# House Foods Group

> House Foods Group is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Food and Beverage and Farming. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 23%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/house-foods-group-inc-
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/housefoods_now
- Website: https://housefoods.jp/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/housefoods/

House Foods Group is a food manufacturing company that is known for its curry brands. The company was founded in 1947 and based in Tokyo, Japan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 31% |
| Farming | 2 | 15% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 15% |
| Food Delivery | 2 | 15% |
| SNS | 1 | 8% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 6 | 46% |
| Series B | 3 | 23% |
| Corporate Round | 2 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taskaji | TASKAJI is an online housekeeping service that matches people looking for someone to do their housekeeping with those who want to work as housekeepers.The companies motto is of “from the nuclear family to the extended family” and it aims to provide people with more leisure time through its concept of “housekeeping sharing. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 09, 2025 | https://taskaji.jp/ |
| Shikomel | Shikomel is a restaurant app that receives recipes from the store. The menu offered by other shops can also be ordered. The app can be used to develop new menus. | $68.1M | Series B | Jun 30, 2025 | https://shikomel.com |
| Aivege | Aivege is a vanilla beans retailer that provides product development, design, and promotion for cafes, and confectionery stores. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 28, 2024 | https://www.aivege.info/ |
| Friend Microbe | Friend Mike Robe is Developing new market with microbe-related technology | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 30, 2023 | http://friendmicrobe.co.jp/ |
| Foodcode | Foodcode is a food company revolutionizing the dining experience with innovative restaurant concept to enhance the dining experience. | $3.1M | Series B | May 25, 2022 | https://foodcode.jp/ |
| Farmship | 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. |  | Series A | Apr 21, 2022 | http://farmship.co.jp/ |
| AmicaTerra | AmicaTerra is a supplier of biomass products and services. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 20, 2021 | https://amica-terra.com/ |
| Medcare | Medcare is a medical service corporation. |  | Series B | Mar 02, 2020 | http://medcare.jp/ |
| AmicaTerra | AmicaTerra is a supplier of biomass products and services. |  | Corporate Round | Oct 18, 2019 | https://amica-terra.com/ |
| Farmship | 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. |  |  | Apr 25, 2019 | http://farmship.co.jp/ |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SBI Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbi-investment-2) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Genesia Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesia-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ryoden](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryoden) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Sumitomo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sumitomo-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Chubu Electric Power](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chubu-electric-power-company) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- CYRECO — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does House Foods Group invest in?

House Foods Group invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Farming and Restaurants startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Series B stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did House Foods Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for House Foods Group closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 13 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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