I founded cuoncrop with a strong desire to preserve the rich food culture we have enjoyed and pass it on to the next generation. As sustainability challenges such as climate change become increasingly urgent, we aim to provide society with the solutions needed to protect this richness and ensure its future.

Our strength lies in developing systems that leverage data and AI for the food and agriculture sector. By combining business data, such as market trends, with multidimensional environmental data, including not only GHG emissions but also biodiversity, we aim to accelerate analysis and contribute to solving the many societal challenges involved in building a sustainable food and agriculture value chain.

‘My-Eco-Ruler’ integrates scientific analyses based on relevant domestic and international standards and guidelines, depending on the user’s objectives and required level of detail. It visualizes the value generated by the expertise and efforts of producers from multiple perspectives. As a system that enables efficient use of data and AI in the food and agriculture sector, it is used by a wide range of industry stakeholders, including producers, food manufacturers, and restaurants.

In the food and agriculture sector, we believe that the true value of products is often obscured, even though a wide range of ingredients and producer-driven initiatives exist, because this value is not yet sufficiently visualized. Through technological innovation and new value creation that accelerate collaboration between food experts and food-specialized AI, we aim to contribute to the realization of a diverse and sustainable food system that can be passed on to the next generation.

CEO：Suguru Kitagaki
Suguru Kitagaki is the founder and CEO of cuoncrop. He began his career as a process engineer at Osaka Gas. After earning his MBA in the United States, he joined McKinsey and Company, where he advanced from Associate to Senior Manager and led projects primarily in the food and agriculture sector. He founded cuoncrop Inc. in 2020. Kitagaki holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a master’s and bachelor’s degree in engineering from Kyoto University.