ジョーシス
Tokyo, JP · 199 employees on LinkedIn · 13 known investors
Josys provides a unified identity and access governance platform that integrates with 350+ applications to manage unmanaged AI agents, machine identities, shadow accounts, and overprivileged access across disconnected systems.
Also known as Josys · Josys International Pte. Ltd. · ジョーシス株式会社
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Investors · 13
Also in the syndicate · 9
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Josys (ジョーシス) operates a cloud platform that centralizes management of corporate IT — SaaS applications, user identities and devices — for information systems (IT) departments. The product spans SaaS discovery and visibility, SaaS security, employee lifecycle management (onboarding/offboarding automation), license and cost optimization, and device inventory management. It connects to identity providers such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace, SSO tools such as Okta, HR systems, and browser extensions, and offers 350+ pre-built API-native app integrations plus a no-code custom integration builder.
The company positions the platform as an AI-native identity security and governance control plane organized around four capabilities: discovery of human, machine and AI-agent identities including shadow IT; policy-based access governance with automated access reviews and audit trails; monitoring for compromised credentials with automated enforcement; and remediation of risks such as overprivileged or dormant accounts and MFA policy gaps. Additional features include privileged access management, policy drift detection, file access governance, app risk profiling (with app risk scores powered by Netskope), self-service access request portals, webhook and Jira-triggered automation, and an AI assistant that recommends access policies and classifies identities.
Beyond software, Josys has offered IT outsourcing services in Japan covering procurement, configuration (kitting), shipping, repair and storage of laptops and mobile devices, as well as managed and professional services for SaaS inventory cleanup, account provisioning/deletion and policy design.
Founding story
The business was incubated inside printing/logistics platform company Raksul as its fourth business, announced in September 2021 by Raksul founder Yasukane Matsumoto, and then carved out into a separate company in 2022. Its premise was that post-COVID hybrid work caused an explosion of SaaS adoption and off-premises device use, fragmenting IT administration, breaking the master database of IT assets and eroding IT governance, while corporate IT teams (often a single 'one-person joshi-sys' at SMBs) faced staffing shortages. Sanjay Rajasekhar is co-founder and CTO, leading technology and product from Bangalore.
Business model
Subscription software sold to IT and security teams and to managed service providers, complemented in Japan by IT outsourcing/BPO and professional services covering device procurement, kitting, logistics and SaaS inventory projects. Josys combines SaaS, EC (device purchasing) and BPO elements into a single offering.
Published pricing includes a 'Josys Discovery' tier at $100 per month billed annually for up to 300 IDs/employees, and a custom-priced 'Automated Identity Governance' tier quoted via sales; a 14-day free trial with no credit card is offered. Japanese plans (SaaS Management, Access Management, Managed Service, Professional Services) are quoted on request.
Traction
Launched in September 2021; reported roughly 10x revenue/ARR growth in the year to September 2023 with 300+ corporate customers at that point and a high net revenue retention rate. The company's site currently cites 1000+ customers, with a platform page citing 600+ global customers. It also achieved a Sean Ellis product-market-fit test score above the 40% threshold ahead of its 2022 round. Reported customer outcomes include 60% faster security remediation, 50% reduction in IT operations, 66% faster on/offboarding and 3x more shadow IT discovery.
Latest developments
The company now markets itself as a unified identity security and governance platform covering human, machine and AI-agent identities, with an autonomous policy engine, AI-based access policy recommendations, AI app risk assessment, smart identity classification, 350+ native integrations, a no-code custom integration builder, and a published Shadow AI report. Pricing pages list a $100/month Discovery tier and a custom Automated Identity Governance tier, and the company markets a dedicated multi-tenant offering for MSPs.
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Market position
Positions itself as a unified platform covering SaaS management, identity governance and device management for IT departments and MSPs, expanding from the Japanese corporate IT market into a global identity governance category. It reports 1000+ customers on current site materials (600+ on other pages), having grown from 300+ companies at the time of the September 2023 Series B.
Employee-centric ledger consolidation intended to restore a single source of truth across devices and SaaS; breadth across discovery, governance, security, cost optimization and device management in one platform; 350+ native integrations plus a no-code AI integration builder for apps without APIs; multi-tenant capability cited by customers for managing M&A entities and MSP clients; and a bundled offering of software with device procurement and outsourcing operations in Japan.
Technology
AI-native platform built around a discovery engine and an autonomous policy engine, with four layers forming a continuous loop from discovery to action. It uses login data, browser-extension activity and 350+ API integrations to build a SaaS and identity inventory, a shadow IT discovery engine covering 50K apps, AI-based access-pattern learning for policy recommendations, AI risk scoring for discovered apps, and automatic classification and de-duplication of human and non-human identities with confidence scoring. Engineering is concentrated in India (Bangalore) with a portion in Vietnam, product design in Silicon Valley.
Go-to-market
Self-serve free trial and low-cost entry tier for discovery, alongside a demo-and-quote enterprise sales motion. In Japan the company built out an enterprise go-to-market organization in 2023 with senior hires in sales, marketing and country leadership, ran acquisition campaigns (including a six-month free offer for the first 100 companies at the time of the Series B), and launched 'Josys Academy', a membership school on DX practices. It also targets MSPs with a multi-tenant portal.
Originally focused on small and mid-sized companies of up to about 300 employees in Japan; from September 2023 it also targets mid-sized and large enterprises, stating support for single entities up to 10,000 employees and consolidated groups of several hundred thousand. Buyers are IT teams, security teams and managed service providers.
Geography
Headquartered in Tokyo (Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku) with a Singapore entity (Josys International Pte. Ltd.). Teams span five countries: about 30 people in Japan, 70 in India, 10 in Vietnam and the remainder in Silicon Valley, with sales and onboarding for APAC handled from Singapore and Malaysia. Services launched on 6 September 2023 across North America (US, Canada, Mexico) and APAC (Singapore, Australia, India, Korea, Southeast Asia), covering 40 countries, with a stated goal of offering IT outsourcing services in more than 100 countries by the end of 2025.
History
Josys began in September 2021 as Raksul's fourth business line. In early 2022 it was spun out via a corporate split into Josys Inc. (ジョーシス株式会社), established 1 February 2022 as a Raksul subsidiary with capital of JPY 100 million. In March 2022 a third-party allotment of shares to undisclosed investors reduced Raksul's voting stake to 35.6%, converting Josys from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity-method affiliate. A JPY 4.42 billion round followed in September 2022 and a JPY 13.5 billion Series B in September 2023, bringing cumulative funding to JPY 17.9 billion. Alongside the Series B, the company entered the Japanese enterprise market, launched globally, and CEO Yasukane Matsumoto handed the Raksul CEO role to Yo Nagami to focus full time on Josys.
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Timeline · 7
launches, deals, and filingsJosys began offering services in North America (US, Canada, Mexico) and APAC (Singapore, Australia, India, Korea, Southeast Asia) under the unified 'Josys' brand, covering 40 countries, and entered the Japanese enterprise market.
Series B via third-party share allotment, co-led by Global Brain and Globis Capital Partners with 18 subscribers in total, bringing cumulative funding to JPY 17.9 billion.
Membership school established to share DX knowledge and practices from companies that have implemented digital transformation in Japan.
Kiyomitsu Takayama (ex-Pendo.io Japan head) joined as SVP of Japan Business, Mikito Hayashi (ex-ZVC Japan) as VP of Japan Sales, and Tomofumi Serizawa (ex-Palo Alto Networks) as VP of Japan Marketing.
Josys announced a JPY 4.42 billion raise from Global Brain, ANRI, Yamauchi-No.10, Digital Holdings and WiL — its first VC syndicate financing after being carved out of Raksul.
Josys Inc. was established on 1 February 2022 as a Raksul subsidiary through a simplified corporate split, with capital of JPY 100 million; a March 2022 third-party allotment reduced Raksul's voting stake to 35.6%, making Josys an equity-method affiliate.
Josys launched its integrated IT device and SaaS management cloud service as Raksul's fourth business line.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does ジョーシス do?
- Josys is a Tokyo-founded identity security and governance platform for managing SaaS apps, devices and access across organizations.
- Who founded ジョーシス?
- ジョーシス was founded by Yasukane Matsumoto.
- Who are ジョーシス's investors?
- ジョーシス's investors include Global Brain, Globis Capital Partners, Sony Ventures Corporation, Z Venture Capital.
- Where is ジョーシス headquartered?
- ジョーシス is headquartered in Tokyo, JP.