Published 15 Oct 2021

Japanese Startup Markets: HR Tech

Japanese Startup Markets: HR Tech

Our new round of articles is devoted to promising Japanese startups grouped by industry. Today, our focus is on the HR Tech.

1. HRBrain 


https://www.hrbrain.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: $22.0M


· Overview:


Developing cloud service "HR Brain" that streamlines the entire process from employee goal setting to evaluation with cloud-type software and enhances the productivity and goal achievement ability of the organization.



2. Taimee 


https://taimee.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2017


· Total Raised to Date: $90.0M


· Overview:


Developing "Timee," a gig work service that matches people who want to work immediately with businesses that want immediate labor.




3. Payment Technology 


https://pay-tech.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: $15.1M


· Overview:


Developing salary prepayment system "prepaid kun" and "prepaid kun LITE" and "Anytime Pay," a welfare service that allows employees to specify the date, amount, and method of receiving salary.




4. Thinkings 


https://www.thinkings.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2020


· Total Raised to Date: $9.5M


· Overview:


Providing a recruitment management system "SONAR ATS" that can openly cooperate with various HR services such as direct recruiting, aptitude test, online interview and talent management.




6. LAPRAS 


https://corp.lapras.com/


· Year Founded: 2016


· Total Raised to Date: $3.5M


· Overview:


Providing "LAPRAS", a career matching platform for engineers that analyzes engineer's blogs and SNS, automatically generates a portfolio, and matches the optimal career options.




7. Cocon 


https://cocon-corporation.com/


· Year Founded: 2013


· Total Raised to Date: $19.4M


· Overview:


Developing services from the perspective of white hackers, such as security diagnosis for IoT devices and connected cars, and forensic surveys, based on advanced technological capabilities.




8. Caster 


https://caster.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2014


· Total Raised to Date: $5.9M


· Overview:


Developing "CASTER BIZ", an online assistant service that provides total support for a wide range of tasks from daily chores to specialized fields such as secretarial, personnel, accounting, and website operation. We provide a batch agency service such as "Caster Recruiting".




9. Caster 


https://caster.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2014


· Total Raised to Date: $5.9M


· Overview:


Developing "CASTER BIZ", an online assistant service that provides total support for a wide range of tasks from daily chores to specialized fields such as secretarial, personnel, accounting, and website operation. We provide a batch agency service such as "Caster Recruiting".




10. Roxx 


https://roxx.co.jp/


· Year Founded: 2013


· Total Raised to Date: $24.0M


· Overview:


Providing a cloud recruitment database service "agent bank" for recruitment companies. "Human resources introduction company" can introduce the job changer that it has to the posting company for about 2,000 jobs posted on the service with only a monthly usage fee.