ANRI

ANRI is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Tokyo, Japan. The firm focuses on investing in seed and early-stage startups across a diverse range of sectors, including business products, business services, energy, information technology, blockchain, life sciences, mobile, software-as-a-service, technology, media and telecom, and robotics. By supporting innovative companies in these fields, ANRI aims to foster growth and development within the startup ecosystem.

Nina Ehara

Venture Capitalist

Erika Kanai

Senior Associate

Taro Maruyama

Principal

Yuta Motoshima

Principal

Kazuhiro Sakakibara

Senior Associate

Anri Samata

Partner

Norihito Shiraishi

Director

Yoko Toiyama

Director

Past deals in Recruiting

RyuLog

Seed Round in 2025
Developer of a scholarship platform intended to provide programs for studying abroad. The company collaborates with private companies that are proactive in developing global human resources, offers numerous scholarship programs funded by private company funds, and provides career support for university students who have studied abroad, providing students with online job-hunting services in foreign lands.

YOUTRUST

Series C in 2024
YOUTRUST is a human resource startup to operate a referral recruitment platform for side-job change.

SPeak Corporation

Seed Round in 2024
SPeak Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing web content and a web-matching platform aimed at connecting global talent with opportunities in Japan. The company offers products such as JPort Journal and JPort Match, with the latter serving as a direct recruiting service designed to support emerging talents in their career pursuits. Through its innovative platform, SPeak Corporation seeks to facilitate the integration of international professionals into the Japanese workforce.

Villio

Seed Round in 2021
Villio is a company that specializes in talent experience software as a service (SaaS), aimed at enhancing human resource development and the recruitment of skilled engineers. The platform is designed to create value by facilitating introspection and dialogue among team members, thereby improving overall team performance. By visualizing individual and group statuses and promoting constructive feedback, Villio enables organizations to better support their employees' efforts and development. This approach not only assists companies in identifying and nurturing talent but also fosters a more engaged and productive workforce.

SPeak Corporation

Venture Round in 2021
SPeak Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing web content and a web-matching platform aimed at connecting global talent with opportunities in Japan. The company offers products such as JPort Journal and JPort Match, with the latter serving as a direct recruiting service designed to support emerging talents in their career pursuits. Through its innovative platform, SPeak Corporation seeks to facilitate the integration of international professionals into the Japanese workforce.

Refcome

Series A in 2017
Refcome is a digital platform designed to enhance the process of employee referrals within organizations. It simplifies operations and measures the effectiveness of referral policies, aiming to boost referral adoption. The platform provides a visual representation of the system's status and tracks departmental and employee activities, identifying bottlenecks through data analysis. This enables companies to gain insights into the psychology and motivations behind employee referrals, facilitating a more efficient recruitment process. By integrating these features, Refcome helps organizations optimize their recruitment strategies and improve overall employee engagement in referral programs.

Roxx

Series A in 2017
ROXX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in job placement services for musicians. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Scouter Inc. until a name change in July 2019, ROXX provides a platform designed to help recruit inexperienced full-time employees in the music industry. The company offers various products, including Back Check, a reference check service, and SARDINE, a cloud-based job database. Through its innovative features focused on reference compliance and research tools, ROXX seeks to streamline the hiring process for musicians and related talent.

SCOUTER

Series A in 2017
SCOUTER is a social headhunting platform that compensates users, called Scouters, who passed the examination is a next generation career support service that can receive compensation by introducing friends acquaintance to companies.

Refcome

Seed Round in 2016
Refcome is a digital platform designed to enhance the process of employee referrals within organizations. It simplifies operations and measures the effectiveness of referral policies, aiming to boost referral adoption. The platform provides a visual representation of the system's status and tracks departmental and employee activities, identifying bottlenecks through data analysis. This enables companies to gain insights into the psychology and motivations behind employee referrals, facilitating a more efficient recruitment process. By integrating these features, Refcome helps organizations optimize their recruitment strategies and improve overall employee engagement in referral programs.

Branding Enginner

Seed Round in 2014
BrandingEnginner is an IT-based company that develops web services and smartphone apps for its clients. It is committed to developing IT human resources market. The company is based in Shibuya, Kanagawa.

Talentio

Venture Round in 2014
Talentio is a recruitment management system focused on enhancing HR and recruitment activities. The platform is designed to streamline the recruitment process and implement effective hiring strategies. By leveraging machine learning and big data, Talentio optimizes complex operations associated with hiring management and candidate selection. This enables recruiters to efficiently manage referrals and build extensive talent pools.

Gram

Venture Round in 2013
gram Japan operates a human resource-based web media platform that provides a job change matching service utilizing personality diagnosis data. The company focuses on recruitment consulting, assisting rapidly growing startups and venture businesses in building their workforce. By leveraging innovative approaches to match job seekers with suitable opportunities, gram Japan aims to facilitate successful career transitions and enhance talent acquisition for its clients.
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