Sanatech Seed
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Profile
Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based agricultural biotech company (seed/crop development and sales, plus gene-edited functional food products) that focuses on CRISPR/Cas9-driven crop improvement, especially tomatoes enriched with high GABA. Core technology is genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9), including multi-target gene editing; it commercialized the world’s first gene-edited High-GABA tomato in 2021. The company was established on 1999-12-16 (new Sanatech Seed formed via merger and name change effective 2024-01-01). Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo (Toranomon 3-7-10 Landic Toranomon Building 7F). Shareholder: Joy Brothers, Inc.; capital stock: 195 million yen; no stock listing/investors/funding amounts publicly found. Known developments in 2025–2026: additional Japan notification for a third High-GABA tomato line (#71a-33) on 2025-09-18, and in 2026-05-14 Health Canada determined another High-GABA line is not “novel food”; on 2026-08-10 Japan regulatory notification completed for lines simultaneously achieving High GABA and High cis-lycopene. Sanatech Seed is active in 2025–2026 per these ongoing announcements. Sources:.
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- Sanatech Seed Co.,Ltd.
- HOME - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社 — 2020-04-24
- ゲノム編集技術により開発したGABA含有量を高めたトマトの3例目の届出提出について - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社 — 2025-09-18
- Completion of Regulatory Notification in Japan for Next-Generation Genome-Edited Tomato Achieving Simultaneous “High GABA” and “High Cis-Lycopene” - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社 — 2026-08-10
- Health Canada’s Confirmation for High-GABA Tomato (#87-17) - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社 — 2026-05-14
- Sanatech Seed — Whiteford Research Biobase
- Seed & Farm Solution | Sanatech Seed Co.,Ltd.
- Sanatech Seed 2026 Company Profile: Valuation, Funding & Investors | PitchBook
- Industry
- Seeds & genetics
- Topics
- Hybrid seeds & crop breeding, GM traits & gene editing
- Role
- Research / RTO — “…e, with a CPTO from Tsukuba University), including the commercial debut in 2021 of a genome-edited crop (high-…”
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What they offer
Subsidiaries: Sanatech Life Science Co., Ltd. (associated company)
News & status 6
- 2024-01 Latest status: On January 1, 2024, Pioneer Eco Science Co., Ltd. and PsEco Co., Ltd. merged to form the new Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd. ↗ ↗ ↗
- 2026-09-26 ゲノム編集トマト 現地圃場を初公開 サナテックシード 農家の販売拡大に期待 / 日本農業新聞Sanatech Seed (Sanatech Seed) unveiled a field trial in Chiba of a genome-edited tomato variety that increases the functional compound GABA, indicating expectations for expanded sales to farmers.
- 2026-08-10 「高GABA」と「高シスリコピン」を同時に実現 次世代ゲノム編集トマトの届出を完了 - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社Sanatech Life Science announces that it has completed the notification process with Japanese authorities for a next-generation genome-edited tomato (variants #70a-23 and #6-16) that simultaneously accumulates high GABA and high cis-lycopene using CRISPR/Cas9, …
- 2026-08-10 Completion of Regulatory Notification in Japan for Next-Generation Genome-Edited Tomato Achieving Simultaneous “High GABA” and “High Cis-Lycopene” - サナテックライフサイエンス株式会社Sanatech Life Science Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based biotech startup (originating from the University of Tsukuba) that has completed regulatory notifications in Japan for CRISPR/Cas9-edited tomato lines (#70a-23 and #6-16) featuring both high GABA content and high …
- 2026-10-03 「ゲノム編集トマト」の販売店が1000店突破へ！初公開の栽培現場から見えた普及の〝秘訣〟（Wedge）｜ｄメニューニュース（NTTドコモ）Sanatech Seed launched the genome-edited “high-GABA tomato” in Feb 2023 and has expanded its retail presence to over 1,000 stores (centered in the Kanto region) by Sept 2025, marking a rare broad nationwide rollout of a genome-edited fresh produce in Japan.
- 2026-07-22 日本初！※1 4つの機能性表示、一般的なミニトマト12倍※2 GABA含有のトマトを使用 ハイギャバ(R)トマト※3 ジュース 7月22日(水) 本格発売開始 - 産経ニュースSanatech Seed株式会社は、ノーベル化学賞技術を活用して品種改良した「ハイギャバ トマト」のジュースを2026年7月22日より全国の一部量販店と公式ECサイトで発売開始する予定で、GABAを1缶200mg含有する機能性表示食品として日本初の市場展開を行う企業です。
- 2026-06-15 国際情勢による原材料の調達不安定化を受け、 「ハイギャバ(R)トマト 150g」のパッケージを紙仕様へ変更 6月上旬より順次切り替え - 産経ニュースSanatech Seed Co., Ltd. announced a packaging change for the HiGaba tomato (150g) from direct plastic printing to a paper-sleeved, plastic-film packaging starting in early June to ensure stable supply amid international price and feedstock concerns, while …
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Ownership & investors 2
| investor | Joy Brothers, Inc |
| subsidiary | Sanatech Life Science Co., Ltd |
Partners & deals 3
| counterparty | Pioneer Eco Science Co …On January 1, 2024, Pioneer Eco Science Co., Ltd. and PsEco Co., Ltd. merged to form the new Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd.… |
| counterparty | Ltd. and PsEco Co …On January 1, 2024, Pioneer Eco Science Co., Ltd. and PsEco Co., Ltd. merged to form the new Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd.… |
| counterparty | Ltd …On January 1, 2024, Pioneer Eco Science Co., Ltd. and PsEco Co., Ltd. merged to form the new Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd.… |
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