FoodTech Startups

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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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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Mealthy offers nutrition and dietary guidance delivered by nutrition specialists and supported by AI, aimed at helping users improve eating habits and lose weight. It serves health insurance associations with diabetic nephropathy and dialysis-prevention programs, corporate clients with employee health management support, and partners via healthcare system integration, 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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tanonda is a QR-code based self-ordering system for restaurants, letting customers scan a table QR to browse a photo menu, order, and pay from their own smartphones without an app, while staff manage incoming orders, kitchen, and hall service across synced devices. Aimed at restaurant owners, including solo-operated establishments, it also offers bill-splitting, sales reporting, and menu management features, with pricing in Japanese yen.

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Secai Marche operates a farm-direct platform that connects small-scale farmers with chefs and F&B businesses, handling the sourcing and supply of fresh produce. It serves restaurants and hotels in Malaysia and the wider Southeast Asian market as a food ingredient supplier.

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SENTAN Pharma develops nano- and micro-particle technology originally built for pharmaceuticals and applies it to preventive medicine and agriculture, creating edible nano-particle health foods and coloring materials as well as next-generation livestock feed. The company is based in Japan.

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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 produces specialized insect-based feed products for reptiles, including Leobait, a leopard gecko food made from 95% freeze-dried crickets. The company develops species-specific nutritional formulas in collaboration with Japanese universities.

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Japanese company that supplies commercial kitchen and food-service equipment, including refrigeration, heating, food-prep, gelato/soft-serve, café and drink machines, along with a HACCP-compliant temperature-logging subscription service. Founded in 1971 and based in Tokyo, it distributes multiple equipment brands to food-industry clients.

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Operator of "Shibuya Gyoza" (薄皮餃子専門 渋谷餃子), a thin-skin dumpling restaurant brand in Japan offering a range of gyoza varieties and all-you-can-eat course menus.

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Komugino operates a food-service outsourcing and restaurant brand licensing business, developing and franchising dining brands such as the "Komugi no Dorei" bakery chain. The company, based in Japan, focuses on reviving regional cuisines and expanding franchise restaurants across the country.

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DDグループ (Diamond Dining) operates a nationwide chain of restaurants, bars, entertainment dining venues, and amusement/billiards spaces across Japan, including themed concept restaurants and izakaya. The company runs roughly 94+ outlets nationwide spanning food, beverage, and entertainment hospitality.

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Vegan-focused company that operates the Vegan Sushi Tokyo food business, working to make vegan options easy and accessible in everyday life. Based in Japan, it has run its operations since its founding in 2020 with a mission to build a society where anyone can choose veganism.

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PlantForm develops aquaponics systems that grow fish and plants together using fish waste as nutrients, without pesticides or chemical fertilizers, controlled via IoT and AI so newcomers can start farming. Based in Japan, the company targets sustainable food production in the agriculture and fisheries sectors.

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A company that sources and sells acai berries and other Amazon fruits, focusing on authentic quality products for consumer enjoyment.

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Hotland operates and manages restaurants (including its takoyaki business) and engages in the import, export, processing, and sale of food and other products, with operations in Japan, Taiwan, and the United States. The company also runs an education business through its group companies.

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Minshoku (株式会社みんなの社食) operates a delivery-based corporate cafeteria service, providing lunch to employees at companies that lack an in-house canteen. Based in Tokyo, it works with restaurant partners and delivery partners to serve workplace lunches in Japan.

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euglena Co. develops products based on the microalgae euglena, which it was the first in the world to mass-cultivate outdoors for food use, applying it across health/food, biofuel, and nutrition initiatives. Founded to address malnutrition in Bangladesh, the company operates under a "Sustainability First" philosophy aimed at solving social and environmental problems.

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Y-Food H (Yoshimura Food Holdings) acquires and consolidates small to medium-sized Japanese food companies lacking successors, then supports their growth and expansion to domestic and international markets. The company operates as a holding group that combines acquired food businesses to leverage their product quality and technical expertise while addressing Japan's business succession challenges.

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Ropia is a Japanese dessert and confectionery developer and manufacturer that produces chilled desserts and sweets for convenience stores and supermarkets, and has launched an ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) business to connect sellers wanting to develop sweets with factories seeking to inherit confectionery production know-how. The company also serves special-occasion channels such as theme parks, mail-order and gift products.

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Hattendo Farm operates a social business combining agriculture with welfare employment and value-added food production. The company matches labor-short farmers with employment-seeking welfare facilities, then adds secondary and tertiary industries through processing and storytelling to create products like jam bread and confectionery incorporating farm-grown fruits and vegetables.

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Kuraya Group is a Japanese confectionery company that manufactures and sells sweets, including its Cheese Garden THE OVEN and Goyotei cheesecake products. It operates a factory in Nasu with a tasting kitchen where it develops new confectionery products and brand concepts.

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