HR Tech Startups

Symmetry operates a platform where users review companies they have interviewed with, compare salaries against market rates, and anonymously ask employers questions. It also lets people earn extra income by using their skills during spare time.

1 investor

Apollo is a Japanese company that builds AI-related products and services, including an AI studio and the Showbase and Soloban products. It operates in HR technology and develops data and AI platforms alongside application products.

1 investor

Calaris develops AI-powered assessment tools designed to help individuals and organizations identify and develop their capabilities and potential. The company focuses on talent calibration and development through interactive digital assessments.

1 investor

Carat is a Japanese HR technology company that has run multiple HR-related businesses since its founding and is now developing products using generative AI and large language models. It offers recruitment and career services under the Jobme brand.

1 investor

Casting One is a Japanese business consulting or digital transformation firm that updates and modernizes business operations across sectors. The company focuses on solving social challenges and creating innovative solutions through rapid execution and continuous improvement.

1 investor

CoA Nexus provides recruiting services, AI-powered talent matching, and business development support specialized in research and development talent. The company connects research professionals from academia and industry with organizations seeking specialized R&D expertise globally.

1 investor

Cyxen builds AI-based products for Japan's elderly care, medical, and welfare sectors, covering recruitment, shift management and operations, system development, and local SEO/review management. Its tools aim to address labor shortages and operational burdens for care, medical, and welfare facilities.

1 investor

EduCare is a Japanese company combining finance and education to build a financial platform for learners, offering education funding (fintech) and career support (HR) so that financial constraints do not limit learning opportunities. It runs a fintech business for education financing and a recruitment/placement service called Talesapo.

1 investor

Nexus Advisors develops a recruitment platform and conversational AI technology designed to eliminate unnecessary interviews by having AI conduct preliminary screening dialogues, allowing companies and job seekers to focus on meaningful hiring decisions. The company serves recruitment teams and candidates seeking a more efficient hiring process in Japan.

1 investor

HERP Trust is an online reference-check tool that collects third-party evaluations of job candidates from former managers and colleagues, using proprietary assessment questions and AI analysis to surface a candidate's strengths, risks, and culture fit. It serves corporate recruiting teams in Japan and integrates with the HERP Hire applicant tracking system, with optional background-check services.

1 investor

ScaleHack connects businesses with skilled professionals in growth strategy, scaling, and operational challenges. The company operates a database of specialists experienced in business development across major Japanese firms, offering project-based teams and methodologies to support companies from startups to enterprises.

1 investor

unito is an AI-driven ERP for mid-sized companies (roughly 100 to several hundred employees) that unifies HR, payroll, attendance, sales, and expense management in a single database. Its AI reads a company's internal rules and regulations to auto-generate initial configuration, aiming to cut ERP implementation time from about a year to roughly one month.

1 investor

株式会社villio develops AI agent services for recruiting and provides recruitment consulting, along with a new staffing/placement service that supports candidates from career planning through post-hire success. It also operates a talent development SaaS, serving hiring and workforce needs in Japan.

1 investor

XAION DATA develops services using open data based on patented data collection and structuring technology, and provides AI/data solutions. The company also operates in job placement and recruitment information services.

1 investor

Openup Group provides staffing and career-development services, dispatching engineers—including inexperienced and mid-skill workers—to client projects and matching personnel to a range of business needs. The company positions itself around supporting individual growth and connecting workers with companies across industries in Japan.

1 investor

Kaonavi is a talent management system that centralizes employee data and enables human resources teams to optimize workforce planning, performance evaluation, and organizational development. The platform serves mid-to-large enterprises in Japan and provides tools for HR efficiency, strategic workforce management, and data-driven decision-making.

1 investor

Katagrma is a Japanese company that develops and operates SaaS products for the childcare and early childhood education industry. Its software supports professionals working in childcare, education, and child welfare to improve the environments in which children are raised.

1 investor

GTN operates a cross-border trust platform that provides comprehensive life services (housing, finance, telecommunications, employment, healthcare, tourism, dining, and marriage services) for people moving across borders. The company aims to remove barriers to cross-border mobility and enable people to live freely regardless of nationality.

1 investor

Connectill is a Japanese company that provides remote-work employment opportunities—matching skilled but unavailable IT and programming workers with jobs—while also running AI development, data creation, and software product/solution services (including Forguncy implementation and training). It focuses on remote-work staffing, women's workforce participation, and AI support initiatives in Japan.

1 investor

A talent management platform that helps organizations visualize, analyze, and develop talent using AI-powered analytics integrated with HR systems. Built specifically for the complexity of Japanese HR practices.

1 investor

Satoyume is a Japanese consulting and business-production firm focused on regional revitalization, working with municipalities and prefectures across Japan on local development projects, tourism, and hospitality ventures (including its Satoyume Hotels brand). It positions itself as a "local business incubator," also holding travel-agency and paid job-placement licenses.

1 investor

Startup Class ("スタクラ") is a Japanese job-change and side-work platform focused on connecting professionals with vetted, high-growth startups and ventures. It offers curated startup job listings, a 5-minute startup aptitude assessment, and career-change stories, targeting people seeking more autonomy and challenge in their work.

1 investor

Public Connect operates a recruitment platform for government agencies and local municipalities in Japan, letting job seekers discover and apply to public-sector positions nationwide. It aims to reduce the administrative burden of public-sector hiring and help agencies secure the staff they need.

1 investor

UT Group operates a platform for workforce management and career development in Japan, addressing diverse employment conditions, skills training, and life-stage support for Japanese workers and foreign nationals seeking employment in Japan.

1 investor