株式会社ジェネシア・ベンチャーズ

Genesia Ventures, Inc. (株式会社ジェネシア・ベンチャーズ) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, established in August 2016. It invests in and provides management support to seed- and early-stage startups in Asia, operating from four bases: Tokyo, Jakarta (Indonesia), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Bengaluru (India). The firm's name combines "Genesis" and "Asia", reflecting its stated aim of contributing to the creation of new industries in the region.

The firm manages a series of limited partnership funds — Genesia Venture Fund I, II and III, and a fourth fund, Genesia Venture Fund 4 Investment Limited Partnership, whose close at approximately 18 billion yen was announced in May 2026. The fourth fund is positioned around an "Asia Origin" thesis: backing startups that address problems and industrial-structure shifts rooted in Asia while targeting global impact. Rather than declaring fixed sector mandates, the firm states it tracks the drivers of change across areas, and its disclosed portfolio spans anime production supervision through to material refining for fusion reactors. It also describes plans to increase per-company investment while reducing the number of companies backed. Beyond capital, the firm publishes content and runs programs on organization and team building (including the "Culture iO" and "組織創りの羅針盤" initiatives), interview and podcast series (Players by Genesia., Ayo! by Genesia.), founder community events such as Global Founders Gathering and ROCKET START, and weekly office hours for founders. A group company, Grand Story Inc., develops and operates the new-industry-creation platform "STORIUM".

Business model

Venture capital: the firm raises limited partnership funds from investors — for the fourth fund, primarily domestic and overseas institutional investors and financial institutions — and deploys them as equity investments in early-stage startups, alongside hands-on management support.

Traction

The firm reports 143 investees on a third-party startup database. Disclosed portfolio outcomes include Timee, which listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in July 2024, and HRBrain, whose shares were transferred to European investment fund EQT in November 2023. Other named portfolio companies include Docquity, Qoala, Suketto, Linc, Tensor Energy, MiRESSO, Buymed, KAMEREO, movus technologies, Fundiin, ElevationSpace and Beff. Recent 2026 investments announced on the firm's site include the seed round of UnlimiTech, provider of the manufacturing-oriented AI workflow platform "DataFlow AI", and a follow-on in TAIAN's Series B.

Latest developments

In May 2026 the firm announced the close of Genesia Venture Fund 4 at approximately 18 billion yen, introducing its "Asia Origin" investment thesis and a strategy of fewer, larger seed investments. In 2026 it also announced investments in UnlimiTech and TAIAN, released the "Culture iO" organization-building knowledge initiative with a dedicated site, opened intern recruitment for AI-related and operational support roles, and joined as a co-host of the StartupMarket 2026 startup career conference.