# Ryuta Watanabe

> Ryuta Watanabe is a Series C investor at Kewpie Corporation backing Robotics and Consulting. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kewpie Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kewpie-corporation)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ryuta Watanabe is a Series C investor at Kewpie Corporation focused on Robotics and Consulting. Managing Executive Officer and Director at Kewpie Corporation

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Consulting | 1 | 100% |
| Restaurants | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |

7 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TechMagic | TechMagic strives to ease and create a richer lifestyle by introducing AI and robotics into daily life. Its first project aims to solve this issue in the food industry, by implementing a cooking robot into kitchens of restaurants. TechMagic’s automatic cooking solution allows businesses to reduce labor costs. | $16.8M | Series C | Mar 27, 2024 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Resona Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/resona-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wing Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wing-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ajinomoto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajinomoto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fujimak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fujimak) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hachijuni Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hachijuni-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oriental Land Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oriental-land-innovations-co-ltd) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Kewpie Corporation

VC Fund · Akasaka, Japan

Kewpie engaged in manufacturing, wholesaling, transportation, and warehousing of food products. The company's business center is in China but also expanded in Europe and the United States. Also, strengthen the domestic seasonings business and cut vegetables main future, they will focus on the egg market for business and rush to monetize ofoverseas business. Has been "馳名 trademark" for the first time by the Chinese government as a Japanese food manufacturer.

1 contacts available at Kewpie Corporation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ryuta Watanabe | Managing Executive Officer and Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ryuta-watanabe |

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## FAQ

### What does Ryuta Watanabe invest in?

Ryuta Watanabe invests primarily in Robotics, Consulting and Restaurants startups, most often at Series C stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ryuta Watanabe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ryuta Watanabe closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 1 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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