Investors: SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate Development, MISUMI Group, Mizuho Bank
Vertical indoor farming company growing pesticide-free strawberries raised Series C to expand robotics, production capacity, and farm infrastructure across the U.S. and Japan.
Investors: SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate Development, MISUMI Group, Mizuho Bank
Indoor vertical strawberry farming company using robotics and automation to scale pesticide-free strawberry production with advanced technology integrated with Japanese farming techniques.
Investors: SPARX Asset Management, Nomura Real Estate Development, MISUMI Group, Mizuho Bank
Indoor vertical strawberry farming company raised $150M Series C to scale robotics-integrated smart farms and expand production capacity.
Investors: SPARX Asset Management Co., Ltd., Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., MISUMI Group Inc., Mizuho Bank Ltd.
Oishii, which operates the world's largest indoor vertical strawberry farm, raised $150 million in Series C financing to scale its robotic-powered indoor farming operations and advance farm automation across the U.S. and Japan.
Agtech VC deal count collapses as capital flees dashboards for autonomous systems
Venture investors backed 735 agtech deals in 2025; H1 2026 is on pace for a significant decline, with surviving capital concentrated in 'agentic ag', closed-loop autonomous systems that sense, decide, and act without farmer input.
MISUMI invests in Oishii to industrialize vertical farm automation
Japan's MISUMI Group backs Oishii's standardized farm modules, signaling industrial-scale manufacturing is entering controlled-environment agriculture.