East Ventures

East Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009, with offices in Singapore, Tokyo, and Jakarta. The firm specializes in seed, early-stage, and Series A investments, focusing on technology and consumer sectors, including fintech, e-commerce, and education technology, primarily in Southeast Asia. East Ventures has supported over 170 companies across the region, with notable investments in Indonesia's unicorns such as Tokopedia and Traveloka. The firm typically invests between $0.1 million and $0.5 million and has been recognized for its consistent performance, being named the most active investor in Southeast Asia. In 2018, it launched a joint venture called EV Growth, aimed at providing growth capital to startups throughout Southeast Asia. East Ventures continues to play a significant role in nurturing the startup ecosystem in the region.

Gavin Adrian

Investment Professional

David Audy

Operating Partner

Batara Eto

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Devina Halim

Principal

Sang-Uh Han

Partner

Tomoki Hirata

Principal

Wai Kit Koh

Managing Partner

Yinwei Liang

Principal

Taiga Matsuyama

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Jumpei Mouri

Director

Yoshiharu Okubo

Principal

Avina Sugiarto

Partner

Emily Tampi

Managing Director, Finance

Wesley Tay

Principal

Jordy Tenka

Investment Professional

Alda Wardhana

Principal

Zhengyi Zhu

Investment Professional

Past deals in Recruiting

SPeak Corporation

Venture Round in 2021
SPeak Corporation, founded in 2019 and based in Tokyo, Japan, develops a web-based platform aimed at connecting global talent with opportunities in Japan. Its primary products include JPort Journal and JPort Match, the latter of which serves as a direct recruiting service. The platform is designed to facilitate career matching for young global students and companies, enabling effective searches for job opportunities and potential hires. By providing essential information and tools for career development, SPeak Corporation addresses the needs of both aspiring professionals and employers in the competitive job market.

Ex-Work

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of cloud personnel system designed to support job-type organizational development and human resources management. The company offers a job type of HR cloud that realizes job-type introduction and operation by multiplying JD and human resources information, enabling clients and candidates to assist in finding the right people for the right job.

BrioHR

Seed Round in 2021
BrioHR is a developer of a human resource management platform that provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed to streamline and automate various HR processes. The platform includes features for recruitment, onboarding, performance management, leave management, payroll, and employee file management, all of which are modular and affordable. BrioHR emphasizes ease of implementation and user-friendliness, allowing businesses to customize the platform to meet their specific needs. Additionally, the platform facilitates efficient management of employee information by storing, sorting, and filtering documents, while also providing reminders for updates. With dedicated live support, BrioHR aims to enhance productivity and save time for its clients by simplifying HR operations.

Warc

Venture Round in 2020
WARC Co., Ltd. offers consulting, merger and acquisition advisory, and talent agency services. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Overflow

Seed Round in 2020
Overflow, Inc. operates a platform that specializes in job matching services for engineers and designers, facilitating connections between talent and employers. Founded in 2017 and based in Tokyo, Japan, the company also offers a range of information services related to financial products such as credit cards, insurance, investments, and various taxes. In addition to these offerings, Overflow provides digital marketing consulting and media services aimed at enhancing user knowledge and efficiency. The platform serves as a comprehensive resource for side jobs and human resource management, assisting clients in developing and managing their digital workforce effectively.

HRport

Seed Round in 2019
HRport is a service that changes prayer emails into recommendations to other companies.

ZENJINMITOU

Venture Round in 2019
Zenjinmitou Co., Ltd. provides career support services for non-university graduates. The company engages in career consultation for venture managers, introduction of job offers and external services, and more. Zenjinmitou Co., Ltd. was founded in 2018 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Ekrut

Seed Round in 2019
PT Ekrut Teknologi Pasifik is a Jakarta-based company that provides a technology-driven headhunting service through its job marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, the platform connects professionals, recruiters, and employers, facilitating the recruitment process for various roles, particularly in technology and finance. Ekrut leverages artificial intelligence and human assistance to streamline job applications, allowing candidates to receive multiple offers from a single submission. The platform also helps employers efficiently engage with relevant talent and manage interview processes at scale, enhancing the overall hiring experience for both job seekers and companies.

Wizleap

Seed Round in 2019
Wizleap Is looking for friends who can continue to improve services with a sense of speed, aiming to achieve the vision.

Taliki

Seed Round in 2017
Taliki is a Coworking Space Operates Social Entrepreneurs Development Support for Intrepreneur Development.

waaq

Venture Round in 2017
Waaq Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing cloud-based software solutions aimed at automating schedule adjustments. The company's flagship product, Waaq Assistant, utilizes artificial intelligence to streamline the coordination of business meetings and recruitment processes, significantly reducing the time required for scheduling. Waaq's platform not only enhances efficiency but also aims to improve the work environment in Japan by actively recruiting members who share this vision. Through its innovative technology, Waaq seeks to facilitate better communication and collaboration among trading partners and candidates, ultimately helping organizations optimize their operations.

Ekrut

Pre Seed Round in 2017
PT Ekrut Teknologi Pasifik is a Jakarta-based company that provides a technology-driven headhunting service through its job marketplace platform. Founded in 2016, the platform connects professionals, recruiters, and employers, facilitating the recruitment process for various roles, particularly in technology and finance. Ekrut leverages artificial intelligence and human assistance to streamline job applications, allowing candidates to receive multiple offers from a single submission. The platform also helps employers efficiently engage with relevant talent and manage interview processes at scale, enhancing the overall hiring experience for both job seekers and companies.

Roxx

Series A in 2016
ROXX Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in job placement services for musicians. Established in 2013 and formerly known as Scouter Inc. until its rebranding in July 2019, the company operates various products, including Back Check, a reference check service, and SARDINE, a cloud job database. ROXX focuses on facilitating career opportunities for musicians through its innovative platform and services, contributing to the development and operation of a comprehensive career platform tailored to the unique needs of the music industry.

Glints

Series A in 2016
Glints Intern Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based online platform that facilitates internship and graduate job opportunities. Established in 2013, Glints connects young professionals with potential employers by enabling companies to post job listings, review applications, and schedule interviews. The platform covers a wide range of sectors, including administrative, consulting, finance, engineering, and design. Glints aims to bridge the gap between education and employment by helping youth identify the skills needed for various careers. It matches them with suitable jobs, internships, and courses, thereby allowing young individuals to discover their interests and develop relevant skills. This approach not only assists job seekers in finding opportunities but also helps employers attract the right talent more effectively.

Branding Enginner

Venture Round in 2016
Branding Engineer Co., Ltd., founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in recruitment support services tailored for engineers. The company offers comprehensive solutions that facilitate the career development of engineers, covering aspects from knowledge acquisition to employment transitions. It addresses various corporate needs, including resolving engineer-related challenges, selecting suitable human resources for development projects, and managing in-house IT team startups. Additionally, Branding Engineer provides multifaceted consulting services and operates platforms like Mayonez, a lifestyle magazine for IT professionals, and Tap-biz, which shares insights and knowledge for business individuals. The company is dedicated to enhancing the IT human resources market by developing web services and smartphone applications.

Saleshub

Seed Round in 2016
Saleshub Inc. is a company that operates an online networking platform designed to facilitate connections between individuals seeking side jobs and businesses looking to acquire customers. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the platform enables users to earn additional income through simple introductions, effectively allowing customers to refer other customers. By streamlining the process of networking, Saleshub provides a unique and efficient solution for both job seekers and businesses.

Rekruta

Seed Round in 2016
Rekruta, known as PT Rekruta Amarta Talenta, is an Indonesia-based staffing company that specializes in recruitment solutions. The company employs big data, predictive analytics, and algorithms to facilitate the matching process between candidates and employers. By utilizing advanced technology, Rekruta aims to help businesses identify and hire the most suitable candidates for their job openings, allowing clients to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving employment landscape. The platform is designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the recruitment process, ensuring that both job seekers and companies find their ideal matches.

BizReach

Series A in 2016
Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives to freely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information.

Glints

Seed Round in 2015
Glints Intern Pte Ltd is a Singapore-based online platform that facilitates internship and graduate job opportunities. Established in 2013, Glints connects young professionals with potential employers by enabling companies to post job listings, review applications, and schedule interviews. The platform covers a wide range of sectors, including administrative, consulting, finance, engineering, and design. Glints aims to bridge the gap between education and employment by helping youth identify the skills needed for various careers. It matches them with suitable jobs, internships, and courses, thereby allowing young individuals to discover their interests and develop relevant skills. This approach not only assists job seekers in finding opportunities but also helps employers attract the right talent more effectively.

Leading Mark

Series A in 2015
Leading Mark Inc. is an employment agency based in Tokyo, Japan, that focuses on addressing the needs of job seekers. As a growing human resources startup, it is expanding its services to include mid-career and international hiring. The company has a representative in China who is dedicated to connecting top Japanese-speaking Chinese students with opportunities in Japan. Leading Mark emphasizes the importance of providing relevant information to job seekers, in contrast to larger, traditional agencies that may prioritize the interests of employers and their own commissions. By centering its efforts around the average job seeker, Leading Mark aims to alleviate frustration and support career development.

LiB

Venture Round in 2014
LiB Inc. is a membership-based outplacement service based in Tokyo, Japan, focusing on supporting women who wish to continue their careers. The company provides resources and assistance tailored to the unique challenges faced by women in the workforce, helping them navigate transitions and enhance their professional opportunities. By fostering a supportive community, LiB aims to empower women in their career journeys.

Teleborder

Seed Round in 2014
Teleborder helps companies hire, manage and retain international employees. Our software platform enables companies to manage immigration, reporting, and compliance all in one place, and our network of providers deliver related services through our platform. Our customers range from small startups to large corporations, and our investors include Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, IDG, and others.

Tsukulink

Seed Round in 2013
Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry.

Hands Share

Venture Round in 2013
Tsuklink Corporation plans, develops and designs services such as Japan's largest construction matching site.

Tsukulink

Seed Round in 2013
Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry.

Teleborder

Seed Round in 2013
Teleborder helps companies hire, manage and retain international employees. Our software platform enables companies to manage immigration, reporting, and compliance all in one place, and our network of providers deliver related services through our platform. Our customers range from small startups to large corporations, and our investors include Y Combinator, Khosla Ventures, IDG, and others.
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