# Yukihiro Maru

> Yukihiro Maru is a seed investor at 144 Ventures (Tokyo) backing Farming and Agriculture. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [144 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glocalink-singapore)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E5%B9%B8%E5%BC%98-%E4%B8%B8-93666477
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yukihiro.maru

Yukihiro Maru is a seed investor at 144 Ventures in Tokyo focused on Farming and Agriculture. Yukihiro Maru is the Co-Founder of Glocalink Singapore. He previously worked at Euglena Co., Ltd. as a Technical Adviser. Yukihiro Maru attended the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4.7M–$111M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Farming | 2 | 22% |
| Agriculture | 2 | 22% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 22% |
| AgTech | 1 | 11% |
| Beauty | 1 | 11% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 22% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 4 | 44% |
| Singapore | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eco-Pork | Eco-Pork is a co-creation solution farm that supports farmers' food productivity improvement. It is connecting the pig and technology, pork ( Pork ) new business ecosystems ( Ecosystem By building a), in the pork growing demand around the world, to get the most out of the food supply capacity is finite. | $4.7M | Series A | Apr 22, 2022 |  |
| ARK | ARK specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of land-based aquaculture equipment for sustainable fish farming. |  | Seed | Feb 16, 2022 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7M | Series A | Jan 19, 2022 |  |
| ElevationSpace | ElevationSpace offers high quality & well equipped workspaces giving tenants a nurturing environment . | $271.9K | Pre-Seed | Jul 12, 2021 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7.4M | Series A | May 25, 2020 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $7.4M | Series A | May 25, 2020 |  |
| Integriculture | Integriculture makes cellular agriculture products to improve sustainability, food security, and reduce public health problems. The company offers a developed patented general-purpose large-scale cell culture system that can culture wide range of cells without external addition of expensive growth factors and provide consumers with affordable cleanmeat.Founded in 2015, Integriculture is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. | $42.5M | Seed | May 25, 2018 |  |
| ImpacFat | ImpacFat is a food production company that develops fish meat alternatives through cell cultivation. |  | Seed |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [UntroD Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/real-tech-holdings) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Beyond Next Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-next-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Hiroshima Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hiroshima-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NH Foods](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nh-foods) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [VU Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vu-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About 144 Ventures

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Glocalink Singapore invests in early-stage agrifood startups.

3 contacts available at 144 Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kengo Suzuki | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kengo-suzuki |
| Yukihiro Maru | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yukihiro-maru |
| Ravikrishna Ramanujam | DirectorDirector | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ravikrishna-ramanujam |

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## FAQ

### What does Yukihiro Maru invest in?

Yukihiro Maru invests primarily in Farming, Agriculture and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.

### What is Yukihiro Maru's check size?

Yukihiro Maru typically joins rounds of $4.7M–$111M 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 Yukihiro Maru participates in.

### When did Yukihiro Maru last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yukihiro Maru closed in Apr 2022. 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?

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