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Ajinomoto Group Ventures
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Ajinomoto Group Ventures is the corporate venture arm of the Ajinomoto Group, investing in companies that advance new ways to extend health, change how information is processed, and address sustainability challenges. It draws on the group's technical and market expertise in foods and seasonings, biologics and medical nutrition, electronic materials, personal care, and sustainable agriculture.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture
In its own wordshealthcarefoodwellnessictgreen biotechnologysustainability
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Or find every investor that fitsAjinomoto Group Ventures lists 20 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 5 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 60% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Healthcare & Biotech (24%) and Food & Agriculture (21%). 47% of its companies are based in Japan. It invests most often alongside 15th Rock, Astellas Venture Management and Cultivate Next.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Ajinomoto Group Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Ajinomoto Group Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 20. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundAjinomoto Group Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 20% |
| Series A | 60% |
| Series B | 20% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 51th | 20 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 58th | 20% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 77th | 10% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 44th | 28% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 24% | 15% |
| Food & Agriculture | 21% | 3% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 7% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 7% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 3% | 1% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 15th Rock | 2 |
| Astellas Venture Management | 2 |
| Cultivate Next | 2 |
| ANOBAKA | 1 |
| Addition | 1 |
| Advance Ventures | 1 |
| Aflac Ventures Japan | 1 |
| Ag Startup Engine | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers20100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Ajinomoto Group Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Ajinomoto Group Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 27 Apr 2026 | Seed | |
| 15 Apr 2026 | Series B | |
| 1 Dec 2025 | Series A | |
| 19 Nov 2025 | Series A Led |
Round details for Ajinomoto Group Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Ajinomoto Group Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
20 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athian builds software to aggregate, certify, and fund greenhouse gas reductions throughout the entire livestock value-chain to further enable environmental sustainability for animal agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2025Series A | Funding round | |
| Athian builds software to aggregate, certify, and fund greenhouse gas reductions throughout the entire livestock value-chain to further enable environmental sustainability for animal agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a future where biology is no longer destiny, but design | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and researches silk protein and creates new value in the healthcare, food, cosmetics, and materials fields | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Jun 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| The company develops and manufactures nanomaterials and related technologies for AI computing and other applications. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| They develop medical food products to help patients prepare better and recover faster | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fermeate develops technology to control production microorganisms for precision fermentation products | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Apr 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| The company provides various services including marketing, consulting, data research, and human resources support | Real Estate & ConstructionConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Mixx Technologies develops and manufactures optical connectivity solutions for artificial intelligence infrastructure | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Dec 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| MycoTechnology develops and produces ingredients derived from fungi for the food industry | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and researches silk protein and creates new value in the healthcare, food, cosmetics, and materials fields. | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides recipe search and meal planning services supervised by registered dietitians. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Restore Vision develops a visual restoration gene therapy | Healthcare & Biotech | Apr 2026Series B | Funding round | |
| Safire is the defense and electric mobility company turning visions of the future into impactful realities. | AI & Machine LearningMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| SprouTx develops and produces plant-based food products using sprouting technology | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| SuperMeat produces cultured meat for human consumption | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and manufactures various robots, including cooking robots and service robots. | Robotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| v2food makes protein products with higher protein, added fibre, great taste and texture, and a lower cost per kilo. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Xscape Photonics develops custom silicon photonics solutions to solve bandwidth bottlenecks in A.I. clusters. | AI & Machine LearningRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- ajinomotogroupventures.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Nov 2025
- Companies checked
- 20
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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