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Genesia Ventures

Genesia Ventures is a Tokyo-based venture capital firm that specializes in seed and early-stage investments in startups across Japan and Southeast Asia. Established in December 2016, the firm has invested in more than 80 companies in various sectors, including software as a service, marketplaces, media, finance, healthcare, travel, and education. Genesia Ventures actively seeks opportunities in digital media, innovation, and technology, aiming to support businesses in the new economy and frontier technology. The firm maintains a presence in key markets, with additional offices in Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City, reflecting its commitment to fostering growth in the Asian startup ecosystem.

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203 past transactions

Acall

Seed Round in 2018
SaaS （Visitor Management , Facility Management , Business Meeting）

Logisly

Seed Round in 2019
Logisly believes that industry 4.0 requires connectivity between the offline and online worlds. In the supply chain, technology will play a major role, not only in automating processes or reducing costs, but also providing in-depth data-based analysis for decision making and business operations.

ROUTE06

Seed Round in 2020
ROUTE06, Inc. provides data platform integration and digital consulting services. The company provides digital transformer (DXer) consulting services; in-house agile development and website operational services; and data platform integration services, including database construction, application programming interface (API) development, and software as a service (SaaS) cooperation services. It also provides digital product planning and development services. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Sozi

Venture Round in 2020
The core members of Sozi are information technology experts. I have been involved in communication and web service development in the information society. On the other hand, each is familiar with many contents such as manga, anime, and illustrations .

HRBrain

Series A in 2017
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Shelfy

Venture Round in 2017
Shelfy, Inc. operates an online platform for interior design companies. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Teatis

Seed Round in 2021
Teatis is a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic consumers.

Activaid

Private Placement in 2020
Activaid owns and operates a social data platform for patients with inflammatory bowel disease. It allows patients to support and exchange information within the patient community with the same disease; provide information necessary for new drug development and matching to clinical trials that suits them; and improve medical treatment. Yasuaki Hasebe founded Activaid in 2018. It has its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan.

MoneyDuck

Seed Round in 2021
More Potential Leads for Financial Sales Rep Find potential leads and close deals with MoneyDuck!! MoneyDuck helps financial sales professionals acquire new customers at the highest point of engagement and maximize productivity.

Selly

Seed Round in 2022
Selly is a platform to supply goods from manufacturers to people who need to sell without spending capital.

Zenport Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Zenport is an automated cloud software for trading operations. Automated shipping management, P / O management, document management. They will reduce the business hours of forwarders and shippers to 1/5.

eDoctor, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
eDoctor, Inc. offers Internet healthcare services. The company also provides remote medical imaging solutions. eDoctor, Inc. is based in the United States.

BizteX

Private Placement in 2018
BizteX is a software robotics company that uses cloud Robotic Process Automation to automate routine operations. The company develops SaaS services centered on cloud RPA and expand it globally to contribute to the creation of creativity for many people. The company's service called, BizteX cobit, is a digital robot that performs a one-click substitute for humans by instructing routine work. BizteX was founded in July 2015 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Co-nect

Seed Round in 2018
Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform.

KANKAK

Series A in 2020
KANKAK, Inc. owns and operates cashless and cafes . The company provides coffee, deserts, and salads. KANKAK, Inc. develops COFFEE App, a mobile order application. for placing orders.The company is based in Minato, Japan.

BrightTable

Series A in 2018
BrightTable provides a gourmet concierge app that automates table reservation process. It requires users to enter the name of the restaurant, the date and time, and the number of people who will be dining. The app will call the restaurant and book a table, allowing foodies and socialites to make reservations at restaurants in a convenient and hassle-free manner. BrightTable was founded in February 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Photoruction

Seed Round in 2019
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Manabie

Series A in 2022
Manabie International Ltd. provides online and offline education services for elementary, junior high, and high school students. The company offers a learning software, including Manabie Basic, that includes online class and mock exams; and Manabie Prime, that includes online class, mock exam, live tutoring, and online personal coaching. It provides Manabie Hub, which includes offline education services, such as 1-on-1 personal coaching. Manabie International Ltd. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.

Bobobox Indonesia

Private Placement in 2018
PT Bobobox Mitra Indonesia is a hospitality company that provides accommodation services for travelers and millennial adventurers. It also provides franchise opportunities. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Bandung, Indonesia.

Logikura

Venture Round in 2020
Logikura Co. specializes in inventory and warehouse management SaaS. It is based in Japan.

MoneyDuck

Seed Round in 2019
More Potential Leads for Financial Sales Rep Find potential leads and close deals with MoneyDuck!! MoneyDuck helps financial sales professionals acquire new customers at the highest point of engagement and maximize productivity.

Tokyo Rocket Co., Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
Tokyo Rocket Co., Ltd. develops a software for the construction industry. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Logikura

Venture Round in 2017
Logikura Co. specializes in inventory and warehouse management SaaS. It is based in Japan.

Homedy.com

Venture Round in 2018
Homedy Limited operates an online real estate portal in Vietnam. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Homedy.com

Private Placement in 2018
Homedy Limited operates an online real estate portal in Vietnam. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Docquity

Private Placement in 2018
Docquity Holdings PTE Limited develops a mobile application that allows physicians globally to engage and share experiences in real time. The application allows physicians to engage in clinical discussion, continuing medical education, peer consultation, and medico legal support. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Singapore.

CO-NECT

Venture Round in 2018
CO-NECT Co., Ltd. develops and markets alcoholic drinks ordering application. It also offers order management platform for food and beverage stores. It was previously known as HIDEOUT CLUB, Inc. The company was founded in June 12, 2015 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

Finantier

Seed Round in 2021
Finantier develops and operates an open finance platform that offers infrastructure and data products. It offers accounts integration, income and identity verification, and recurring repayments and subscriptions. The company’s platform collects datasets from banks and financial companies, enrich the data, and pass them to other companies through an application-programming interface (API). The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.

Rease

Seed Round in 2020
Rease is an AI credit evaluation engine planning and development company.

Manabie

Seed Round in 2021
Manabie International Ltd. provides online and offline education services for elementary, junior high, and high school students. The company offers a learning software, including Manabie Basic, that includes online class and mock exams; and Manabie Prime, that includes online class, mock exam, live tutoring, and online personal coaching. It provides Manabie Hub, which includes offline education services, such as 1-on-1 personal coaching. Manabie International Ltd. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Singapore.

FOWD

Seed Round in 2018
FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.

BrightTable

Private Placement in 2018
BrightTable provides a gourmet concierge app that automates table reservation process. It requires users to enter the name of the restaurant, the date and time, and the number of people who will be dining. The app will call the restaurant and book a table, allowing foodies and socialites to make reservations at restaurants in a convenient and hassle-free manner. BrightTable was founded in February 2012 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

Dreamstock

Venture Round in 2021
Dreamstock is a smartphone Internet app.

Nudge

Seed Round in 2021
Provider of financial planning platform designed to create a financial institution with new values and behaviors from scratch. The company's platform has been strengthening its team, developing the first service, and preparing for the necessary financial license acquisition, enabling users to secure their future financially.

Meetscare Co. Ltd.

Private Placement in 2020
Meetscare Co. Ltd. develops and operates an online platform that helps to connect home visit nursing care professionals with the families. Its platform offers wealth of information to ensure optimal care and create a mechanism for the realization. Meetscare Co. Ltd. was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

CrowdLoan

Venture Round in 2020
CrowdLoan inc. operates matching platform for financing. It was founded on July 5, 2018 and is based in Japan.

Vietcetera

Seed Round in 2021
Vietcetera Media operates as a media company that publishes online news media content. The company publishes about business, life, creation, fashion, and entertainment. Vietcetera Media was founded in 2016 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Crezit

Seed Round in 2020
Crezit is offers a wide range of financial products and services in a single click, as well as customer advice, product simulators.

Co-nect

Seed Round in 2019
Co-nect is a Body maintenance is a Body maintenance service platform.

Sukedachi

Series A in 2018
Sukedachi had focused on the unique business habit in the Japanese construction industry that construction workers are order receivers as workmen themselves and are also orderers as small enterprises, and the firm started this service. Sukedachi allows workpeople specialized in construction works receive to notification of recruitment of construction jobs which meet their pre-registered conditions including residence and occupation. With this service, construction workers who are seeking jobs can contact directly to each desired construction site, and constructors suffering from chronic manpower shortage can recruit workers on almost ideal on-demand conditions.

Luxstay

Series A in 2018
Luxstay Vietnam Company Limited operates an online homestay-booking platform. The company provides services in Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Ba Vi, Thanh Xuan, Tu Liem, Hoang Mai, Long Bien, Thach That, Nam Tu Liem, and Me Linh. Luxstay Vietnam Company Limited was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Hanoi City, Vietnam.

Babel

Series A in 2019
Babel, Inc. specializes in the provision of video media. It was founded on August 25, 2017 and is based in Japan.

Photoruction

Seed Round in 2017
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Timee

Venture Round in 2018
Taimee, Inc designs and develops a work sharing application. The application solves the problem of labor shortage. It is an application that connects the time when workforce want to work and the time of labor shortage. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

PLANTIO

Seed Round in 2019
PLANTIO, Inc. develops and manufactures Internet of things (IOT) based farm equipment. The company’s product, Connected Planter, is a solar power activated, eco-friendly system, which is used for sustainability. PLANTIO, Inc. is headquartered in Minato, Japan. It has an additional location in Shibuya, Japan.

StayList

Seed Round in 2018
StayList is a technology startup specialized in the travel industry.By using StayList, you can search for private lodgings all over the world listed on multiple sites at once, so you can find the most suitable accommodation more efficiently.

Lifequest Co., Ltd.

Private Placement in 2018
Lifequest Co., Ltd. engages in digital drug discovery. The company is based in Japan.

Luxstay

Seed Round in 2017
Luxstay Vietnam Company Limited operates an online homestay-booking platform. The company provides services in Hoan Kiem, Ba Dinh, Ba Vi, Thanh Xuan, Tu Liem, Hoang Mai, Long Bien, Thach That, Nam Tu Liem, and Me Linh. Luxstay Vietnam Company Limited was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Hanoi City, Vietnam.

Zenport Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Zenport is an automated cloud software for trading operations. Automated shipping management, P / O management, document management. They will reduce the business hours of forwarders and shippers to 1/5.

HRBrain

Seed Round in 2017
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Aki Katsu

Seed Round in 2018
Aki Katsu revitalizes housing market and produces businesses such as commercial facilities, dining facilities, and accommodation facilities. The company aims to be a comprehensive producer company for utilizing vacant houses.

CO-NECT

Private Placement in 2019
CO-NECT Co., Ltd. develops and markets alcoholic drinks ordering application. It also offers order management platform for food and beverage stores. It was previously known as HIDEOUT CLUB, Inc. The company was founded in June 12, 2015 and is based in Shibuya-ku, Japan.

Finantier

Private Placement in 2020
Finantier develops and operates an open finance platform that offers infrastructure and data products. It offers accounts integration, income and identity verification, and recurring repayments and subscriptions. The company’s platform collects datasets from banks and financial companies, enrich the data, and pass them to other companies through an application-programming interface (API). The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.

KAMEREO

Private Placement in 2019
Kamereo LLP develops and operates B2B (Business-to-Business) purchasing and sourcing platform for restaurants in Vietnam. The company enables restaurants to simplify the manual works related to supplychain. Its services for restaurants includes finding a new supplier, tracking all orders, payments, and minimizing order process time. The company offers suppliers a marketplace to display products to chefs, owners, and purchasers in the Food and Beverage industry. Kamereo LLP was founded in 2018 and is based in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

JobRainbow

Private Placement in 2018
JobRainbow Inc. provides work-related information, recruitment, training, and consulting services for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communities. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

HRBrain

Private Placement in 2020
HRBrain, INC. owns and operates an online platform that provides cloud-based human resource evaluation services. It offers centralized management of human resource data, personal evaluation, organizational structure, and tissue analysis. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Non Brokers Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Non Brokers Inc. engages in the development and operation of an inspection application matching platform for inspecting the building's condition when buying and selling a property. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Tokyo, Japan with an additional office in Osaka, Japan.

Bobobox Indonesia

Private Placement in 2019
PT Bobobox Mitra Indonesia is a hospitality company that provides accommodation services for travelers and millennial adventurers. It also provides franchise opportunities. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Bandung, Indonesia.

Baseconnect Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Baseconnect Inc. develops and operates BaseconnectList, a corporate sales support database. The company offers Musubu , a cloud-based database for targeting corporate sales and creating a company list for prospective customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Kyoto, Japan.

Linc, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Linc, Inc. provides online education and employment support services for foreign students. The company provides e-learning to educate about daily life and work manners. Its e-learning platforms include Ling ke and Nihon Ryugaku, which help foreign students to enhance knowledge necessary for attending a university in Japan through video lectures, exercises, questions, and answers. Linc, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Al Travel

Venture Round in 2019
Al Travel is a next-generation cloud-type business travel arrangement and management system (BTM). AI Travel reduces business travel arrangements by up to 90% and simplifies application and reporting operations and significantly cuts operations that do not generate profits in the batch settlement.

Al Travel

Venture Round in 2017
Al Travel is a next-generation cloud-type business travel arrangement and management system (BTM). AI Travel reduces business travel arrangements by up to 90% and simplifies application and reporting operations and significantly cuts operations that do not generate profits in the batch settlement.

Synamon

Seed Round in 2017
Synamon Inc. engages in content planning, development, and management of virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) related products. The company develops NEUTRANS, a VR space construction solution. Its services include VR/AR development, VR/AR consulting, and 3D models for VR/AR content creation. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Shinagawa, Japan.

Finantier

Seed Round in 2020
Finantier develops and operates an open finance platform that offers infrastructure and data products. It offers accounts integration, income and identity verification, and recurring repayments and subscriptions. The company’s platform collects datasets from banks and financial companies, enrich the data, and pass them to other companies through an application-programming interface (API). The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Jakarta Selatan, Indonesia.

Wellday

Private Placement in 2020
Eliminates dissatisfaction, anxiety, misfortune, etc. “Misfortune”, and aims to realize in the world where all people can work while imagining the future positively, Japan's first employ SuccessThe platform “Well” is provided. The service is a service that analyzes data of communication tools such as Slack normally used by AI, and allows you to objectively see employee condition and organizational issues.

REGALI

Seed Round in 2020
REGALI, Inc. develops, offers, and operates a social network and fashion e-commerce application “PARTE”, to share shoppable photos of the outfits and items that are tagged and directly linked to e-commerce stores. REGALI, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

New Revo

Venture Round in 2017
New Revo Co., a Software as a Service (SaaS) company, develops a cloud inventory management system "Logicula" for mail-order and logistics industry. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Fukuoka, Japan.

FOWD

Pre Seed Round in 2018
FOWD is a comprehensive entertainment company in Japan.

ROUTE06

Private Placement in 2020
ROUTE06, Inc. provides data platform integration and digital consulting services. The company provides digital transformer (DXer) consulting services; in-house agile development and website operational services; and data platform integration services, including database construction, application programming interface (API) development, and software as a service (SaaS) cooperation services. It also provides digital product planning and development services. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Wellday

Seed Round in 2019
Eliminates dissatisfaction, anxiety, misfortune, etc. “Misfortune”, and aims to realize in the world where all people can work while imagining the future positively, Japan's first employ SuccessThe platform “Well” is provided. The service is a service that analyzes data of communication tools such as Slack normally used by AI, and allows you to objectively see employee condition and organizational issues.

Mobilkamu

Series A in 2019
Mobilkamu develops and provides an online car financing platform that curates the best deals for consumers and assists them to select cars. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in South Jakarta, Indonesia.

GeoLogic, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Geologic is an Analyze large amounts of data such as location and ad distribution, and provide marketing support for companies.

Appdate

Venture Round in 2017
Appdate Co. Ltd. provides a platform for medical solutions named as med plus. The company offers the portal service to search the disease, and its possible treatment. Appdate Co. offers various services such as search of disease name in place of medical examination subject, information sharing between hospitals, customer relationship management(CRM), and regional medical cooperation, contribution to realization. Appdate Co. Ltd. was established on 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

SYRUP, Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
SYRUP, Inc. develops and operates pet memories delivery and management platform HONEY. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Luxury Asset Management

Private Placement in 2018
Luxury Asset Management provides an online platform for booking and listing vacation accommodations in Vietnam. The company operates and leases apartments on short-term basis for vacations, business trips, and weekend getaway. The company also provides property management for homeowners. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Hanoi, Vietnam.

maricuru

Private Placement in 2019
Maricuru, Inc. formerly known as Ducklings, inc. operates an online platform for viewing, sharing, and distribution of 360 degree videos. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Runchise

Seed Round in 2024
Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.

Tensor Energy

Seed Round in 2023
Tensor Energy is a cloud operations management company for batteries and renewable energy sources. With features like generation forecasts, automated trading, arbitrage trading, a performance dashboard, and arbitrage trading, the company's platform offers an all-in-one solution for automated renewable portfolio management. This platform gives renewable energy developers and renewable energy power generation companies the operating system to develop technologies for a zero-carbon, distributed energy future.

Tensor Energy

Seed Round in 2024
Tensor Energy is a cloud operations management company for batteries and renewable energy sources. With features like generation forecasts, automated trading, arbitrage trading, a performance dashboard, and arbitrage trading, the company's platform offers an all-in-one solution for automated renewable portfolio management. This platform gives renewable energy developers and renewable energy power generation companies the operating system to develop technologies for a zero-carbon, distributed energy future.

Umami United

Seed Round in 2023
UMAMI UNITED is Japanese inspired plant-based food brand.We are willing to enrich the alt-protein market with unique and innovative Japanese ingredients. Our products are packed full of UMAMI flavor which provides an intense and savory flavor. The first product is UMAMI Egg which is made from Konjac powder as main ingredient.

Sinbad Indonesia

Seed Round in 2021
Sinbad Karya Pedagangan is a software company.

Sinbad Indonesia

Seed Round in 2020
Sinbad Karya Pedagangan is a software company.

Wellday

Funding Round in 2019
Eliminates dissatisfaction, anxiety, misfortune, etc. “Misfortune”, and aims to realize in the world where all people can work while imagining the future positively, Japan's first employ SuccessThe platform “Well” is provided. The service is a service that analyzes data of communication tools such as Slack normally used by AI, and allows you to objectively see employee condition and organizational issues.

M-Box

Seed Round in 2020
M-box Inc. specializes in providing IT solution related to medical and healthcare field. It was founded on November 1, 2018 and is based in Japan.

Non Brokers

Venture Round in 2018
Non Brokers is a provision of existing housing distribution activation service using the Internet.

Crezit

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Crezit is offers a wide range of financial products and services in a single click, as well as customer advice, product simulators.

Photoruction

Private Placement in 2019
Photoruction, Inc. plans, develops, and manages Internet services for the construction industry. Its products include Photoruction, a cloud platform for construction photography and civil engineering production support services; and aoz cloud, a cloud-type AI engine that can read information from drawings, photographs, and processes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.