FoodTech Startups

Cheongwoo Food (㈜청우식품) is a South Korean food manufacturer that produces and sells packaged food products, presenting its product lineup and company information through its website.

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Oisix is a Japanese food company that delivers safe, high-quality food ingredients and supports home dining through various services. It operates as a social enterprise in the food sector aiming to make quality meals more accessible.

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Kasfull makes a umami seasoning derived from sake lees that supports weight management when sprinkled on daily meals, using a single natural ingredient.

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Cuoncrop builds an AI intelligence platform that visualizes the environmental value of food and agricultural products across multiple sustainability metrics beyond decarbonization. The platform serves food and beverage companies, agricultural businesses, and enterprises seeking to communicate the sustainability and environmental credentials of their products to supply chain partners and consumers.

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Cookbiz operates a job-placement and recruitment service focused on the food-service and restaurant industry in Japan, matching cooks, kitchen staff, and other hospitality workers with employers. Career advisors support job seekers from interview through onboarding, and the service is free to candidates under a Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare certification.

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nosh is a subscription meal-delivery service offering frozen prepared dishes designed by registered dietitians and chefs, with every menu item held to standards of 30g or less carbohydrates and 2.5g or less salt. It targets busy consumers in Japan seeking convenient health management, offering 100+ rotating menu items delivered ready to heat in a microwave.

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HoloBio is a Japanese molecular biology research company that studies the unique functions of region-specific plants, animals, and symbiotic microorganisms across Japan. It aims to discover and apply these biological functions to develop new technologies, while also supporting senior researchers in launching ventures.

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Hachimenroppi is a Japanese wholesale platform for buying commercial food ingredients, including seafood, produce, meat, rice, and processed foods, aimed at restaurants and food-service businesses. It offers daily buyer recommendations, seasonal items, spot deals, and user product reviews.

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A Japanese restaurant and food retail operator with multiple brands serving customers across the Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, and Kyushu regions. The company aims to become a neighborhood destination for dining and food shopping.

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Kuafood (夸父炸串) is a Chinese fried-skewer (zhachuan) fast-food chain offering 40+ skewer varieties plus snacks and beverages, expanding through a franchise model. It provides franchisees with store formats, supply chain, and digital tools such as POS, store BI data systems, and a merchant app.

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Kohodo is a Japanese beverage brand producing ginger ale and ginger syrups (including varieties such as blueberry and strawberry). It sells direct to consumers as well as through wholesale and business gift channels.

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Miyatani Natural Science Laboratory isolates and cultures probiotics such as yeast (for sake, beer, and wine), plant-based lactic acid bacteria, and filamentous fungi, providing them on request extracted from customer-specified media like plants or soil. The company, based in Japan, focuses on fermentation research to create new flavors, aromas, and functional microorganisms.

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Nihon Agri is a Japanese agricultural company engaged in the production and sales of fruits and vegetables, with operations spanning domestic cultivation, distribution, and international trade through subsidiaries in Taiwan and Thailand.

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Sakanotochu sells produce grown with low-environmental-impact farming methods, sourcing from roughly 300 farms mainly in western Japan, about 80% of them new-entry farmers. It supports sustainable agriculture by acting as a sales partner and building logistics and management systems for small, irregular harvests.

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Aoyama Lab operates SECRET MALL, a closed membership-only online shopping site selling beverages, alcohol, food (rice, meat, fish, vegetables, sweets and processed foods), gift products, and home appliances at special prices. Through partner companies it offers members discounted goods while helping manufacturers expand their sales channels, and it also runs gift-card services for corporate and individual customers.

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CRISP, Inc. operates the custom salad restaurant chain "CRISP SALAD WORKS" and builds a technology-driven "connected restaurant" model for the food service industry in Japan.

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DDプラス is a Japanese wholesale trading and food-service supply company that supplies restaurants with vegetables from contracted farms, products from Toyosu and Shibaura market brokers, and general goods such as rice, cooking oil, imported meat and fish, seasonings, and consumables sourced directly from manufacturers. It handles over 15,000 items and focuses on the greater Tokyo area (Tokyo, Saitama, Kanagawa, and Chiba).

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Hattendo is a Japanese food company that sells baked goods and sweets, including its signature cream-filled buns (kurīmu pan), melon bread, seasonal breads, and Japanese and Western confections, through an online store. It offers direct-to-consumer online ordering and delivery in Japan.

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MEAL FORWARD operates a "MEAL as a Service" (MaaS) model spanning e-commerce sales of curated meat and food products, its own Craft Wagyu Selection beef brand, restaurant support (wholesale supply and foodtech hardware rental), overseas expansion of Japanese food and food technology, and food consulting. The company also pursues regional revitalization by branding and producing local food products, and is based in Japan.

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Mesh operates a delivery-only supermarket app that delivers grocery orders in as little as 10 minutes using a dark store logistics model. The Japanese company focuses on updating the everyday food shopping experience for consumers.

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NewOrder operates casual dining and drinking establishments in Japan, including udon noodle shops and izakaya-style bars. The company runs locations such as Kamakiriu Udon and Ponsuke, catering to food and beverage consumers.

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RiceWine is a Japanese sake venture behind the "HINEMOS" brand, which recommends different sake by time of day to make sake simpler and more approachable for both enthusiasts and newcomers. The company brews its own sake, has won international awards, and is expanding domestically and into Asian markets including China and Taiwan.

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Alpha-Tech (株式会社アルファテック) is a Yamagata University spin-out that develops, manufactures, and licenses temperature-controlled milling machines for the alpha-gelatinization of grains such as starch and cellulose. Its technology targets animal feed and biomass applications, aimed at improving livestock feed efficiency and addressing global protein/food supply challenges.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[{"full_name": "駒井 雄一", "title": "代表取締役社長 (President & CEO)"}, {"full_name": "西岡 昭博", "title": "Inventor & Executive Technical Advisor / Founder"}, {"full_name": "福井 勝", "title": "取締役 CTO"}, {"full_name": "増田 一之", "title": "Co-founder Advisor"}]</parameter> <parameter name="investors_mentioned">["ユニバーサルマテリアルズインキュベーター"]

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Ecologgie makes insect-based feed for reptiles and pets, using cricket powder as the main ingredient (90–95%) in products for lizards and other reptiles. The company runs its own integrated cricket production and processing operation and develops products through research partnerships with universities.

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