The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Oishii: 1 model, $450.0M raised. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryAgricultural robots
Overview
Oishii is a vertical farming company founded by Hiroki Koga, operating the world's largest Indoor vertical strawberry farm using robots, AI, and controlled environment agriculture. The company raised $150M Series C and has crossed the chasm of unit economics in vertical farming.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
CEO
Product
Fundingsee investors →
Series C first close $150M May 2026 (primary PR Newswire)
Tortuga AgTech acquisition and robotics (primary PR Newswire)
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Hiroki Koga CEOreported, not verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Oishii.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Oishii in third-party press
How Oishii’s Premium Berry Strategy Is Defying the Vertical Farming Downturn - The Packer
Oishii closes $150m funding round to scale tech-led indoor farming platform - FoodBev Media
Oishii secures $150m Series C as premium strategy sets it apart from vertical farming failures - agnavigator.com
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $450.0M
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (3)
Oishii’s 3 disclosed rounds, $450M in total, oldest to newest.
- Series C
$150M(reported)
- Series C
$150M(reported)
Investors: NTT DoCoMo Ventures, SPARX Group (lead), McWin
- Series C
$150M(reported)
Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Tortuga AgTechasset purchase2025-03-28
Timeline
Every recorded move in Oishii’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
AcquisitionAcquired Tortuga AgTech
2025-03-28Acquired Tortuga AgTech (asset_purchase)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Oishii.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Oishii from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
How Oishii’s Premium Berry Strategy Is Defying the Vertical Farming Downturn - The Packer
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Oishii closes $150m funding round to scale tech-led indoor farming platform - FoodBev Media
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Oishii secures $150m Series C as premium strategy sets it apart from vertical farming failures - agnavigator.com
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Oishii raises $150M for its robotic vertical farming system - The Robot Report
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Oishii ready to expand vertical strawberry production - Fruitnet
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Oishii Raises $150M To Scale Indoor Smart Farm Model - Ventureburn
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Oishii Announces First Closing of $150M in Series C Financing as It Scales Its Indoor Smart Farm™ Model - PR Newswire
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Oishii Announces First Closing Of $150 Million Series C As It Scales Its Indoor Smart Farm Model - Pulse 2.0
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Oishii Announce First Closing Of $150M in Series C Financing to Scale Vertical Strawberry Farm Operations and Robotics Integration - iGrow News
<a href="https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiU0FVX3lxTE91THJPQ0hzMkJfQklmTXVYNDJ1c21aQkNFblF5SmFiNmxNcEFrOWdZNE14SkdsVjN1WkZuSThJYXFJdndyeVVmQUNLTS1XejR3SnJ3?oc=5"…
MISUMI partners with Oishii to supply Fictiv automation for vertical farms - The Robot Report
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Misumi partners with Oishii to advance robotic vertical farming systems - Robotics & Automation News
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Robots, AI and Bees Work Together to Grow Strawberries All Year - TODAY.com
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/oishii.md
- RSS feed: /companies/oishii/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/4b668c67-1c4f-436d-a1d1-373b6351ea87
- Revision history: /companies/oishii/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Naio Technologies4 models
- WORX Landroid4 models
- Carbon Robotics3 models
- Solinftec3 models
- AgriPass2 models
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Oishii draws attention at the 22nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among ag robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 3, 2026