# Farmnote funding: rounds and investors > Farmnote has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2015. Investors include Kotaro Chiba, IMPACT Capital and Social Capital. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/farmnote (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Series B startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Farmnote* 4 rounds we have observed, with the 16 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Agtech AI Food & Beverage IoT Raised 1 month ago Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$12M** raised across 4 rounds since 2015, from 4 sources **$1.7M** Seed **$3.5M** Seed **$7.2M** Series B - **Latest round:** Round Oct 2026 - **Led by:** IMPACT Capital - **Biggest round:** $7.2M Series B · Aug 2023 - **Investors:** 16 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 **$1.7M** Seed **$3.5M** Seed **$7.2M** Series B **?** Round - **First round:** Seed, $1.7M - **Biggest round:** $7.2M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.3 years ## The rounds - **Oct 2026** Round **Amount undisclosed** *2 new* [IMPACT Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impact-capital) Lead [Social X and QR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-x-and-qr-investment) Reported by The Bridge - **Aug 2023** Series B **$7.2M** *1 new* [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) Source recorded - **Dec 2018** Seed **$3.5M** *9 new* *1 returning* [DG Incubation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dg-incubation) [Kotaro Chiba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kotaro-chiba) [Leave a Nest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leave-a-nest) D2 Garage FFG Fumiaki Koizumi Hokuyo Bank Kagoshima Bank Real Tech Fund Shintaro Naganuma Reported by Thebridge - **Aug 2015** Seed **$1.7M** *4 new* [GREE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gree) [Kotaro Chiba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kotaro-chiba) [Kanematsu Agritech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kanematsu-agritech) Daiji Hirata From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Seed** 2015 **Seed** 2018 **Series B** 2023 **Round** 2026 [Kotaro Chiba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kotaro-chiba) [IMPACT Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impact-capital) L [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) [DG Incubation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dg-incubation) [GREE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gree) [Kanematsu Agritech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kanematsu-agritech) [Leave a Nest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leave-a-nest) [Social X and QR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-x-and-qr-investment) D2 Garage Daiji Hirata ## Everyone who backed them [Kotaro Chiba](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kotaro-chiba) Angel **2** rounds [IMPACT Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/impact-capital) Hedge fund **1** round, led 1 [Social Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-capital) VC firm **1** round [DG Incubation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dg-incubation) Accelerator **1** round [GREE](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gree) Corporate VC **1** round [Kanematsu Agritech](https://millionrounds.com/fund/kanematsu-agritech) VC firm **1** round [Leave a Nest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leave-a-nest) VC firm **1** round [Social X and QR Investment](https://millionrounds.com/fund/social-x-and-qr-investment) Investment firm **1** round D2 Garage no record of our own yet **1** round Daiji Hirata no record of our own yet **1** round FFG no record of our own yet **1** round Fumiaki Koizumi no record of our own yet **1** round Hokuyo Bank no record of our own yet **1** round Kagoshima Bank no record of our own yet **1** round Real Tech Fund no record of our own yet **1** round Shintaro Naganuma no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=farmnote). ## Also claim to have backed them This firm lists Farmnote as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [D2 Garage Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/d2-garage-japan) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Farmnote ### Who invested in Farmnote? Farmnote's investors include Kotaro Chiba, IMPACT Capital, Social Capital, DG Incubation and GREE, and 11 more on record. IMPACT Capital led its latest round. ### How much has Farmnote raised? Farmnote has raised $12M across 4 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Farmnote last raise? Farmnote's most recent round was in Oct 2026, led by IMPACT Capital. ### What was Farmnote's biggest round? Farmnote's largest round on record is $7.2M (Series B), in Aug 2023. ### Who backed Farmnote first? Farmnote's first round on record, in Aug 2015, was backed by GREE, Kotaro Chiba and Kanematsu Agritech and 1 others. ### What stage is Farmnote at? Farmnote's latest named round is a Series B, in Aug 2023. ### Where is Farmnote based? Farmnote is based in Japan. ### Who led Farmnote's rounds? IMPACT Capital led the funding round in 2026. ## Companies like Farmnote In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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