Takara Holdings

Profile and fund size

Parent Takara HoldingsHQ Kyoto, JapanFounded 2026

This profile covers the startup investments made by Takara Holdings, a food and agriculture company. It was founded in 2026 and is based in Kyoto, Japan. It invests at the Series B stage. Sectors it names: biotech and life sciences, food and agriculture.

Commitment by parentS1: JPY 2.5bn

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series B to Series B

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Item	Value
Stage range	Series B to Series B
Sectors	Biotech and life sciences, Food and agriculture
Geography	Asia
Offices	Kyoto, Japan

Sources: S3 PR TIMES: WAKAZE signs capital alliance with Takara Holdings, Series B about JPY 1bn; S1 Takara Holdings IR: notice of establishing a corporate venture capital (13 May 2026).

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	JPY 2.5bn	Commitment by parent	Stated by the firm or its parent	S1

Sources: S1 Takara Holdings IR: notice of establishing a corporate venture capital (13 May 2026).

Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters: Kyoto, Japan
Offices: Kyoto, Japan

Investment regionsS3 S1

Asia

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Takara Holdings (TSE: 2531)	Single source	S1
Parent industry	Food and agriculture	Single source	S1
Founded	2026	Single source	S1
Headquarters	Kyoto, Japan	Reported by Wikipedia: Takara Holdings (headquarters)	S4
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	JPY 2.5bn (Commitment by parent)	Single source	S1
Stages	Series B (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S3

About Takara Holdings

Item	Detail	Source
Listed as	TSE: 2531	S1
Headquarters	Japan	S1

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Takara direct-investment CVC programme	JPY 2.5bn	2026	S1

History

2024Investment announced (30 January)S2

Portfolio

Portfolio companies named in public sources: Fermenstation, WAKAZE.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Takara Holdings portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Glocalink	1	Fermenstation
TBS Innovation Partners	1	Fermenstation

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Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.takara.co.jp/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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