# Genki Shiota

> Genki Shiota is a funding round investor at Human Potential Lab backing Internet and Gaming. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Human Potential Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/human-potential-lab)
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://jp.linkedin.com/in/genki-shiota-45540936

Genki Shiota is a funding round investor at Human Potential Lab in Tokyo focused on Internet and Gaming. Genki Shiota was born in Izumo, Shimane prefecture in 1983.Shiota attended Yokohama National University and majored in electrical information engineering. He went on to complete his MBA at Hitotsubashi University.Shiota was hired by DeNA after graduation and was promoted to manager of an affiliated company. Afterwards, he worked as the directorof advertisement at corporate headquarters. Upon retirement, Shiota and Kouda co-founded Akatsuki.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$14M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 3 | 38% |
| Gaming | 2 | 25% |
| Content | 2 | 25% |
| Food and Beverage | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 63% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Share Village | Share Village is a project that transforms old folk houses nationwide into villages. Share Village overturns the concept of "village" starting from the frontier of Akita Prefecture. |  |  | Sep 03, 2020 |  |
| Lovegraph | Lovegraph (Love graph), photographer to accompany a couple of their dating, is a service that leaves two people talking to are wearing and natural smile in the photo. Photos of the natural appearance of two people at a time when you do not leave the only two people of memories in its own birds and photo booth, which takes you decorate morememories. Anniversary is not also recommended to surprise wedding movies and lover as well. Couples like, of course, they also offer a request from your couple-like and family-like. | $27.7M |  | Feb 06, 2019 |  |
| Asobica | Play is enthusiasm.At one time, card games and Pokemon, which were addicted to childhood, were just enthusiasm for us.It's fun and exciting to forget the time when you're crazy.Let's make a sigh that can be such an enthusiasm. Create a product that produces enthusiasm. Enthusiasm to the world."Asobica Innovation to theworld"Asobica is a company that evolves boring things and old industries using technology and the power of the Internet (Asobica). | $14.2M | Seed | Dec 04, 2018 |  |
| Clear | Clear, Inc. operates sake subscription service “SAKELIFE". | $10.6M |  | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| Pretia Technologies | Pretia is a Internet service planning, development and operation business. | $11.5M |  | Oct 04, 2018 |  |
| Vark | ActEvolve develops Blitz Freak, a multi virtual reality game. It began operation in 2017, with its headquarters in Tokyo in Japan. | $2.1M | Seed | Jun 30, 2018 |  |
| Pretia | Pretia confers the best internet services. | $11.5M |  | May 01, 2018 |  |
| Pretia Technologies | Pretia is a Internet service planning, development and operation business. | $11.5M |  | May 01, 2018 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Asahi Media Lab Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asahi-medialab-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crooz Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crooz-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [STRIVE](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gree-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KSK Angel Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ksk-angel-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ANOBAKA](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kvp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Human Potential Lab

VC Fund · Kamakura, Japan

Human Potential Lab is a company that supports individual skills development and corporate organizational change. Focusing on mental health and well-being, the company's programs are based on brain science, bioscience, psychology, and technology.

2 contacts available at Human Potential Lab.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Genki Shiota | Outside director and CBO (Chief Being Officer) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genki-shiota |
| Yamashita Yuichi | Representative Director / Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yamashita-yuichi |

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## FAQ

### What does Genki Shiota invest in?

Genki Shiota invests primarily in Internet, Gaming and Content startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Genki Shiota's check size?

Genki Shiota typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$14M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Genki Shiota participates in.

### When did Genki Shiota last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Genki Shiota closed in Sep 2020. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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