SKY FARM
Facility-focused mobile ordering and OMO platform.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
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| N/A | €0.0 | round | |
| N/A | €0.0 | round | |
N/A | Series A | ||
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
SKY FARM, Inc. develops and operates "NEW PORT," a mobile ordering and Online-Merges-with-Offline (OMO) platform designed to transform various physical spaces into marketplaces. The company was founded on July 27, 2015, by CEO Takuya Kimura. Kimura, a graduate of San Francisco State University, previously worked at an IT firm and Rakuten, where his interest in mobile commerce grew. Initially, he envisioned a service for delivering fresh produce from urban farms, even working part-time at a greengrocer to understand user needs. However, after realizing the challenges of changing consumer cooking habits, the business pivoted.
The company's first major service, "LANDMARK SHIPPING," launched in December 2016, providing food delivery from restaurants within the Yokohama Landmark Tower to office workers in the same building. This hyper-local model focused on high-quality delivery, with the company employing its own experienced customer service staff. This experience established the company's current strategy of partnering with large facilities to provide integrated ordering solutions.
SKY FARM's core product, NEW PORT, is an order management system for commercial facilities, office buildings, stadiums, and universities. It allows customers to order and pay via their smartphones for takeaway, delivery, or in-store dining. The platform supports multi-tenant ordering, allowing a user to purchase items from several different stores in a single transaction. It also offers features tailored for facility operators, such as integration with single sign-on (SSO) ID systems, point systems, and digital transformation (DX) support for commercial clients. The business model involves providing this platform as a solution for real estate developers and facility managers like Mitsubishi Estate, Mitsukoshi Isetan, and JR East to enhance tenant sales and property value. The company also operates services like "TANOMO GIFT," a corporate gift delivery service.
Keywords: mobile ordering platform, OMO system, commercial facility DX, FoodTech, order management system, last-mile delivery, tenant support, in-building delivery, robotic delivery, smart locker integration, Takuya Kimura, NEW PORT, table ordering, takeaway solutions, corporate gift delivery, retail tech, property technology, smart building, customer experience platform, hyper-local commerce