# Ajinomoto: portfolio, investments and team

> Ajinomoto is a corporate vc based in Japan. 1 investment on record, latest Oct 2017. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/ajinomoto (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Ajinomoto

Last cheque observed Oct 2017. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet Corporate VC

Series B Artificial Intelligence Security Agriculture

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 1 on record

Since the last cheque **3295** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$42M** Rounds led **0 of 1**

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## Ajinomoto highlights

- 01 1 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Series B: 100% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** Corporate VC (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Sectors:** Artificial Intelligence Security Agriculture
- **Based in:** Chuo-ku, Japan
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **1 appearances**

- **2017** 1 round
- **Oct** **[MycoTechnology](https://millionrounds.com/company/mycotechnology)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$42M** With 4 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

We hold **1** person at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## Companies it bought

Acquisitions by the firm itself

**Windsor Foods** **$800M** Sept 2014

**[Althea Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/althea-technologies)** **Undisclosed** Mar 2013

## The cheque

Series B

Median round joined **$42M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 1 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2017

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series B *1*

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Ajinomoto put money into.

[**MycoTechnology** $42M · Oct 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/mycotechnology)

## Quick answers about Ajinomoto

### What does Ajinomoto invest in?

Ajinomoto invests most often at Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, Security and Agriculture.

### How active is Ajinomoto?

1 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2017.

### What has Ajinomoto invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: MycoTechnology (Series B, Oct 2017).

### How big are Ajinomoto's cheques?

The median round it joins is $42M.

### Is Ajinomoto investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2017.

### What kind of investor is Ajinomoto?

Ajinomoto is a corporate VC based in Chuo-ku, Japan.

### When was Ajinomoto founded?

Ajinomoto was founded in 1925.

### Where does this information on Ajinomoto come from?

From 1 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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