# Lotte Ventures Japan

> Lotte Ventures Japan is a VC fund in Nishi backing Food and Beverage and Restaurants. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nishi, Japan
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/LOTTEVENTURES
- Website: https://www.lotte-vc.co.jp
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/%E6%A0%AA%E5%BC%8F%E4%BC%9A%E7%A4%BE%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%86%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3/100093909753727/

Lotte Ventures Japan is a VC fund in Nishi focused on Food and Beverage and Restaurants. Lotte Ventures Japan supports and collaborates with businesses that embrace challenges and strive to build a better society in the future.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $621k–$1.4M |
| Series A | $2M–$4.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 19% |
| Restaurants | 2 | 13% |
| B2B | 1 | 6% |
| B2C | 1 | 6% |
| Sales | 1 | 6% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 13% |
| Series D | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Crisp | CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site. | $23.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| Crisp | CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site. | $23.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 31, 2026 |  |
| CoA Nexus | CoA Nexus develops and operates a skillshare matching platform for human resource research and development. | $2M | Series A | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| AndGAMER | AndGAMER is an eSports agency that develops custom controllers and gaming products for players. | $1.4M | Seed | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Crisp | CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Crisp | CRISP SALAD WORKS offers a focused menu of signature salads and grains made from fresh, high-quality raw ingredients, prepared using classic cooking methods on-site. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Tailor App | Tailor App is a digital and live marketing agency. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Tailor App | Tailor App is a digital and live marketing agency. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 01, 2024 |  |
| Sweet Bio | Greekday is a company that sells Greek-style yogurt and related dairy products. It offers different types of yogurt such as plain, light, and flavored versions in various sizes. The site also includes items like granola, honey, and yogurt-based sets. | $1.3M | Series B | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Dental Prediction | Dental Prediction is a dental-care platform that enables 3D lab printing models, virtual reality, and consulting services. | $621.5K | Seed | Jun 28, 2024 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [One Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-capital-edaa) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ANRI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anri) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CellSource](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cellsource) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coconala Skill Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coconala-skill-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [D4V](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/d4v) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Future Food Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-food-fund-0851) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lotte Ventures Japan invest in?

Lotte Ventures Japan invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Restaurants and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Lotte Ventures Japan's check size?

Lotte Ventures Japan typically joins rounds of $621k–$1.4M at Seed and $2M–$4.4M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lotte Ventures Japan participates in.

### When did Lotte Ventures Japan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lotte Ventures Japan closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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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