Arigato Cheese Fries
Investor & Acquisition Portal
A Japanese-inspired F&B legacy prepared for its next chapter — investment, acquisition, licensing, or succession. Every recipe, system, and story is documented here. Powered by HRTG Investor Legacy.
One dish, done with reverence.
Aged parmesan, shichimi, black truffle. A single hero item that built a category and a cult following across Japan and beyond.
Kenji Watanabe served this exact dish from a six-seat kiosk in 2012. Fourteen years later, the recipe hasn't changed — but the operating system around it has become the real product.
What you're evaluating isn't a fry. It's a documented, defensible, transferable business that happens to make a fry very, very well.
A defensible brand with documented advantage.
Fourteen years of operating discipline, a proprietary recipe library, and a franchise-ready knowledge system built for handover from day one.
Category-defining brand
Japan's most searched cheese-fries chain three years running. Cult following across Gen-Z and F&B tourism.
Fully documented IP
27 trademarks, 41 recipe patents, and complete SOP library — audit-clean and transferable.
27% CAGR, 21% EBITDA
Unit economics validated across 4 formats: flagship, kiosk, franchise, ghost kitchen.
Knowledge transfer built-in
Every kitchen, every SOP, every training video — captured, versioned, and searchable.
Expansion runway
Franchise inquiries from 22 territories. Master licenses ready in Southeast Asia and North America.
Multi-format proven
38 stores across flagship, kiosk, ghost-kitchen, and licensed retail — modular and portable.
Every section, one click away.
Nine curated sections — from founder story to the confidential due-diligence vault. Everything needed to evaluate, acquire, or steward the business.
Founder Legacy
Story, vision, and the philosophy behind Arigato.
Business Ecosystem
Model, operations, supply chain, and network.
Intellectual Property
Marks, recipes, trade secrets, and licensing.
Knowledge Assets
SOPs, manuals, training, and playbooks.
Market Opportunity
TAM, competitive positioning, and trends.
Global Expansion
Roadmap, target markets, and franchise model.
Investor Opportunities
Thesis, financials, ROI, and exit.
Acquisition Readiness
Due-diligence score and transition plan.
Due Diligence Center
Confidential enterprise data room. Financial, legal, IP, HR, franchise, and investor files — access-restricted, watermarked, and NDA-bound.
An acquisition roadmap, choreographed.
From signed LOI to full business handover — a seven-step, illustrated journey guided end-to-end by HRTG. Here are the first three.
01Week 1Letter of IntentSigned LOI with 30-day exclusivity opens the vault.
Exclusivity secured
0260–90 daysDue DiligenceParallel workstreams across finance, legal, ops, and brand.
412 files reviewed
033–4 weeksDefinitive AgreementsSPA, escrow, founder alignment contract, regulatory filings.
Contracts executed
Start Your Investment Journey
Four discreet paths into the process — express interest, meet the founder, open the data room, or download the deck. Each is guided end-to-end by HRTG Investor Legacy.
Express Investment Interest
Share your thesis and preferred stake. We'll respond within 48 hours.
Schedule a Founder Meeting
Private 45-minute session with Kenji Watanabe, in Tokyo or virtual.
Request Due Diligence Access
NDA-bound access to the confidential enterprise data room.
Download Investor Deck
72-page confidential deck · FY25 financials, IP, expansion.