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Best Food and Agriculture Companies in Japan

The 656 best Food and Agriculture companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: DAIZ Corporation.

656companies tracked
$325.2Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
68have raised

When you're mapping the best Food and Agriculture companies in Japan by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum, the picture is more concentrated than you'd expect. Our directory tracks 656 companies with $325M in total disclosed funding, and no unicorns yet. Antway leads the pack at $22M, followed by Clear at $16M and Manpuku Holdings at $8M. The sector's ~5.5% CAGR tells a steady-growth story, but the real signal is mobile: median install growth across 504 food and agtech apps is running at roughly +20% YoY, which means consumer and farmer engagement is outpacing the fundraising headlines.

So where's the energy going? Coverage volume is flat, but the themes heating up right now are youth agriculture programs, food waste composting, and food rescue donations. I'd watch that composting angle closely as Japan tightens organic waste regulations. Backers like Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Future Food Fund, and SMBC Venture Capital are clearly circling early-stage plays, and key investor practices in this space increasingly favor operators with extension outreach built in. The funding base is still thin relative to the opportunity, which means the companies you find here are competing in a market that's genuinely open.

Sources & further reading
  • prnewswire.com
  • openpr.com
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · FOOD AND AGRICULTURE × JAPAN

Our analysis of 653 Food and Agriculture companies

$71.7b in tracked funding; 82% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

653companies analysed
82%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2015median founding year

Ranked: Best Food and Agriculture companies in Japan

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderEmployeesTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1DAIZ Corporation
Provider of burger, frying rolls, and other recipes processing services
$88M32 mo agoSeries CTsuyoshi Ide
Founder & CEO
——3 patents
Plant-based meat processing, seed germination treatments, and glyceollin functional phytochemicals
—
2Antway
Provider of nutritional diet services
$22M6 mo agoSeries D—325Node.jsReactNext.js App Router+12——
3Chikaranomoto Holdings
Operates restaurant under multiple brands
$17M138 mo agoPublic—2,018WordPressMySQLPHP+18——
4Integriculture
Provider of nutrition consultation services
$16M52 mo agoSeries AYuki Hanyu
Co-Founder & CEO
18WordPressMySQLPHP+2259 patents
Cultured meat bioprocessing: scaffolds, bioreactors, media, and cell state monitoring
—
5Clear
Brand of sake
$16M15 mo agoSeries BRyoji Ikoma
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+1133 patents
Load‑following small modular liquid‑metal reactors with thermal‑expansion reflector control
—
6Daybreak
Platform offering freezing solution for food businesses
$14M35 mo agoSeries B—30WordPressMySQLPHP+12——
7Officeyasai
On-demand vegetable delivery service for office workers
$12M51 mo agoSeries C—65WordPressMySQLPHP+31——
8HiO ICE CREAM
Butter & ice cream processing company
$9M23 mo agoSeries CShuhei Nishio
CEO & President
—NginxYahoo Advertisingcore-js+8——
9WAKAZE
Brand of sake
$9M41 mo agoSeries BTakuma Inagawa
CEO
22ShopifyYouTubeInstafeed+33——
10Yuwaeru
Brand of rice
$8M73 mo agoSeries AYoshitaka Ogino
CEO
220WordPressMySQLPHP+14——
11XMart
Retailer of food products
$8M41 mo agoSeries BYoshifumi Terada
CEO
—STUDIOApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+22——
12Manpuku Holdings
Operator of restaurants
$8M5 mo agoSeries CTomoharu Kato
Founder
—WordPressMySQLPHP+13——
13Biophilia
Internet first brand offering pet food products
$7M28 mo agoSeries BHiroyuki Yahagi
Co-Founder
17WordPressMySQLPHP+15——
14Mellow
Provider of fresh fish and vegetables
$7M47 mo agoSeries BTakuya Moriguchi
CEO
43NotionSuper BuilderTurbopack+19——
15Sakana Dream
Fish aquaculture platform developing aquaculture fish through reproductive stem cell transplantation
$7M9 mo agoSeries ATetsuro Morita
Co-Founder
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+10——
16Goals
株式会社Goalsは、クラウドサービス『HANZO』にて飲食業の原価率を改善します。AIによる売上予測・自動発注・原価管理で飲食店のDXを推進します。
$6M4 mo agoFunding Raised—40Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+21——
17VEGEKUL
Provider of wholesale and delivery services for vegetables to restaurants and eateries
$6M23 mo agoSeries AMasayoshi Ikeda
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+17——
18Shikomel
Provider of app services for restaurants
$6M11 mo agoSeries BSuguru Kawamoto
Co-Founder
20WordPressMySQLPHP+20——
19Ocean System
Seafood distributors
$6M99 mo agoPublicAnupam Jain
Managing Director
3,959PHPanime.jsparticles.js+7——
20Ethical Spirits
Internet first brand offering spirits products
$5M20 mo agoSeries A—10Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+45——
21Base Food
Produces and supplies food produts
$5M51 mo agoPublicShun Hashimoto
CEO
94Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityNode.js+3736 patents
High‑protein, soy‑enriched bakery and noodle formulations and production methods
—
22Japan Mirai Agriculture
Provider of agriculture business services
$4M25 mo agoSeries AMasaki Kuboi
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+16——
23World market
Distributor of fruits & vegetables
$3M30 mo agoSeries ATakuya Murata
CEO
————
24FOODCODE
Provider of restaurant operation services
$3M48 mo agoSeries ARyosuke Nishiyama
CEO
50———
25Organic Rice Design
Manufcaturer of agriculture machinery
$3M30 mo agoSeries ADaisuke Yamanaka
Founder
————
26Hydro Powtech Japan
Provider of hydrolysis technology for the production of food alternatives
$3M9 mo agoSeries BMasazumi Kumazawa
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+6——
27Matilda
Restaurant serving chicken items
$2M3 mo agoSeries BYuzuki Fukuzawa
Co-Founder
20STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+8——
28WithGreen
Retailer of chicken and vegetable salads
$2M75 mo agoSeedTomohiro Takefumi
Founder & CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+19——
29PostCoffee
Brand of coffee
$2M15 mo agoSeries A—10Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceTypeScript+33——
30karasawanouki
Provider of agricultural machinery, marketing, and food services
$2M64 mo agoSeed—31WordPressMySQLPHP+22——
31Ac-Planta
Manufacturer of agriculture materials and lawn products
$2M27 mo agoSeries A—4WordPressMySQLPHP+1123 patents
Chemical agents enhancing plant heat, drought, and salt stress tolerance
—
32UMAMI
Japanese-inspired plant-based food brand using traditional techniques and ingredients to provide quality…
$2M7 mo agoSeedHiroto Yamazaki
Co-Founder & CEO
6Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12——
33Stayway
Provider of IT cloud services
$2M23 mo agoSeries BAtsushi Sato
Founder & CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+19——
34ASTRA FOOD PLAN
Manufacturing of foods for sale and food processing machines
$1M19 mo agoSeries AChihiro Kano
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+15——
35KOREDAKE
Internet first brand offering plant-based nutritional drink
$1M31 mo agoSeries ATomoki Suzuki
CEO
—Cart FunctionalityRubyLINE Login+18——
36Oxxx
Provider of EC site operation agency services and frozen home delivery baby food business.
$1M15 mo agoSeries AYusaku Kurose
CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+9——
37WAKU
Supplier of fertilizers
$1M10 mo agoSeedRyosuke Himeno
Founder & CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+10——
38Agri-Hd
Provider of agricultural data analytics and precision farming solutions
$1M97 mo agoSeed—4———
39Lisa Technologies
Provider of food safety testing services
$1M56 mo agoSeedRyuki Nishimura
CEO
19Tailwind CSSVercelReact+7——
40amu
Manufacturer of upcycling old fishing nets
$894K9 mo agoSeedHirohiro Kato
Founder
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+12——
41Reblue.inc
Provider of oysters processing and cultivating services
$867K52 mo agoSeedTakuya Takahata
Co-Founder & COO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+18——
42Benners
Producer and supplier of fish products
$796K7 mo agoFunding RaisedTakeshi Iguchi
Founder & CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+13——
43Mori Mirai
Vertically integrated company focused on timber business
$719K16 mo agoSeries AJunpei Asano
CEO
—WordPressMySQLPHP+18——
44Pocotein
Online retailer of protein-infused ice cream in various pack sizes
$656K15 mo agoSeedBurak
Co-Founder
—Cart FunctionalityShopifySentry+20——
45LacuS
Provider of packaging products and services for food industry
$653K19 mo agoSeedFurutsuka Eiriku
CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+8——
46Superworm
Provider of eco friendly superworm based products and solutions, including snacks and audiobooks
$637K10 mo agoSeedYutaro Koga
CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+102 patents
Automated pupation and breeding devices for Zophobas insect cultivation
—
47SEAM
Brand of pickle and low- alcoholic cocktails
$455K47 mo agoSeedYurie Ishine
CEO
—WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+12——
48Morus
Developer of silkworm-derived powder for food, beverage, and nutrition applications
$434K11 mo agoSeries ARyo Sato
CEO
8WordPressMySQLPHP+155 patents
Patents concentrated in health & consumer products
1 launch
49YOILABO
Provider of non-alcoholic drinks
$233K73 mo agoSeedNaoki Harima
CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+12——
50Cool Connect
Supplier of agriculture and cultivation equipment
$211K26 mo agoSeedShota Kobe
CEO
—STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+11——

Top 12 Food and Agriculture companies in Japan

#1
Series D · Chiyoda City, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 325 employees
$21.6Mraised
▾

Provider of nutritional diet services

Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Series D$21.1M
  • May 2023Series C—
  • Aug 2021Series B—
  • Oct 2019Seed$462.7K
Investors
SMBC Venture Capital, Shinsei Corporate Investment, Sumisho Venture Partners, Mitsubishi Corporation, Precofoods, SOW Holdings
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud Cdn
#2
Series C · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2016
$7.6Mraised
▾

Operator of restaurants

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series C$22M
  • Dec 2025Series C$12.2M
  • Jun 2025Conventional Debt$829.6K
  • Mar 2025Series B—
Founders & team
Tomoharu KatoFounder
Investors
Agri Business Investment Development, HIRAC FUND, Higin Capital, Gogin Capital, JP LIFE NEXT FUND, Pegasus Tech Ventures
Tech stack
All In One SeoCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7Google AnalyticsGsap
#3
Funding Raised · Minato, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 40 employees
$6.4Mraised
▾

株式会社Goalsは、クラウドサービス『HANZO』にて飲食業の原価率を改善します。AIによる売上予測・自動発注・原価管理で飲食店のDXを推進します。

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Conventional Debt$6.4M
Investors
Mizuho Bank, Aozora Bank, Shoko Chukin Bank, Tokyo Star Bank, Shizuoka Bank, The Bank of Fukuoka
Tech stack
All In One SeoAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCart FunctionalityCdnjs
#4
Series B · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2021 · 20 employees
$2.4Mraised
▾

Restaurant serving chicken items

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series B$2.6M
  • Oct 2023Series A$2.4M
  • Jul 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Yuzuki FukuzawaCo-Founder
Investors
W inc, ANRI, Future Food Fund, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, ORIX Capital Corporation, Lotte Ventures Japan
Tech stack
FirebaseFont AwesomeGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#5
Series A · Tateyama, Chiba · founded 2023
$6.8Mraised
▾

Sakana Dream is a Japanese fish aquaculture platform that focuses on developing and commercializing innovative aquaculture technologies to produce high-value fish. Their goal is to create top-quality fish products that showcase Japan's rich culinary heritage.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series A$6.8M
  • Sep 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Tetsuro MoritaCo-FounderShunichiro HosoyaCo-Founder & CEOYuho IshizakiCo-Founder
Investors
Beyond Next Ventures, Nissay Capital, Chibagin Capital, Canon, Japan Post Spiral Regional Innovation Fund, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital
Tech stack
FirebaseGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#6
Series B · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2013
$16.2Mraised
▾

Brand of sake

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2025Series B$16.2M
Founders & team
Ryoji IkomaCEO
Investors
HIRAC FUND, SMBC Venture Capital, Anobaka, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital, MTG Ventures, JAFCO
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerContact Form 7Core-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle WorkspaceJquery
#7
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2019 · 20 employees
$5.8Mraised
▾

Provider of app services for restaurants

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series B$6.8M
  • Jun 2025Conventional Debt—
  • Sep 2022Series B$5.8M
Founders & team
Suguru KawamotoCo-Founder
Investors
Headline, SIG China, ICMG Partners, Agri Business Investment Development, Plan Do See, Foursis
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCart FunctionalityCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#8
Seed · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2021 · 6 employees
$1.6Mraised
▾

UMAMI UNITED is a Japanese-inspired plant-based food brand that aims to break down barriers between different food cultures by utilizing traditional Japanese techniques and ingredients to provide quality plant-based options. They have developed a plant-based egg made from konjac, which is cholesterol-free and aims to create a bright future for plant-based food.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 894 LinkedIn followers — 27.9% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Seed$2M
  • Aug 2023Seed$1.6M
Founders & team
Hiroto YamazakiCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Beyond Next Ventures, Genesia Ventures, mint, SMBC Venture Capital, United, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
#9
Series B · Nagaoka, Niigata · founded 2014
$2.7Mraised
▾

Provider of hydrolysis technology for the production of food alternatives. Its technology is used to produce allergen-free, alternative milk, and alternative meat.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2025Series B$2.7M
  • Sep 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Masazumi KumazawaCEO
Investors
Inabata, Daiwa Corporate Investment
Tech stack
Google AnalyticsMysqlNginxOpen GraphPhpTwitter Emoji (Twemoji)
#10
Funding Raised · Chuo City, Tokyo · founded 2018
$796.4Kraised
▾

Operator of a fishery marketplace intended to offer effective use of unused fish. The company offers a subscription service where they purchase unused fish directly from fishermen, process and sell them, and also offer a platform that centralizes information and streamlines the transaction of marine products, enabling clients and users to access fresh marine products.

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt$796.4K
Founders & team
Takeshi IguchiFounder & CEO
Investors
JFC, Nishi Nippon City Bank, Kyogin, Dogan Beta
Tech stack
Core-JsFirebaseGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font Api
#11
Seed · Takahashi, Okayama · founded 2022
$1.2Mraised
▾

Supplier of fertilizers

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2025Seed$1.2M
Founders & team
Ryosuke HimenoFounder & CEO
Investors
Anobaka, Keio Innovation Initiative, Asahi Media Lab Ventures, Chugin Capital Partners, AgVenture Lab, Station AI
Tech stack
FirebaseGoogle AnalyticsGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud CdnGoogle Font ApiGoogle Tag Manager
#12
Series C · Kumamoto, Kumamoto · founded 2015
$88Mraised
▾

Provider of burger, frying rolls, and other recipes processing services

Funding rounds
  • Oct 2023Conventional Debt—
  • Oct 2023Series C$1.3M
  • Jan 2023Series B—
  • Oct 2022Series B$13.7M
Founders & team
Tsuyoshi IdeFounder & CEO
Investors
Roquette, Cool Japan Fund, NISSIN FOODS, Marui Group, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital

Funding & investor landscape

$325.2Mtotal disclosed funding
51companies funded
75disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Mitsubishi UFJ Capital11 rounds
Future Food Fund10 rounds
SMBC Venture Capital9 rounds
Agri Business Investment Development8 rounds
Nissay Capital8 rounds
Advantage Partners6 rounds
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Venture Capital6 rounds
Station AI6 rounds
Global Brain5 rounds
JFC5 rounds

Notable founders

Tomoharu Kato
Founder · Manpuku Holdings
Yuzuki Fukuzawa
Co-Founder · Matilda
Tetsuro Morita
Co-Founder · Sakana Dream
Shunichiro Hosoya
Co-Founder & CEO · Sakana Dream
Ryoji Ikoma
CEO · Clear
Suguru Kawamoto
Co-Founder · Shikomel
Hiroto Yamazaki
Co-Founder & CEO · UMAMI
Masazumi Kumazawa
CEO · Hydro Powtech Japan
Takeshi Iguchi
Founder & CEO · Benners
Ryosuke Himeno
Founder & CEO · WAKU
Tsuyoshi Ide
Founder & CEO · DAIZ Corporation
Hirohiro Kato
Founder · amu
Prism market signals · Japan · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,276,352 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Food and Agriculture coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Japan

How research on Agritech is moving in Japan

A read on the academic research around Agritech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 143 Japan-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201820222025
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and softening — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 54% → 49% across 2018–2025.
top research entities
  • Kyoto University11
  • Kyushu University9
  • Sony Computer Science Laboratories8
  • Waseda University8
  • Fukuoka University8
leading researchers
Takuya Fujinaga · Kazuo Ishii · Shuntaro Aotake · Noboru Noguchi · Yasunori Takemura · Teruaki Nanseki · Yosuke Chomei · Denis Pastory Rubanga
▲ Breakthroughs18 · 13%
▲ 0%→15% share
4 median citations78% since 2021mostly methods-led
Agriculture breakthroughs are rising sharply — field-share jumped 0%→15% with papers growing 1→7.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture1→7
Landmark A macro-scale perspective on within-farm management: how climate and topography alter the effect of farming practices · 39 cites
◆ Advancements71 · 50%
▲ 0%→49% share
2 median citations63% since 2021mostly methods-led
Agricultural robotics research is intensifying — Robot papers surged 3→24 within a 0%→49% advancing field-share.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture6→30
  • Robot3→24
  • Field (mathematics)1→6
Newly emergingAgricultural engineering 0→8
Landmark FPDP: Flexible Privacy-Preserving Data Publishing Scheme for Smart Agriculture · 118 cites
▼ Concerns31 · 22%
▲ 0%→22% share
1 median citations65% since 2021mostly empirical
Food security is a newly emerging concern — debuting at 5 papers alongside Agriculture concerns rising 5→16.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Agriculture5→16
  • Robot1→4
Newly emergingFood security 0→5
Landmark IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Technical Committee on Agricultural Robotics and Automation [TC Spotlight] · 49 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Japan

Where agritech is researched across Japan

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Tokyo21 · +0.45
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · RobotOpportunity · Agricultural engineering
Fukuoka17 · +0.26
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · RobotOpportunity · Agricultural engineering
Kyoto14 · +0.26
Hot · AgricultureAdvancing · RobotOpportunity · Agricultural engineering
Sapporo7 · +0.69
Hot · Robot
Tsukuba6 · +0.23
PATENT SIGNAL · Japan

Who's filing agritech patents in Japan

Japan agritech patent filing is steady — 16 filings from 6 assignees (2018–2025), led by Kubota KK, SONY, Iseki Agricult MACH; annual filings 1→1.

16 filings6 assigneespeak 5/yr2018–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2018–2025)
top patent filers
  • Kubota KK13
  • SONY1
  • Iseki Agricult MACH1
  • Mitsubishi Electric1
  • Iseki Nouki1
  • Fulta Electric Machinery1

Common questions

How many Food and Agriculture companies are there in Japan?
Radar tracks 656 indexable Food and Agriculture companies headquartered in Japan that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Food and Agriculture companies in Japan?
The Food and Agriculture companies in Japan on this list have raised a combined $325.2M in disclosed equity funding across 51 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Japan?
DAIZ Corporation is the highest-funded Food and Agriculture company in Japan, with $88M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Food and Agriculture companies in Japan are funded?
51 of the 656 Food and Agriculture companies in Japan on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Food and Agriculture unicorns are there in Japan?
None of the Food and Agriculture companies in Japan on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Japan Food and Agriculture companies?
The most active investors in Japan Food and Agriculture companies on this list include Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, Future Food Fund, SMBC Venture Capital, Agri Business Investment Development, Nissay Capital.
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