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    Kubota Corporation

    Osaka, JapanFounded 1890

    Kubota Corporation is a Japanese global manufacturer of agricultural and construction machinery, engines, and water infrastructure products. Through its strategic investment activities, Kubota invests in agtech and robotics startups to accelerate innovation in smart agriculture and precision farming.

    43% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $19.8M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Koichi Kawana

    Koichi Kawana

    Outside Director

    Kumi Arakane

    Kumi Arakane

    Outside Director

    Nobushige Ichikawa

    Nobushige Ichikawa

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) GM of Research and Development Headquarters, GM of Kubota Global Institute of Technology

    Shingo Hanada

    Shingo Hanada

    President and Representative Director, CEO

    Takanobu Azuma

    Takanobu Azuma

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief Manufacturing Officer (CMO) GM of Manufacturing Promotion Headquarters, GM of Farm and Industrial Machinery Global Operating Headquarters, GM of ASEAN Farm and Industrial Machinery Strategy and Operations Headquarters

    Wataru Kondo

    Wataru Kondo

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer GM of Water and Environment Infrastructure Consolidated Company, GM of Tokyo Head Office

    Yoshinori Yamashita

    Yoshinori Yamashita

    Outside Director

    Yuri Furusawa

    Yuri Furusawa

    Outside Director

    Yutaro Shintaku

    Yutaro Shintaku

    Outside Director

    BA

    Brian Arnold

    Executive Officer GM of North America Manufacturing Unit, Vice President of Kubota North America Corporation, President of Kubota Manufacturing of America Corporation

    HT

    Hideo Takigawa

    Managing Executive Officer, Chief Compliance & Quality Officer(CCQO) GM of Compliance and Risk Management, QA Headquarters

    HA

    Hiroyuki Araki

    Executive Officer GM of Autonomous Information Technology Unit

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    14 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    OceanWell logoOceanWellSeries A$11MNov 2024
    Bloomfield Robotics logoBloomfield RoboticsUnknown—Jan 2023
    SeeTree logoSeeTreeSeries A$30MDec 2020
    SeeTree logoSeeTreeSeries B$30MJan 2019
    Advanced Farm Technologies logoAdvanced Farm TechnologiesSeries A$7.5M—
    Advanced Farm Technologies logoAdvanced Farm TechnologiesSeries B$25M—
    AAdvanced Farm TechnologiesSeries A$7.5M—
    SSEETREE SYSTEMS LTDSeries B$30M—
    Tevel logoTevelSeries A$20M—
    KKilterSeries B——
    TTevel Aerobotics TechnologiesSeries A$20M—
    KKilterSeries B——
    AAdvanced Farm Technologies, Inc.Series B$25M—
    CClarifruitSeries A$12M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026