[Kirin] CVC fund “KIRIN HEALTH INNOVATION FUND” decides to invest in tacoms, a company that delivers richer food experiences through food and beverage company DX Image
URL: Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. Press release: November 13, 2024 CVC fund “KIRIN HEALTH INNOVATION FUND” has decided to invest in tacoms, a company that delivers richer food experiences through food and beverage company DX. ~Exploring efforts to create healthy experiences through ready-to-eat meals~ Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (President and COO Kenji Minakata) is a corporate venture capital (CVC) fund jointly established with Global Brain Co., Ltd. (President Yasuhiko Yurimoto), a major independent venture capital company. In August 2024, we invested in tacoms Co., Ltd. (CEO: Haruta Miyamoto, hereinafter referred to as tacoms) through the Health Innovation Fund (Health Innovation Fund). tacoms is a startup company that uses IT technology to streamline the complicated operations of food and beverage companies that provide ready-to-eat meals such as delivery and takeout services, and supports them in expanding sales channels and increasing sales. In recent years, the need for ready-to-eat meals has increased due to changes in the living environment and diversification of diets, and they play an important role in supporting people’s daily diet. Together with tacoms, we will explore initiatives to promote healthy and rich dietary habits through ready-to-eat meals. The Kirin Group has formulated the long-term management plan “Kirin Group Vision 2027” and aims to “create value in fields ranging from food to medicine and become a leading CSV*1 company in the world.” To achieve this, in addition to our existing businesses in the food field (alcoholic beverages and beverages business) and the medical field (pharmaceutical business), we will leverage the advanced fermentation and bio technology that the Kirin Group has cultivated over many years. We are promoting the launch and development of a “health science field” (health science business) that contributes to people’s health. *1 Abbreviation for Creating Shared Value. Creating value that can be shared with customers and society ■About tacoms Camel, a unified delivery order management service provided by tacoms, allows you to receive orders from all linked delivery and takeout services all at once on a single tablet, so you can easily Simplify the series of operations on the store side. It also works with stores’ POS and core systems, and since the official release in May 2021, the cumulative number of stores that have introduced it has exceeded 9,000 stores*2 nationwide, supporting many food and beverage companies entering the delivery business and improving store operations. I am. In the future, we will provide total support for online ordering operations and CRM for food and beverage companies, including the release of “Camel Order,” which allows food and beverage companies to launch their own takeout/delivery web ordering site (mobile order) without code. We aim to promote a multi-product strategy.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/73077/1092/73077-1092-96aa22f39aad1ba00768318cbf009b00-3205×1537.jpg Through manufacturing that focuses on nature and people, the Kirin Group spreads new joy in “food and health” and contributes to the realization of a spiritually enriching society. ■Company overview (1) Overview of CVC fund “KIRIN HEALTH INNOVATION FUND” Name KIRIN HEALTH INNOVATION FUND (Registered name) KIRIN・GB Investment Limited Partnership Investment target Start-up companies related to the health science field in Japan and overseas Composition period March 2020 Total operating amount 5 billion yen Operation period 10 years Unlimited liability partner Global Brain Co., Ltd. (2) Overview of Global Brain Co., Ltd. Company name Global Brain Co., Ltd. Location 2-17-1 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Representative Representative Director and President Yasuhiko Yurimoto Establishment January 1998 Business details Venture capital business URL
https://globalbrains.com/ (3) Overview of tacoms Co., Ltd. Company name tacoms Co., Ltd. Location Nihonbashi Ningyocho Square 9F, 1-8-11 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Representative CEO Haruta Miyamoto Establishment May 2019 Business details Development and provision of Vertical SaaS “Camel Series” for the food and beverage industry URL https://www.camel-series.com/