Genebank

What Genebank does

Genebank (株式会社ジーンバンク) is a privately held Japanese company founded on August 1, 2019 and headquartered in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, with registered capital of 20 million yen. The company operates a B2B-focused genetic analysis platform under the Genemonster brand, supplemented by a consumer-oriented sub-brand, SHAPE & BEAUTY Basic. Genebank explicitly avoids retail and direct-to-consumer sales, instead providing genetic constitution analysis and reporting to enterprise clients — including gyms and fitness clubs, treatment clinics, sports teams and schools, pharmaceutical and food companies, and municipal governments — which integrate the analysis into their own service offerings.

The underlying technology consists of two proprietary analysis systems — Genemonster and IDENSIL — both supervised by genetics experts and utilizing testing methods adopted by clinical trial institutions. Genebank analyzes DNA sequence variations to characterize individual genetic constitution across health, fitness, beauty, athletic performance, nutrition, and disease-risk dimensions, delivering graph-based personalized reports with recommendations for training, nutrition, and care. The company reports 150,000 cumulative genetic analyses performed across its programs. The product surface is segmented into five vertical-specific Genemonster sub-programs (Athlete, Nutrition Guidance, Beauty & Health, Exercise Guidance, Health Management), enabling clients to deploy purpose-built genetic services rather than a one-size-fits-all report.

Genebank's business model is enterprise subscription-based with annual billing and quote-based pricing; no retail pricing is published. Revenue streams include the core Genemonster analysis service (subscription/recurring), the DNA Testing Partner System (licensing/royalty-style), and OEM development and joint research (professional services). Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales supported by phone and email inquiry channels, with no digital self-serve funnel. The company operates exclusively in Japan, primarily in the Kanto region, and is led by Representative Director Tomoya Yamamoto (山本智也). No external funding rounds, M&A activity, or named large enterprise logos are disclosed.

Name

Genebank

Legal name

株式会社ジーンバンク

Website

https://genebank.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Genebank is a Tokyo-based, privately held Japanese genetic analysis company (founded 2019) that provides B2B-only DNA testing and reporting services to enterprise clients including gyms, treatment clinics, sports organizations, pharmaceutical/food companies, and municipal governments, with no direct consumer retail sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Genemonster Gene Analysis Service: Core genetic analysis service providing personalized health, fitness, and beauty reports to enterprise clients who offer services to end consumers.
2. DNA Testing Partner System: Partnership-based DNA testing system providing testing infrastructure and analysis capabilities to partner businesses.
3. OEM Development and Joint Research: Custom genetic business development, OEM product creation, and collaborative research services for enterprise partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Genebank provides a B2B genetic/DNA analysis service branded Genemonster that delivers constitution-based reports on health, fitness, beauty, and athletic performance to enterprise clients such as gyms, treatment clinics, pharmaceutical companies, food companies, sports organizations, and municipal governments. The company combines proprietary analysis systems (Genemonster and IDENSIL) supervised by genetics experts with clinical trial-grade testing methods, and offers OEM development, joint research, and a DNA Testing Partner System for enterprise integration, deliberately excluding any retail or direct-to-consumer sales.

Product overview

Genebank operates a platform-based genetic analysis service centered on the Genemonster product, launched in August 2019. The platform offers multiple specialized programs (Athlete, Nutrition Guidance, Beauty & Health, Exercise Guidance, Health Management) targeting enterprise clients including sports gyms, pharmaceutical companies, food companies, clinics, and government organizations. A consumer-oriented sub-brand, SHAPE & BEAUTY Basic, provides direct beauty and health genetic analysis. Additional services include a DNA Test Partner System and OEM development/joint research capabilities. The company reports 150,000 cumulative analysis cases and ranks #1 on Amazon and Rakuten for genetic testing kits. All analysis is conducted under genetics expert supervision using clinical testing institution methods.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Genemonster Genetic Analysis Service Enterprise-focused genetic analysis service providing personalized reports on individual constitution, disease risk, and physical characteristics, delivered with graph-based advisory reports and expert support to help businesses differentiate their services. Targeted at enterprise clients such as gyms, clinics, pharmaceutical companies, food companies, and government, not sold to individual consumers.
• Genemonster Athlete Program Specialized program under Genemonster targeting sports teams, athletic schools, and sports gyms. Provides constitution-matched diet, care, and training recommendations designed to improve athletic performance for individual athletes.
• Genemonster Nutrition Guidance Program Program for food education, health management, and diet services. Delivers constitution- and goal-matched diet and exercise recommendations, plus lifestyle tips applicable to daily life and childcare, intended for adoption by diet and health management enterprises.
• Genemonster Beauty & Health Program Program for esthetic salons and diet gyms. Provides constitution-matched menu sets that combine exercise, nutrition, and care to address body shape, posture, and skin health for end clients of beauty and wellness businesses.
• Genemonster Exercise Guidance Program Program for fitness gyms and yoga studios. Provides constitution-matched diet programs that combine strength training, program combinations, and supplements to support member engagement and retention.
• Genemonster Health Management Program Program targeting health management, nursing care prevention, and medical cost reduction. Designed to help users maintain youthfulness, health, and independence from nursing care, intended for adoption by municipalities, employers, and welfare organizations.
• SHAPE & BEAUTY Basic (シェイプ&ビューティーベーシック) Beauty-focused genetic analysis sub-brand helping users discover their ideal body shape and skin beauty methods through personalized diet, nutrition, and anti-aging care recommendations based on individual beauty constitution.
• DNA Test Partner System Partnership-based DNA testing system providing testing infrastructure and analysis capabilities to partner businesses that want to integrate genetic analysis into their own service offerings under their own brand.
• Gene Business OEM Development & Joint Research Custom OEM development, white-label genetic product creation, and collaborative research services for enterprise partners, including pharmaceutical companies and food companies that want to build branded genetic businesses or co-develop genetic research initiatives.

Quantifiable outcome

• 150,000+ cumulative genetic analyses performed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Tokyo Total Beauty Clinic (東京 totales美容クリニック)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAffiliated clinic partnership for the Gene Bank genetic analysis services. Tokyo Total Beauty Clinic serves as a demonstration/reference clinic for genetic analysis applications in beauty and health contexts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Ancestry: Global DNA testing company with ancestry and health offerings. Overlaps with Genebank in the genetic testing market broadly, though anchored to ancestry rather than wellness/fitness use cases.
• 23andMe: Global consumer genetic testing leader offering ancestry, health, and trait reports. Broader incumbent serving overlapping customer needs (wellness, trait, health predispositions) but at global scale and primarily DTC, contrasting with Genebank's B2B focus.
• Pathway Genomics: US clinical-grade genetic testing company offering health and wellness DNA reports. Comparable clinical-trial-grade positioning and B2B distribution partnerships similar to Genebank's enterprise model.

Direct peers

• DeNA Life Science (MYCODE): Japanese genetic testing service under DeNA providing health and trait-based DNA analysis reports. Comparable to Genebank in product offering (personalized constitution/fitness/beauty reports), target customer (Japanese consumers), and B2C/DTC distribution model.
• Habit: US personalized nutrition company offering DNA-based dietary recommendations. Highly comparable to Genebank's Nutrition Guidance and Beauty & Health programs, both translating genetic constitution into personalized food and lifestyle advice.
• DNAfit: UK-based genetic testing company focused on fitness, nutrition, and wellness recommendations. Closely matches Genebank's Athlete and Exercise Guidance programs in use case (training and nutrition optimization based on genetic constitution).
• Genesis Healthcare: Japan's largest consumer genetic testing company, offering GeneLife and similar constitution/fitness/beauty genetic analysis kits. Directly competes with Genebank in the Japanese wellness genetics category across the same end-use domains (fitness, beauty, nutrition).

Emerging players

• SelfDecode: AI-driven DNA and health analysis platform providing personalized wellness reports. Comparable to Genebank in the AI/analytics overlay on genetic data and the focus on wellness rather than clinical diagnostics.
• Orig3n: US-based wellness and fitness genetics company offering DNA analysis for nutrition, fitness, and beauty. Comparable in the wellness-genetics niche but with a more DTC-leaning model than Genebank's B2B-first approach.
• Genetic Technologies (GTG): Australia-based genomics company offering consumer and clinical DNA testing for health and wellness. Comparable in providing genetic-based wellness and preventive health insights, with overlap in the fitness/nutrition/wellness use cases.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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