Principal at Genesia Ventures, Inc. · Joined 2017
View Live Interactive Profile →Yuto Kono is Principal at Genesia Ventures, Inc., which he joined in 2017 during the firm's founding period. His Genesia Ventures profile page states that he travelled to India in 2013 while enrolled at Waseda University and worked in business development and investment roles at local startups, at the Indian technology media company YourStory and at CyberAgent Capital, and that he worked on content development at the EdTech company Quipper, which was acquired by Recruit in 2015. At Genesia Ventures he established the Indonesia office in 2019, subsequently served as the Vietnam office representative, and has been based in the Japan office since 2023. His profile page states he has made approximately 30 seed investments across Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Africa in Vertical AI and AI-native services, entertainment and content, and lifestyle and wellness, and lists his responsible portfolio companies (担当投資先) by name. No current board seat could be sourced.