Best HR Services Companies in Japan
The 259 best HR Services companies in Japan in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ACROVE.
Tracking the best HR Services companies in Japan by disclosed equity funding, this directory covers 259 ventures with a combined $259M raised — and the spread tells you a lot about where the market's heading.
Acrove sits far out in front at $77M, which is roughly five times the next closest name. Leading Mark follows at $18M, PeopleX at $15M. No unicorns yet, but the investor roster — SMBC Venture Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, East Ventures, Skyland Ventures, CyberAgent Capital — reads like a who's-who of serious domestic capital. So the infrastructure is there. The question is which themes break through first. Right now coverage is rising fast around funeral announcement workflows, payment system integration, and refugee integration services, which signals that Japanese HR platforms are moving well beyond core payroll. As research on cross-border HR practice showed early on, workforce systems that ignore social and administrative edge cases tend to stall. I'd watch that refugee integration thread especially closely this quarter. And if you're sizing up this field, the funding concentration around Acrove suggests consolidation pressure is already building at the top.
Ranked: Best HR Services companies in Japan
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACROVE Provider of HR consulting services | $77M | 21 mo ago | Series C | 148 | Yuki Sakuragi Co-Founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+24 | — |
| 2 | Leading Mark Career consulting | $18M | 16 mo ago | Series C | 38 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+23 | — |
| 3 | PeopleX Provider of employees engagement services | $15M | 12 mo ago | Seed | — | Daichi Tachibana Founder & CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+18 | — |
| 4 | Hajimari Provider of learning management solution services | $14M | 42 mo ago | Series A | — | Naoto Kimura CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — |
| 5 | Thinkings Provider of recruitment services | $12M | 46 mo ago | Series B | 190 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — |
| 6 | Yagish Provider of HR consulting services | $12M | 48 mo ago | Series A | — | Kim Jip CEO | FirebaseVue.jsStripe+23 | — |
| 7 | LabBase Provider of business consulting services | $10M | 45 mo ago | Series B | 59 | Michiaki Kamo Founder & CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+19 | — |
| 8 | TalentX Provider of HR recruitment and consulting services | $9M | 64 mo ago | Public | 28 | Takashi Suzuki CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20 | — |
| 9 | Kompeito Company that specializes in health and wellness solutions, offering a welfare service that supports the… | $7M | 21 mo ago | Series D | — | Shun Watanabe CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+8 | — |
| 10 | Neo Career Neo Careers is a Japanese staffing, recruiting and HR services company | $7M | 138 mo ago | Series A | 3,617 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — |
| 11 | Brain Buddy Provider of sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services. | $6M | 12 mo ago | Series B | — | Tsuyoshi Oya CEO | — | — |
| 12 | Stadium Provider of end to end HR and sales outsourcing services | $5M | 74 mo ago | Seed | 126 | Yasuhiro Ota CEO & President | SalesforceApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+17 | — |
| 13 | Arches Provider of market insights and business consulting services | $5M | 24 mo ago | Series A | 113 | Hiroki Kato Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 2 job openings · 1 internship |
| 14 | YOUTRUST Provider of recruitment and staffing services | $4M | 25 mo ago | Series C | 45 | — | Hatena BlogSentryVarnish+13 | — |
| 15 | Allesgood Provider of HR recruitment services | $4M | 21 mo ago | Seed | — | Kimihiro Katsumi Co-Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 16 | Shu Matsu Worker Provider of recruitment services | $4M | 72 mo ago | Acquired | 60 | Koya Matsumura CEO | RubySalesforceUbuntu+30 | — |
| 17 | Haul Provider of HR recruitment services | $4M | 8 mo ago | Series A | — | Takuji Hirata Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 18 | Fujiko-san Provider of HR consulting services | $3M | 44 mo ago | Series A | 400 | Norio Kuriyama CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | — |
| 19 | ABABA Provider of recruitment services for multiple industries | $3M | 14 mo ago | Series B | — | Shunki Kubo CEO | AlgoliaNode.jsChart.js+28 | — |
| 20 | CBASE Provider of HR cloud and analytics services | $3M | 44 mo ago | Early Stage | — | Mikio Fukai CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+28 | — |
| 21 | LAPRAS Provider of learning management services | $3M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 26 | Kentaro Someya CEO | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+30 | — |
| 22 | YOLO JAPAN Provider of recruitment services | $3M | 93 mo ago | Seed | 46 | Koji Koti CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | — |
| 23 | Quicker Provider of recruitment services | $3M | 50 mo ago | Seed | — | Shota Watanabe CEO | — | — |
| 24 | Alpaca Lab Provider of HR recruitment services | $3M | 40 mo ago | Series A | 20 | Tanabata Mill CEO | STUDIOApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+10 | — |
| 25 | Sollective Provider of HR management services | $2M | 34 mo ago | Seed | 18 | Allen Wong Co-Founder / COO | Framer SitesApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+13 | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 26 | YeLL Provider of learning management services | $2M | 24 mo ago | Series B | 15 | Sho Sakurai CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+19 | — |
| 27 | Srust Provider of recruitment services | $2M | 30 mo ago | Seed | 7 | — | — | — |
| 28 | Dofa Provider of career design, digital transformation, and system engineering services | $2M | 73 mo ago | Seed | 22 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | — |
| 29 | Flucle Platform that features in labor management and recruitment | $2M | 20 mo ago | Seed | 9 | — | — | — |
| 30 | PR Table Provider of PR and HR consulting services | $1M | 28 mo ago | Series D | — | Ko Ohori CEO | — | — |
| 31 | Livco Provider of human resources, training, media, real estate, and support services | $1M | 5 mo ago | Early Stage | — | Shotaro Sasa CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 32 | TechBowl Provider of HR consulting services | $1M | 33 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Masao Ozawa CEO | — | — |
| 33 | Syscle Provider of HR consulting services | $1M | 48 mo ago | Seed | — | Takuma Mukai CEO | — | — |
| 34 | Moja Provider of recruitment services | $1M | 49 mo ago | Seed | 10 | Keisuke Yoshiki CEO | — | — |
| 35 | CAMELORS Provider of HR management services | $1M | 33 mo ago | Seed | — | Yasuyuki Tane Co-Founder | — | — |
| 36 | Guidable Provider of recruitment services for multiple industries | $973K | 27 mo ago | Series A | 31 | Masaki Tanabe CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — |
| 37 | Initial Point Provider of HR end to end services | $887K | 42 mo ago | Seed | — | Toshihiko Shimamura CEO | — | — |
| 38 | Ageless Provider of recruitment services for multiple sector | $850K | 10 mo ago | Series A | — | Reiji Zuckerman Co-Founder | SentryNode.jsReact+21 | — |
| 39 | DINAMICA Provider of HR recruitment services | $802K | 14 mo ago | Seed | — | Yusuke Hamada CEO | — | — |
| 40 | SPeak Company offers services for candidate assistance | $734K | 60 mo ago | Seed | 14 | Hiromi Karahashi Founder & CEO | Node.jsEnvoyNginx+12 | 3 job openings |
| 41 | Worksamples Provider of HR recruitment services | $681K | 43 mo ago | Seed | — | Kaito Mori CEO | — | — |
| 42 | LTB Provider of HR consulting services | $599K | 39 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Harumi Suzuki CEO | BootstrapApache HTTP ServerAmazon Web Services+14 | — |
| 43 | Bgrass Provider of HR management services | $561K | 10 mo ago | Seed | — | Fumie Nishioka Co-Founder | — | — |
| 44 | Pathfinder Provider of IT recruitment services | $554K | 18 mo ago | Seed | — | Yuusuke Onozaki CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | — |
| 45 | Good News Brand development company offering services from branding to media selection, advertising production, and… | $469K | 50 mo ago | Seed | 54 | Mitsutoshi Sugioka CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+10 | — |
| 46 | Kaymak Provider of recruitment services for multiple sector | $461K | 24 mo ago | Seed | — | Rei Oshima CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+10 | — |
| 47 | CheerCareer Provider of HR recruitment services | $433K | 53 mo ago | Seed | 36 | Hikaru Hiratsuka CEO | RubyFacebook LoginChart.js+22 | — |
| 48 | Meet Career Provider of career guidance services | $411K | 24 mo ago | Seed | 8 | Wakana Kitamura CEO | STUDIOFirebaseNode.js+19 | — |
| 49 | Ex-Work Provider of recruitment services | $364K | 47 mo ago | Seed | 3 | — | — | — |
| 50 | tokuty Provider of recruitment services | $263K | 7 mo ago | Series A | 4 | Shosuke Sugihara CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+31 | — |
Top 12 HR Services companies in Japan
#1
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2023$15.4Mraised▾
Provider of employees engagement services. It focuses on developing and operating an employee success. It aims to help employees grow and contribute to the growth of their organizations.
- Jun 2025Conventional Debt$5.3M
- Jun 2024Seed$10.2M
#2
Series C · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2018 · 148 employees$76.6Mraised▾
Provider of HR consulting services
- Sep 2024Series C$14.1M
- Sep 2024Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2023Conventional Debt—
- Oct 2023Series B$7.7M
#3
Series C · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2008 · 38 employees$18Mraised▾
Leading Mark is a human resources company that helps students with career consulting and helps conducts job fairs. In 2015, launched video-resume and assessment app Recme. Claims to have 50000 users on-board. It’s used by Mitsubishi Corporation, CyberAgent, and L’Oreal among others.
- Feb 2025Series C$10.5M
- Dec 2022Series B$5.5M
- Feb 2015Series A$1.4M
- Nov 2013Seed$506.4K
#4
Early Stage · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2021$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of human resources, training, media, real estate, and support services. The business offers services including global human resources, media platforms, life support, and real estate. It also provides training programs. The business aims to support individuals in various aspects of their lives.
- Jan 2026Conventional Debt$1.1M
#5
Series A · Meguro, Tokyo · founded 2018$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of HR recruitment services
- Sep 2025Series A$3.5M
#6
Series B · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2021$5.5Mraised▾
Brainbuddy is a company that specializes in sales support, business growth, recruiting, consulting, and training services. They provide support for individuals and families who have experienced brain surgery.
- Jun 2025Series B$5.5M
#7
Series B · Suita, Osaka · founded 2020$3.1Mraised▾
Provider of recruitment services for multiple industries
- Mar 2025Conventional Debt—
- Mar 2025Series B$8.3M
- Jan 2024Conventional Debt—
- Jan 2024Series A$1.7M
#8
Series A · Tokyo, Tokyo · founded 2021$850.4Kraised▾
Provider of recruitment services for multiple sector
- Aug 2025Series A$3.8M
- May 2022Seed$309.2K
#9
Series A · Minato City, Tokyo · founded 2021 · 4 employees$262.7Kraised▾
Operator of a job advertisement platform designed to connect companies with specific skilled personnel. The company's human resource matching platform shares job information from employers in local languages and supports rapid reach to human resources by combining skills matching with unique algorithms, providing job seekers new employment opportunities, and employers to hire employees quickly and easily through a multi-lingual platform.
- Oct 2025Series A$817.4K
- Jan 2022Seed$262.7K
#10
Seed · Shibuya, Tokyo · founded 2022$561.3Kraised▾
Provider of HR management services
- Aug 2025Seed$846.8K
- Apr 2024Seed—
#11
Series D · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2012$7.4Mraised▾
KOMPEITO Inc. is a Japanese company that specializes in health and wellness solutions. They offer a welfare service called "OFFICE DE YASAI" that supports the health of employees.
- Aug 2024Series D$7.4M
#12
Seed · Shinagawa, Tokyo · founded 2016 · 26 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of learning management services
- Sep 2024Seed$2.8M
- Sep 2024Conventional Debt—
- Nov 2020Seed$500K
- Sep 2020Seed$1M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of HR Services coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
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