you are not at your home to water them, keep your garden green forever by reducing the daily watering cycle, enhance the growth of your plant in an organic way, save your plant far from your home or on hilly areas where it is difficult for your water them daily, etc. | $7.1M | Series B | Apr 16, 2025 |  |
| Oxxx | Oxxx is an e-commerce management agency that provides EC site management, planning, and sales of frozen home delivery infant food mogumo. | $1.2M | Series A | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Greenase | greenase is a manufacturer and seller of processed agricultural products. |  | Series A | Dec 03, 2024 |  |
| LacuS | LacuS is a food technology company, develops and sells complete nutrition ice cream, provides nutritious food option for people of all ages. | $652.5K | Seed | Oct 29, 2024 |  |
| MeliBio | MeliBio is a technology-based company focusing on plant biology, precision fermentation, and food science that replaces honeybees with microorganisms as a medium for honey production. The company was founded in 2020 by Aaron M. Schaller, PhD and Darko Mandich and is headquartered in Oakland, California, United States. TIME named MeliBio'sapproach in making honey without bees as Best Inventions 2021. In 2023, MeliBio launched consumer-facing brand Mellody. |  |  | Oct 23, 2024 |  |
| Secai Marche | Secai Marche is a platform for restaurants to purchase high-quality products directly from farmers. Its mission is to help build more economically-viable and sustainable small-scale farms around the world through an improved access to quality and delicious food. | $2.1M | Series A | Aug 05, 2024 |  |
| Okara Technologies | Okara Technologies is a food manufacturing and retailing company that provides salad chicken, cheese chicken, and delicious recipes. |  | Seed | Dec 20, 2023 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Future Food Fund invest in?

Future Food Fund invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Agriculture and Food Processing startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Future Food Fund's check size?

Future Food Fund typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$26M at Series A and $1.5M–$7.2M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Future Food Fund participates in.

### When did Future Food Fund last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Future Food Fund closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 26 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?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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