# Morus

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/morus

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://morus.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $5.3M
- Latest round: Series A (Jun 30, 2025)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Based in Japan, and founded in 2021, Morus Inc. operates as a silkworm research and development company. In January 2022, Morus Inc. raised JPY 50 million in seed funding from new investors ANRI and SAMURAI INCUBATE. As of 2022, the company’s CEO is Ryo Sato.

Morus sells silkworms in powder form and provides raw materials for a variety of applications, including functional substances and food. The company's genome editing technology enables the creation of high-speed silk moth breeding for mass production, allowing numerous industries to use silk moths as sustainable alternative proteins, including food, pharmaceuticals, and feed.

The company plans to use the January 2022 funding to contribute to product and research development and recruitment.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Jun 30, 2025, $4.8M — SMBC Venture Capital, SPARX Group, Mizuho Capital, Shinkin Capital, DG Daiwa Ventures, UT Founder's Association
- Seed, Jan 5, 2022, $0.4M — Samurai Incubate, ANRI

## Investors

- Samurai Incubate (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/samurai-incubate) — Seed
- ANRI (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/anri) — Seed
- SMBC Venture Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/smbc-venture-capital) — Series A
- SPARX Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sparx-group) — Series A
- Mizuho Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mizuho-capital) — Series A
- Shinkin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/shinkin-capital) — Series A
- DG Daiwa Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dg-daiwa-ventures) — Series A
- UT Founder's Association — Series A