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Kinish raises ¥490M (Series A first close)
Rice-based dairy alternatives (The Rice Creamery plant-based ice cream) built on plant molecular farming and plant factories.
- Company
- Kinish
- Reported
- 20 Oct 2026 · that week's brief
- Stage
- Series A first close · 「シリーズA ファーストクローズ」 · Series A
- Amount
- ¥490M1 · as announced: 「4.9億円（シリーズA ファーストクローズ、第三者割当増資）」
- Breakdown
- Equity ¥490M
- Registry
- Not checked against the registry yet
- Notes
- Founded January 2023 (Tokyo). Series A first close of 4.9億円 by 第三者割当増資 to INSPiRE Mutualistic Symbiosis Fund 1, Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund (Shimadzu CVC run by Global Brain), Obayashi and Love Veggies Holding (Canada). No lead named. Funds go to US and Japan sales, R&D and hiring.
- Investors
- INSPiRE Mutualistic Symbiosis Fund 1Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund (Global Brain)Obayashi CorporationLove Veggies Holding
- Sector
- Food & AgricultureDeep tech
- Source
- Release (PR TIMES (company release); no announcement found on the company's own site yet) · News coverage
1 ≈ ~$3.1M at the ECB reference rate on 2026-10-20 (¥1 = $0.00633). Yen is the figure of record. Methodology
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