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Wada FoodTech

AIoT hot-chain bento vending platform that serves hot meals at workplaces, campuses and hospitals.

🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan · Founded 2019 · 11–50 people

Food technologyFoodserviceIoTAutomated vendingLogistics

Wada FoodTech Group is a food technology company headquartered in Tokyo. It runs an AIoT hot-chain meal platform: automated bento vending machines and tracked logistics that keep meals above 65°C from kitchen to customer. The platform adds to or replaces cafeterias at factories, universities, schools, hospitals and workplaces. It was formerly known as Kamakura Foods and operates the Wada Bento brand in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia, with rollouts into the UK and US.

Open to

  • Distribution & resellers

The company's UK launch announcement says it is looking for franchise and master franchise operators to deploy its hot meal points.

Products and services

Product

Hot-chain bento vending machine

An automated machine that dispenses a hot bento meal in 9 seconds.

Who it's for: Factories, universities, schools, hospitals and high-traffic workplaces

  • Meals are held and verified above 65°C
  • Sixth-generation machine, covered by 10+ patents
  • Certified for Japan, Australia and New Zealand, the EU and UK, and the US
Service

AIoT hot-chain platform

A B2B platform that combines smart hardware, tracked logistics, a cloud backend and a pre-order system.

Who it's for: Food brands and caterers that want to reach more sites without opening new kitchens or restaurants

  • GPS tracking of meal deliveries
  • Temperature and humidity monitoring with end-to-end traceability
  • Sales data analytics to reduce food waste
Service

Canteen-in-a-Box

A fast-to-deploy hot meal point offered on a hardware-as-a-service basis.

Who it's for: Sites that want to add to or replace a traditional cafeteria

  • Rapid deployment without building a kitchen on site

Customers

Sites that host the machines include factories, universities, schools, hospitals, corporate offices and construction sites. Food brands and caterers use the platform to sell their meals through the machines.

Traction

Updated Oct 2026
1.2M+bento meals sold
10+patents held
13hospitals and medical schools served in Hong Kong
4offices: Tokyo, Osaka, London and Hong Kong

Funding

Over US$10 milliontotal raised
  • Pre-A32025Led by MindWorks ETEC Fund and Golden Resources Development InternationalUS$5 million
InvestorsMindWorks ETEC FundGolden Resources Development International LimitedEthAum Capital PartnersNew Vision Capital PartnersCyberport Macro FundGravity Capital PartnersCity University of Hong KongHarada Corporation

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