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| 05.06.2026 | Genesia Ventures of Japan closed $113 M Fund IV to support Asian seed-stage entrepreneurs | The $113 million final closure of Japan’s Genesia Ventures’ fourth fund, which is intended for seed-stage entrepreneurs in Japan, Southeast Asia, and India, was completed.
Fund IV is mainly supported by institutional investors and financial... |
| 27.05.2026 | Japan's Genesia Ventures closes Fund IV at $113m | - |
| 17.03.2026 | ASEAN startup funding drought risks creating more zombie firms | Fundraising by Southeast Asian startups remained subdued last year, with more businesses forced to shut down operations or reduced to “zombie” companies surviving without fresh capital.
According to research by DealStreetAsia, the region’s ... |
| 28.11.2025 | CloudExtel Secures Funding for AI Infrastructure Expansion | CloudExtel garners ₹200 Cr in debt. The funds are for AI infrastructure and fiber network growth. It focuses on data center connectivity. Expansion to major Indian cities is planned.
CloudExtel, a digital infrastructure firm, has secured ₹2... |
| 27.11.2025 | Neuron Energy, Sports for Life, CloudExtel, others raise funding | Ashwin Shankar, founder, BatteryPool
EV battery makers Neuron Energy and BatteryPool, sports-tech platform Sports for Life, Ayurvedic clinic chain Yuvrit Ayurveda, and plant-based beverage brand Oatey have raised fresh capital.
Neuron Energ... |
| 04.05.2025 | SG edtech startup Manabie raises $23m Series B funding led by JIC Venture | Singapore-based edtech startup Manabie has raised $23 million in a Series B round led by JIC Venture Growth Investments, the VC unit of sovereign wealth fund Japan Investment Corporation, according to an announcement.
Other investors who pa... |
| 20.02.2025 | Tokyo’s Kinish Raises $800M to Scale Rice-Based Casein Production | Tokyo-based food tech startup Kinish Inc. has secured $800 million (¥120 million) in a seed funding round to advance its rice-based dairy alternative technology. The funding was led by Genesia Ventures, Lifetime Ventures, Full Commit Partne... |
| 11.09.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, discloses investment results as a seed VC in Asia and globally | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, discloses investment results as a seed VC in Asia and globally
*Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 12, 2024
Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, discloses investment results as a seed V... |
| 02.09.2024 | Deals in brief: Didi takes stake in AutoAi, Validus secures USD 50 million debt facility from HSBC, Genesia Ventures backs LaLa, and more | Didi offloads smart cockpit assets for stake in AutoAi
Didi, China’s ride-hailing giant, is trading its smart cockpit division for a stake in AutoAi, a state-backed player specializing in intelligent cockpit software and hardware.
Details o... |
| 27.06.2024 | Genesia Ventures Invested in the seed round of Rara, a biotech startup that provides the “Mash Fermenta Syst em”, a carbon-free, organic mushroom bed manufacturing device | - |
| 27.06.2024 | Genesia Ventures Invested in the seed round of Rara, a biotech startup that provides the “Mash Fermenta Syst em”, a carbon-free, organic mushroom bed manufacturing device | Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd.
Invested in the seed round of Rara, a biotech startup that provides the “Mash Fermenta System”, a decarbonized organic mushroom bed manufacturing device.
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Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Soi... |
| 02.05.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, will hold “Global Founders Gathering 2024 in Tokyo” to connect overseas investee startups with Japanese startups and business companies. | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC, connects overseas investee startups with Japanese startups and business companies “Global Founders”
Gathering 2024 in Tokyo” will be held.
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Press release: May 2, 202... |
| 02.05.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, will hold “Global Founders Gathering 2024 in Tokyo” to connect overseas investee startups with Japanese startups and business companies. | - |
| 26.04.2024 | JIC Industrial Innovation Investment Corporation (JIC) releases interviews with investees regarding ESG/DE&I promotion | - |
| 26.04.2024 | JIC Industrial Innovation Investment Corporation (JIC) releases interviews with investees regarding ESG/DE&I promotion | JIC
Japan Industrial Innovation Investment Corporation (JIC) releases interviews with investees regarding ESG/DE&I promotion
Promoting ESG to accelerate corporate value improvement
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JIC has signed the PRI (Principles for Responsible I... |
| 03.03.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, will start holding regular “Genesia Ignition Tuesday (office hours)” every Tuesday afternoon from March 2024 | - |
| 03.03.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, will start holding regular “Genesia Ignition Tuesday (office hours)” every Tuesday afternoon from March 2024 | Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd.
Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, will start holding regular “Genesia Ignition Tuesday (office hours)” every Tuesday afternoon from March 2024
During office hours named “Ignition,” entrepreneurs in the early st... |
| 16.01.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, moves its headquarters office to Dogenzaka, Shibuya/Provides shared office space for invested startups in their early stages of founding | - |
| 16.01.2024 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, moves its headquarters office to Dogenzaka, Shibuya/Provides shared office space for invested startups in their early stages of founding | Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd.
Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, moves its headquarters office to Dogenzaka, Shibuya/Provides shared office space for invested startups in their early stages of founding
To commemorate the move, we have decide... |
| 20.12.2023 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, establishes a new local subsidiary in India (Bengaluru) | - |
| 20.12.2023 | Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, establishes a new local subsidiary in India (Bengaluru) | Genesia Ventures Co., Ltd.
Genesia Ventures, a seed VC company, establishes a new local subsidiary in India (Bengaluru)
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Genesia Ventures, Inc. (Representative Director: Soichi Tajima, Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo, hereinafter referred t... |
| 12.05.2023 | Genesia Ventures raised $110 M during its third fund’s final close | Genesia Ventures, a Japanese venture capital firm, announced on Wednesday that the third fund’s final close brought in $110 million.
In a statement, Genesia Ventures mentioned a number of companies that had invested in the fund, including C... |
| 10.05.2023 | Japan's Genesia Ventures closes third fund at $110m | Japanese early-stage investor Genesia Ventures has closed its third fund at $110 million, lower than its initial target of $130 million, according to a statement.
In February last year, the investment firm hit the first close of its third f... |
| 22.03.2022 | Plantio, Inc. Plantio raises a total of 130 million yen | Plantio, Inc.
Plantio raises a total of 130 million yen
Expand next-generation sharing IoT farms in various parts of Tokyo, co-create with government and private sector, and accelerate collective impact
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| 09.09.2021 | Teatis, low-sugar superfood powders developer for diabetics, closes seed round | Serial entrepreneur Hiroshi Takatoh recognized the need for convenient and nutritious food for critically ill consumers after losing his wife to cancer.
Takatoh founded Teatis, a plant-based sugar-blocking superfood powder for diabetic cons... |
| 26.10.2020 | Genesia Ventures closes USD 75 million fund to invest in Japanese and Southeast Asian startups | Tokyo-based venture capital firm Genesia Ventures announced the final closing of its second fund worth USD 75 million on Monday, which will target Japanese and Southeast Asian startups in the fields of digital transformation and media, amon... |
| 11.01.2019 | Genesia Ventures raises $45 million for Japanese and Southeast Asian startups, with more to come | Tokyo-based venture capital firm Genesia Ventures has launched its second fund that targets startups in the fields of digital transformation, digital media, and so forth from Japan and Southeast Asia.
It has already raised US$45 million, an... |
