HarvestX Inc. (Head office: Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo; President: Yuki Ichikawa) has raised a total of 150 million yen in funding from “ANRI No.4 Investment Limited Partnership” (Representative: Anri Samata) managed by venture capital ANRI, the Open Innovation Promotion No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership managed by the University of Tokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo; President: Katsuhiko Oizumi) and “DEEPCORE TOKYO No.2 Investment Limited Partnership” managed by DEEPCORE Inc..
With this capital increase, we are aiming to develop hardware and software for demonstration tests with our partner indoor farming companies and to improve pollination accuracy through these tests at actual indoor vertical farms.