# William Copeland

> William Copeland is a startup investor at Kirin Holdings. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Kirin Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kirin-holdings)
- Last updated: Aug 2026

William Copeland is a startup investor at Kirin Holdings. William Copeland was a Norwegian-American brewer. In 1869 he established the Spring Valley Brewery in Yamate, Yokohama, Japan. Spring Valley Brewery was one of Japan's first beer breweries, and in 1907 became the founding production facility of Kirin Brewery Company, one of Japan's largest domestic beer producers.

## About Kirin Holdings

VC Fund · Tokyo, Japan

Kirin Holdings manufactures and sells alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals, and bio-chemicals in Japan and internationally. It operates through four segments: Japan Integrated Beverages Business, Oceania Integrated Beverages Business, Other Overseas Integrated Beverages Business, and Pharmaceuticals and Bio-Chemicals Business.Kirin Holdings' products include beer, happo-shu, wine, whiskey, spirits, soft drinks, dairy products, fruit juices, and other products. It also produces and sells pharmaceutical products, biochemical products, and other products. Moreover, Kirin Holdings engages in the livestock feed and theme park businesses; and management and operation of a chain of Kirin City beer pubs; manufacture and sale of amino acids and nucleic acids for pharmaceutical and industrial use bulk pharmaceuticals, as well as margarine, jams, and honey. Further, it is involved in the manufacture and sale of Coca-Cola products and other soft drinks, as well as sake; and manufacture and supply of Four Roses bourbon. Kirin Holdings has a strategic collaboration with Mitsui and Onegevity Health for launching a testing system in Japan, as well as to develop nutritional products. Kirin Brewery began operation in 1907 became Kirin Holdings in July 2007, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

2 contacts available at Kirin Holdings.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Thomas Blake Glover | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-blake-glover |
| William Copeland | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-copeland-231f |

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