What it sells
MatchaaS lets food and beverage companies secure dedicated tea fields under multi-year contracts with fixed price, volume and quality, while ChaaS sells corporate subscriptions to tea farms' environmental value.
Business model breakdown
Buyer: who owns the budget?
UnverifiedCorporate sustainability/ESG or new-business teams at companies wanting SDGs and agricultural participation.
Trigger: what makes them buy now?
Efficient ESG/SDGs implementation and regional sustainability goals.
Workflow: what inputs become what output?
Source tea cultivation plots from mountain-area producers, provide them to corporate clients, delegate local management to producers, and integrate cultivation through consumption.
Economics: what it saves and how it charges
Service fees plus matcha supply contracts
Distribution: how it reaches customers
Direct B2B corporate partnerships through a producer network, mainly Shizuoka.
Funding history and coverage
| Round date | Stage | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-11 | Series A | JPY 350M | AKaFUJI (lead), Suzuyo Shoji, Kawa Taiken Construction (via LtG Capital Partners), Shinkin fund, TOKAI Holdings, NOBUNAGA Capital Village | prtimes.jp |
Profiles summarize public reporting and company websites. Business-model notes are MaxBC's reading of that material, not confirmed facts; unknowns are left blank rather than guessed. Updated 2026-10-12.