# Kagoshima Startup Support Investment

> Kagoshima Startup Support Investment is a VC fund backing Chemical and Agriculture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://change-kagoshima.co.jp/startup-fund

Kagoshima Startup Support Investment is a VC fund focused on Chemical and Agriculture. Kagoshima Startup Support Investments Invests in startups that solve local problems.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $642k–$1.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chemical | 1 | 50% |
| Agriculture | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Superworm | Superworm is a producer of environmentally friendly and long-term solutions to societal challenges. The company undertakes genome editing research and sells protein powders, biofuels, and organic fertilizers made from superworms, allowing customers to consume insect-derived proteins and biofuels. | $1.9M | Seed | Jul 31, 2025 | https://superworm.jp |
| Superworm | Superworm is a producer of environmentally friendly and long-term solutions to societal challenges. The company undertakes genome editing research and sells protein powders, biofuels, and organic fertilizers made from superworms, allowing customers to consume insect-derived proteins and biofuels. | $642.4K | Seed | Jul 17, 2024 | https://superworm.jp |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Archetype Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetype-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Kagoshima Startup Support Investment invest in?

Kagoshima Startup Support Investment invests primarily in Chemical and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed 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.

### What is Kagoshima Startup Support Investment's check size?

Kagoshima Startup Support Investment typically joins rounds of $642k–$1.9M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Kagoshima Startup Support Investment participates in.

### When did Kagoshima Startup Support Investment last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kagoshima Startup Support Investment closed in Jul 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?

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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