# Kobashi Industries

> Kobashi Industries is a VC fund in Okayama backing AgTech, Farming and Manufacturing. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Okayama, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://kobashiindustries.com/

Kobashi Industries is a manufacturer and seller of agricultural machinery and parts. Kobashi Industries Co. Ltd. was founded in 1910 and is headquartered in Okayama-shi, Okayama, Japan.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 2 | 22% |
| Farming | 2 | 22% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 22% |
| Robotics | 1 | 11% |
| 3D Printing | 1 | 11% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 11% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Farmnote holdings Japan | Firm Note Holdings Co., Ltd., established in December 2016, is a pure holding company with SkyArc Co., Ltd., which operates the web integration business, and Farm Note Co., Ltd., which operates the agricultural IoT solution business. | $5.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 19, 2024 |  |
| Ame Kaze Taiyo | Ame Kaze Taiyo develops a seasonal food marketplace to buy seasonal foods directly from farmers and fishermen. Its marketplace allows users to purchase ingredients directly from producers all over Japan and exchange cooking methods and photos of dishes. | $2.2M | Series C | Dec 27, 2022 |  |
| ExtraBold | ExtraBold fully utilizes 3D digital technology. The company is pursuing research and development to prepare for the next generation of manufacturing, which will be different from today's mass production and mass consumption society. | $51M |  | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| ExtraBold | ExtraBold fully utilizes 3D digital technology. The company is pursuing research and development to prepare for the next generation of manufacturing, which will be different from today's mass production and mass consumption society. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 01, 2021 |  |
| Pocket Marche | Pocket Marche is a smartphone app that allows you to buy food while talking with farmers and fishermen across the country. | $92.3M | Series B | Aug 24, 2020 |  |
| Nature Architects | Nature Architects develops Direct Functional Modeling (DFM), the design algorithm for additive manufacturing by which users are able to directly design the functional properties for their product. Using DFM, it is possible to design multiple features, such as motion, kinematics, and elasticity, which have been difficult to design in theconventional design process. By leveraging the benefit of additive manufacturing, users can design and manufacturer a product with multiple functions in a consolidated one part. DFM can be applied to the area in which complex processing and assembling is required such as automobiles, airplanes, Robotics was necessary development. | $3M | Series A | May 29, 2020 |  |
| Pocket Marche | Pocket Marche is a smartphone app that allows you to buy food while talking with farmers and fishermen across the country. | $46.8M |  | Aug 27, 2019 |  |
| Challenergy | Challenergy is developing new type of wind turbine, Magnus VAWT. | $84.4M |  | Jul 31, 2019 |  |
| Miraikikai | Miraikikai is a start-up originating from Kagawa University with a mission to create intelligent mobile robots for professional-use.Their robots products, designed based on field reseach to provide the high quality and the best cost effective solution, are achieved with mechanical design and control technology backed by the latest researchachievements and years of experience. | $99.2M |  | Aug 30, 2018 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mizuho Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mizuho-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Glocalink](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glocalink) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mistletoe](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mistletoe) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [PNB-INSPiRE Ethical Fund 1 Investment Business Limited Liability Partnership](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pnb-inspire-ethical-fund-1-investment-business-limited-liability-partnership) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Real Tech Japan](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Kobashi Industries invest in?

Kobashi Industries invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Manufacturing startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Kobashi Industries last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Kobashi Industries closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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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