Suntory Holdings
VC Fund
Minato, Japan
Suntory Holdings is a 100-year-old company best known for producing Japan's first whiskey under the Kakubin brand name. Today, the company comprises approximately 200 group subsidiaries located worldwide that do everything from distill whiskey to grow and sell flowers. Suntory Holdings has three main areas of operation: producing alcoholicbeverages (including MIDORI melon-flavored liqueur); producing health food and supplement and non-alcoholic beverages; and running restaurant, fitness, and floral operations. It is the Japanese distributor of Häagen-Dazs ice cream and runs a number of Pepsi bottling businesses in both Japan and Vietnam.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Suntory Holdings invests in
Stages Suntory Holdings invests in
Countries Suntory Holdings invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $986k–$12M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $673k–$34M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 4 (27%)
- Farming 2 (13%)
- Agriculture 2 (13%)
- Virtual Reality 2 (13%)
- Augmented Reality 2 (13%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (33%)
- Seed 4 (27%)
- Series A 1 (7%)
- Series B 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- Japan 5 (33%)
- United States 4 (27%)
- Thailand 1 (7%)
- United Kingdom 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brian Golden
Head of Suntory Monozukuri Initiatives
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Head of Suntory Monozukuri Initiatives | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Takeshi Niinami
President; Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Board; Representative Director,
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President; Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Board; Representative Director, | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Torii Shinjiro
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
EF Polymer
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EF Polymer is an agricultural firm. The company came up with the idea to utilize this waste most efficiently without creating any kind of pollution. It developed an Eco-Friendly Water Retention Natural Polymer named "Fasal Amrit" which can absorb 300 times more water than its weight for as long as 10-12 days. It helps to reduce irrigationwater requirement by 30-40% along with a 40-50% reduction in fertilizer because it prevents the leaching of fertilizer causing 10-20% fertilizer loss. The "Fasal Amrit" itself is made from organic waste hence it has a great number of micronutrients to support the better growth of crops/plants. It is organic in nature, chemical-free, and pollution-free, and what is interesting, it is 100% biodegradable in the soil after 5-6 months of application. The farmers can reduce their cost of water and fertilizer by 20-40% and can increase the yield by 10-20%. The application of "Fasal Amrit" includes but is not limited to in-house plants to save them for a week or two in case you are not at your home to water them, keep your garden green forever by reducing the daily watering cycle, enhance the growth of your plant in an organic way, save your plant far from your home or on hilly areas where it is difficult for your water them daily, etc. | Corporate Round / Jul 08, 2026 | |
Nourished
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Nourished is an award-winning tech start-up disrupting the nutrition industry with their 3D-printed vitamin stacks, which are completely tailor-made to each individual user. With their patented 3D printing manufacturing techniques and unique vegan encapsulation formula, Nourished is able to combine seven different high-impact nutrients, superfoods,and vitamins into one delicious gummy stack. Using 100% plastic-free packaging and only premium, sugar-free, and vegan ingredients. Nourished is as good for the Earth as it is for their customers. | $18.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 09, 2026 | |
Mokable
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MOKABLE is a startup introducing a new concept called "eating coffee," aiming to let consumers fully enjoy the flavor of carefully grown coffee beans. Their product uses finely ground whole coffee beans to enhance and maximize the rich aroma and taste of the coffee. | $986.5K / Seed / Oct 07, 2025 | |
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Nourished
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Nourished is an award-winning tech start-up disrupting the nutrition industry with their 3D-printed vitamin stacks, which are completely tailor-made to each individual user. With their patented 3D printing manufacturing techniques and unique vegan encapsulation formula, Nourished is able to combine seven different high-impact nutrients, superfoods,and vitamins into one delicious gummy stack. Using 100% plastic-free packaging and only premium, sugar-free, and vegan ingredients. Nourished is as good for the Earth as it is for their customers. | $672.5K / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 24, 2025 | |
Towing
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Towing is an agricultural company that provides farming, manufacturing, and recycling services. | $13.5M / Series B / May 29, 2025 | |
Iconic Arts
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Iconic Arts is a new transmedia company. | Seed / Oct 17, 2024 | |
The Ethical Spirits
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Ethical Spirits, a craft gin brand specializing in ethical, leads the world by reviving sake lees from Kuramae, Tokyo, and beer left over due to the influence of corona, as gin. It aspires to be a long-lasting spirits brand. | $2.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 17, 2024 | |
Avita
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Avita is a software development company that develops and creates role-playing support avatars using generative AI. | $9.5M / Series A / Aug 23, 2024 | |
Atmosfy
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Atmosfy is a platform for discovering dining and nightlife through video. It discovers restaurants, bars, nightclubs, and cafes that are near or far away and explores them through video. It also provides reviews and recommendations for all places available, thereby enabling users to decide and choose restaurants and cafes to visit as per theirchoices.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $12M / Seed / Aug 09, 2023 | |
TYFFON
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TYFFON was founded on November 11, 2011, by Ken Fukazawa and is based in Tokyo, Japan.TYFFON is the company developing the immersive MR (Magic Reality) contents with innovative VR x AR technologies united with our overflowing imaginations, and operating Free Roam Location-Based Virtual Reality venue "TYFFONIUM"(https://www.tyffonium.com/) to provide people with magical and special experiences in our magic reality world.TYFFON originally launched as a mobile app developing company represented by apps like "ZombieBooth 2", which achieved 40 million downloads in North America. In 2014, TYFFON participated in Disney’s first incubation program "Disney Accelerator" and TYFFON was one of 10 picked up by Disney out of 1,000 companies applying worldwide, followed by the release of "Show Your Disney Side", firstly collaborated Apps with Disney. In late 2017, TYFFON opened our first location-based virtual reality store TYFFONIUM at DiverCity Tokyo Plaza in Japan. In the following year 2018, TYFFON has been formally inaugurated a partnership with some reputable companies as reported and accelerating our business in Japan. The projects of opening first overseas stores are underway.Our aim is to keep making people impressed with our magic reality world which they have never experienced and to expand their experiences all over the world. | $13.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 04, 2023 | |
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FAQ
What does Suntory Holdings invest in?
Suntory Holdings invests primarily in E-Commerce, Farming and Agriculture startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Suntory Holdings's check size?
Suntory Holdings typically joins rounds of $986k–$12M at Seed and $673k–$34M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Suntory Holdings participates in.
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Who are the partners at Suntory Holdings?
The team at Suntory Holdings includes Brian Golden (Head of Suntory Monozukuri Initiatives), Takeshi Niinami (President; Chief Executive Officer; Member of the Board; Representative Director,) and Torii Shinjiro (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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