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Sustainable AgriTech & FoodTech Cluster

AgriTech, FoodTech
Sophistication of food and agricultural industries

A wide variety of players in the food and agriculture industry are participating. We will work to advance each process of the food value chain (Procurement of production materials, food production, food processing, food distribution and consumption) and, through that, we develop sustainable economy.

Promote the social implementation of startups in the AgriTech and FoodTech fields by cooperating more than ever with various constituent companies in the food and agriculture industry, with a focus on the general incorporated association, AgVenture Lab, which has promoted many open innovations by running its own accelerator program, the JA Accelerator, over the past six fiscal years.

Provision of PoC, and implementing fields/services for startups with companies in clusters that develop startup support programs utilizing abundant assets and create support and collaboration for startups

  • Use of external innovation programs to attract startups
  • Matching support between selected startups and cluster companies
  • Provision of open innovation bases for each cluster for PoC
Ogino Koki

AgVenture Lab
CEO&Evangelist

Utilizing the abundant food and agriculture industry startup pool owned by its representative company, AgVenture Lab, will identify promising innovation activities that contribute to the realization of a sustainable economy and provide generous support. Through this business, we will further develop the important industries of food and agriculture, which are indispensable to people's lives, and maintain and expand a rich food culture that we can be proud of in the world.
In addition, by actively cooperating with other clusters, we hope to achieve the goals not only for the SA&F Cluster but also for the TIB CATAPULT business as a whole and create an impact on Tokyo.

  • Companies, universities, research institutes, etc. that can cooperate with startups in the food and agriculture field in solving technical issues
  • Companies and organizations that want to actively utilize startup technologies
  • Startups that provide new value in one of the food value chains