Fund profile / Japan

Genesia Ventures Fund IV

Geography: Japan
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $113M
Focus: AI/ML, Energy Tech and Supply Chain
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Genesia Ventures Fund IV

Tokyo-HQ seed fund across Japan, Southeast Asia, and India. $113M (~¥18B), flat vs Fund III but fewer, more concentrated bets. $22.5M anchor from Japan Investment Corporation (JIC). Offices in Tokyo, Jakarta, HCMC, Bengaluru. Themes: AI, energy transition, supply-chain infra.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionJapan

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Energy Tech

Supply Chain

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Seed-stage Asia founder in infra, fintech, or healthcare

energy transition

supply-chain infra

Asia structural change

seed-stage concentration

Bullish Signals

JIC sovereign anchor, $22.5M committedblog

Tokyo IPO + European PE exit same vintageblog

4 offices, full-time local investors each marketblog

Institutional LP re-ups confirmedblog

Vietnam Orbit workshop: repeatable scalable growth enginescommunity

Contrarian Signals

Fewer deals — concentration risk unprovenblog

Flat fund size, no growth-stage overflowblog

No unicorn win yet from concentrated strategyblog

Founder Do's

Build in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, or India

Target Japanese corporate distribution downstream

Focus on infra, fintech, healthcare, or supply chain

Expect longer relationship-building before term sheet

Leverage local Genesia Orbit community networks

Founder Don'ts

Expect spray-and-pray speed or volume

Pitch outside AI, energy, or structural-change themes

Assume easy entry without prior local trust-building

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$113M

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Soichi Tajima

Soichi TajimaFounder & General Partner

Takahiro SuzukiGeneral Partner, Head of Overseas Investments

Backers

Known LPs

Japan Investment Corporation (JIC)Sovereign wealth fund

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