CJ CheilJedang is a South Korean global food and biotechnology corporation headquartered in Seoul, and the food and bio-engineering core of the CJ Group. Beyond its operating businesses, it acts as a corporate venture investor making strategic equity investments and running the Frontier Labs accelerator program to back food-tech, alternative-protein, and biotech startups across seed through growth stages, with portfolio companies including New Culture, Plantible Foods, and Green Rebel Foods.
71% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is series-a (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $30.8M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).
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Portfolio Breakdown
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Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 AQUA Cultured Foods | Seed | $5.5M | Apr 2023 |
 Michroma | Seed | $6.4M | Feb 2023 |
 New Culture | Series A | $25M | Nov 2021 |
 Plantible | Series A | $21.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Plantible | Series A | $21.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Aleph Farms | Series B | $105M | Jul 2021 |
| 인인텔리시아 | Series A | — | — |
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Last updated: 7 October 2026