Milestones

  • Oct-2019 Received Hong Kong’s No.1 license in Hot-chain Bento Machine

  • Oct-2019 Launched first O2O Shop with two Bento Machines in Cyberport

  • Feb-2020 Admitted to Cyberport Incubation Programme

  • Mar-2020 Launched second-generation machine in Cyberport Smart Living Concept Store

  • Mar-2020 Admitted to LiMEHK Incubation Programme

  • May-2020 Expanded footprint to Hong Kong Science Park and C.B.D. areas

  • Sep-2020 Covered by main-stream media including HKEJ, HKET, Economics Digest, Capital

  • Nov-2020 Selected by Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund as Jumpstarter Top 200 Company

  • Jan-2021 Selected by Tokyo Government as “T-100 Top Company” in Innovation Leaders Summit

  • Jan-2021 Launched HaaS (Hardware-as-a-Service) model to help foodservice companies expand sales channels with Bento Machine Platform

  • Feb-2021 Admitted to Mizuho Crowd Brain Accelerator

  • Mar-2021 Admitted to EthAum Venture Partners Accelerator

  • Mar-2021 Formed strategic partnership with TusPark

  • May-2021 Achieved accumulative sales record of 100,000 bentos

  • Jun-2021 Selected by HKTDC as “HKTDC Startup-express Winning Startup”

  • Aug-2021 Selected by Forbes as “Forbes Asia 100 to Watch”

  • Nov-2021 Won “Best Retail Innovation (F&B) Grand Award”

  • Jan-2022 Formed Strategic Partnership with Golden Resources and CircleK Vietnam to Expand Wada Bento to South East Asia

  • Feb-2022 Admitted to Plug and Play Japan

  • Apr-2022 Became Cyberport Macro Fund Portfolio Company

  • May-2022 Became HK Tech300 Portfolio Company, Gravity Capital Partners Portfolio Company

  • Jul-2022 Launched in Vietnam with Circle K

  • Oct-2022 V4-generation Machine Received Japan PSE Certification

  • Feb-2023 V5-generation Machine Received IEC CB Certification

  • Mar-2023 Completed Pre-A+ Funding Round to Expand Business to Japan Market

  • Mar-2023 Selected as Global FoodTech500

  • Aug-2023 V5 Machine Received Japan PSE Certification

  • Oct-2023 Launched HaaS Platform in Japan. Featured on Nikkei and Financial Times.

  • Mar-2024 Wada FoodTech Platform Expands to Australia.

  • Jun-2024 Launched at a construction site in Osaka for Japan’s leading construction company; featured by JETRO Global Eye.

  • Nov-2024 Expanded services to Japanese universities, starting with the first launch at Kinki University.

  • Jan-2025 Delivered Gen6 technology to Japan.

  • Mar 2025 Signed agreement with first UK franchisee. Signed MoU with first EU franchisee.

  • Jun 2025 Completed Pre-A3 funding round.

  • Oct 2025 Established partnership and showrooms in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyushu.

  • Nov 2025 Established partnership and showrooms in New Jersey, US.

  • Mar 2026 Established Wada FoodTech UK Limited

  • Apr 2026: Named to Forward Fooding’s FoodTech 500 Global Top 50

  • Sep 2026: Commercialized Gen7 Technology in Japan