# Ikeda Saccharification Industry

> Ikeda Saccharification Industry is a VC fund in Hiroshima-shi backing Energy and Medical. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hiroshima-shi, Japan
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.ikedatohka.co.jp

Ikeda Saccharification Industry is a VC fund in Hiroshima-shi focused on Energy and Medical. Ikeda Saccharification Industry is manufacturing caramel, natural colorants, seasonings, dessert foods, sweets, various other food processing, food materials. Drying equipment to produce dried products with the optimum equipment that can make the use of the product characteristics and the characteristics of the material, and the processingconditions by manufacturing tests. Raw materials are mixed uniformly and heated, cooled, and cooked.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chitose Group | CHITOSE GROUP is a family of biotechnology companies operating mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan with an aim of leaving mankind with an environment where they can live in abundance for over a thousand years. CHITOSE GROUP is creating new values in the fields of agriculture, medical, food, energy, chemistry and others through “Technologicaldevelopment capabilities in the biotechnology field by constantly promoting economic rationality” and “Business development capabilities for drawing a path towards commercialization by understanding the essence and limitations of biotechnology”. | $28.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Chitose Group | CHITOSE GROUP is a family of biotechnology companies operating mainly in Southeast Asia and Japan with an aim of leaving mankind with an environment where they can live in abundance for over a thousand years. CHITOSE GROUP is creating new values in the fields of agriculture, medical, food, energy, chemistry and others through “Technologicaldevelopment capabilities in the biotechnology field by constantly promoting economic rationality” and “Business development capabilities for drawing a path towards commercialization by understanding the essence and limitations of biotechnology”. | $22.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 13, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Amano Enzyme — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Mers Line — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mitsui Mining & Smelting](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mitsui-mining-smelting) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- NGK Insulators — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Shinsho — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ikeda Saccharification Industry invest in?

Ikeda Saccharification Industry invests primarily in Energy, Medical and Agriculture startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ikeda Saccharification Industry last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ikeda Saccharification Industry closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 2 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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