Genuine Startups
VC Fund
Shibuya, Japan
Genuine Startups is a seed-stage focused venture fund backed by ex-PIMCO Japan head and experienced startup investor/accelerator. The company's headquarters are in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Genuine Startups invests in
Stages Genuine Startups invests in
Countries Genuine Startups invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $1.8M–$4.9M
- Pre-Seed
- $49k–$404k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $652k–$5M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 3 (25%)
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- Home Services 2 (17%)
- Q&A 1 (8%)
- Apps 1 (8%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (42%)
- Seed 3 (25%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (17%)
- Series A 2 (17%)
Country
- Japan 9 (75%)
- United States 3 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaca is a financial technology company that provides developer-first APIs and brokerage infrastructure for programmatic access to stock, options, and cryptocurrency markets, enabling businesses and individual traders to integrate trading and investing capabilities into their applications. Its platform offers REST, WebSocket, and event-driveninterfaces that support algorithmic trading, automated strategy execution, real-time market data, backtesting, and portfolio management workflows. Alpaca’s services also include brokerage account functionality, clearing and settlement services, and tools that allow firms to embed investing features into their products or to build custom trading systems on top of its API-centric architecture. The company supports global fintech partners with solutions such as tokenization, high-yield cash programs, multi-leg options trading, and advanced order types that align with diverse trading and investment use cases. Its technology is used by developers, quant traders, fintech platforms, and financial institutions seeking programmable market access and integrated financial services. | $1.8M / Seed / Jan 24, 2017 | ||
| HOMMA is a start-up tech home builder that specializes in designing modern homes that improve the living experience. The team at HOMMA is composed of skilled professionals, including home builders, architects, designers, and engineers, all working to create living spaces that are aesthetically pleasing and sustainable. | $4.9M / Seed / Oct 24, 2016 | ||
| StreetAcademy is Japan's learning market that matches people who want to teach and people who want to learn on the web. | $1.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 30, 2016 | ||
| Planet table is the necessary food is produced in sustainable, waste reach without the world" toward the realization of, and take advantage of the technology, we will build a production and distribution support platform. | $3.9M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 31, 2016 | ||
| GMO Cyber Security is a software company that specializes in the field of vulnerability diagnosis for applications. It simulates web and cloud service attacks, visualizes attack risks such as personal information leaks and system hijacking, and assesses security resilience. Look into whether there are any security flaws in Android/iOS apps.There are two types of plans: a light plan for only dynamic analysis and a full plan for investigating down to the source code level. In cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP, a high-performance scanning tool detects issues such as malware, OS and software vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 31, 2016 | ||
| WhatzMoney is to realize the best choice of money for everyone from his previous work experience in banking. | $404.4K / Pre-Seed / Apr 26, 2016 | ||
| THECOO is a developer of an entertainment application designed to support a fan community. The company's application offers fanicon is a member-based fan community that encourages the activities of icons together with their core fans, enabling clients to access live app streaming of entertainment contents they are interested in. | $652.3K / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 24, 2015 | ||
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BASKET is an internet-based home delivery cleaning service company. | Seed / Apr 30, 2015 | |
| Connehito is a Tokyo-based mobile Q&A app for female users. Their app, Mamari, is a "life support site for women" to resolve the question of pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing. From early pregnancy symptoms and childbirth preparation, until often frustrating childcare, Connehito sends information to resolve mothers'troubles every day. | $1.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 04, 2015 | ||
| Translimit was initially launched back in January by Hiroki Takaba and Takuma Kudo, both of whom previously worked at CyberAgent companies. They have been involved in several game projects together, including the virtual avatar service Ameba Pico (which shut down back in 2012) and mobile social game Girl Friend BETA. The Translimit team isparticipating in Movida Japan incubation program here in Tokyo. | $42.5M / Series A / Oct 10, 2014 | ||
| See all 12 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Genuine Startups invest in?
Genuine Startups invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Home Services startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Genuine Startups invest in?
Genuine Startups typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$4.9M at Seed, $49k–$404k at Pre-Seed and $652k–$5M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Genuine Startups's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Genuine Startups took part in.
When did Genuine Startups last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Genuine Startups closed in Jan 2017. Shizune tracks 12 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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