# Hirata Farms

> Hirata Farms is a VC fund in Sakata backing Organic Food, Food Processing and Food and Beverage. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sakata, Japan
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/hiraboku
- Website: http://www.hiraboku.info
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIRABOKU/

Hirata Farms is a VC fund in Sakata focused on Organic Food and Food Processing. Hirata Farms specializes in handling piglet production, breed development and fattening to processing.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Organic Food | 1 | 100% |
| Food Processing | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fermecutes | Fermecutes is a food production firm that specializes in production of edible proteins using natto bacteria and sustainable methods. | $1.7M | Seed | Jul 10, 2025 | https://fermecutes.com |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hakuhodo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hakuhodo) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keio Innovation Initiative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keio-innovations-initiative) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lacto Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lacto-japan) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hirata Farms invest in?

Hirata Farms invests primarily in Organic Food, Food Processing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Hirata Farms last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hirata Farms closed in Jul 2025. 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?

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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