ANA HOLDINGS Invests in AlgaleX, a Biotech Company Using AI To Turn Food Waste Into Nutrient-Rich Algae

ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD), through its corporate venture capital fund, "ANA Future Frontier Fund L.P.,"blank announced its investment in AlgaleX Inc. (AlgaleX), a biotechnology company that leverages proprietary AI cultivation technology to produce edible algae and run its BioFarm business.

Investor:
ANA HOLDINGS INC. (ANA HD), via its venture capital arm ANA Future Frontier Fund L.P.

Target Company:
AlgaleX Inc., a biotech firm using proprietary AI cultivation technology to produce edible algae and run its BioFarm business.

Core Technology:
Touji-24 — an AI system that predicts and optimizes algae growth conditions in real time, even using low-cost inputs like food waste as culture media.

Flagship Product:
Umamo — an edible algae with 13x the DHA of mackerel per gram, offering rich umami flavor. Already adopted by restaurants and retailers in Japan and abroad.

Business Expansion:
- BioFarm partnerships to help industries with fermentation and cultivation challenges.
- Aim to become a platform for circular, sustainable nutrition.

Strategic Importance:
- Addresses global nutritional resource scarcity.
- Converts underused resources into high-value nutrients.

ANA’s Perspective:
- EVP Yoshiaki Tsuda praised AlgaleX’s ability to solve societal problems while creating durable economic value.
- ANA sees algae technology from Okinawa as potentially central to future global food supply.

This investment positions ANA not just as an airline group but as a player in sustainable food innovation, aligning aviation with broader environmental and societal goals.