楽々 has developed the 'Mash Fermentation System', a decarbonized organic mushroom substrate manufacturing method created through joint research with Niigata University that ferments rather than sterilizes substrate. The system reproduces and controls microbial dynamics with low energy input, avoiding high pressure or heat and cutting greenhouse gas emissions by about 70% compared with existing technologies. It uses recycled natural feedstocks such as cotton hulls and beet pulp, and post-harvest substrate is composted or offered as recycled raw material with potential use as livestock feed. Remote precision fermentation management reduces high equipment investment and specialist labor bottlenecks, and the company plans to license the technology and transfer know‑how to enable cross‑industry entry. Beyond substrate production, 楽々 supports value‑added sales of mushrooms and processed foods, pursues agrivoltaics for energy cost reduction, and seeks organic JAS/EcoCert certification to promote processed food exports. The company intends to expand and diversify operations, pursue rebranding, and roll out licensing and products overseas while accelerating efforts toward carbon neutrality and local production–consumption.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jun 2024