East Ventures

Semiconductor Research Institute is a provider of hiring services intended to increase the mobility of semiconductor human resources.

Pintarnya is an mobile application to unlock employment and financial opportunities for millions of blue-collar workers in Indonesia.

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.

Ex-Work specializes in designing and developing cloud-based services aimed at enhancing human resources management and job description creation. The company offers a personnel system that facilitates job-type organizational development, allowing users to effectively match job descriptions with human resources information. This innovative approach helps clients and candidates alike in identifying suitable personnel for specific roles, streamlining the hiring process and improving overall workforce alignment.

Simple, modular, affordable, and intuitive HR management SaaS that provides end-to-end tools for digitizing and automating all HR processes such as Recruitment & ATS, Onboarding, Performance Management, Leave Management, Payroll, Employee Files, and more. Easy to implement, use, and scale, with live support from our team of experts helping you customize and configure to suit your needs.

Overflow, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company founded in 2017 that offers a platform focused on job matching services specifically for engineers and designers. In addition to job placement, the platform provides comprehensive information and consultancy services related to personal finance, including topics such as credit cards, insurance, investments, loans, and household savings. Overflow aims to enhance users' financial literacy and efficiency through its personal money management services and strategic consulting in digital media. The company also supports businesses in managing their human resources, from recruitment to development, fostering a sustainable workforce in the software sector.

Best Path Partners is a recruiting agency.

HRport is a service that changes prayer emails into recommendations to other companies.

Zenjinmitou Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based company that specializes in career support services for non-university graduates. Established in 2018, it offers career consultations for venture managers and facilitates the introduction of job opportunities and external services. The company aims to minimize the mismatch between job seekers and employers, helping clients secure positions that align with their skills and preferences. Additionally, Zenjinmitou provides agent services tailored for startups, further enhancing its focus on bridging the gap in the labor market.

EKRUT operates as a jobs marketplace that connects professionals, recruiters, and employers through its innovative online platform. Utilizing artificial intelligence and a human-assisted approach, it facilitates the job application process by allowing candidates to apply for multiple job opportunities with a single submission. This streamlines the experience for job seekers, enabling them to receive numerous quality offers efficiently. For employers, EKRUT's platform enhances recruitment by allowing them to search for suitable candidates, invite them for interviews, and engage talent at scale, ensuring a more effective hiring process.

EKRUT operates as a jobs marketplace that connects professionals, recruiters, and employers through its innovative online platform. Utilizing artificial intelligence and a human-assisted approach, it facilitates the job application process by allowing candidates to apply for multiple job opportunities with a single submission. This streamlines the experience for job seekers, enabling them to receive numerous quality offers efficiently. For employers, EKRUT's platform enhances recruitment by allowing them to search for suitable candidates, invite them for interviews, and engage talent at scale, ensuring a more effective hiring process.

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.

Glints is a leading talent platform in Southeast Asia, established in 2013 in Singapore. It serves as a bridge between education and employment, helping over 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations achieve their potential. The platform focuses on matching young talent with relevant job opportunities, internships, and courses that enhance essential skills for various careers. By facilitating these connections, Glints enables individuals to explore their passions and develop the competencies needed in the job market while assisting employers in attracting suitable candidates efficiently.

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.

Rekruta specializes in recruitment and talent acquisition services designed to assist organizations in identifying and securing top talent across various industries. The company streamlines the hiring process by managing tasks such as candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and onboarding. With a strong grasp of market trends and specific industry requirements, Rekruta offers tailored solutions that connect organizations with the most appropriate candidates. The company's platform employs big data and predictive analytics to enhance the effectiveness of talent sourcing, helping clients remain competitive in the evolving employment landscape. By fostering robust relationships with both clients and candidates, Rekruta ensures a personalized and efficient recruitment experience, ultimately aiding organizations in achieving their staffing objectives and enhancing workforce capabilities.

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 is a leading talent platform in Southeast Asia, established in 2013 in Singapore. It serves as a bridge between education and employment, helping over 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations achieve their potential. The platform focuses on matching young talent with relevant job opportunities, internships, and courses that enhance essential skills for various careers. By facilitating these connections, Glints enables individuals to explore their passions and develop the competencies needed in the job market while assisting employers in attracting suitable candidates efficiently.

Leading Mark Inc. is an employment agency based in Tokyo, Japan, focusing on enhancing the recruitment process through its online platform. The company aims to streamline job searches by aggregating listings tailored to users' interests, thereby improving the match between job seekers and employers. Recognizing the needs of the average job seeker, Leading Mark prioritizes providing essential information and support to applicants, differentiating itself from larger, traditional agencies that may favor the interests of hiring companies. Additionally, Leading Mark is expanding its services to include mid-career and international hiring, with a dedicated team in China to connect top Japanese-speaking Chinese students with opportunities in Japan. This approach seeks to alleviate common frustrations in the job market and foster more fulfilling career paths for candidates.

Tsukulink is a job match matching platform for Japan’s construction industry that offers job opportunities for construction workers.

Medley, Inc. operates recruitment and medical platform services in Japan, focusing on enhancing healthcare accessibility and efficiency. The company comprises three main segments: Recruitment Platform Business, Medical Platform Business, and New Services. Its offerings include JobMedley, a recruitment system tailored for the medical and healthcare sectors, and CLINICS Telemedicine, which facilitates remote consultations between patients and healthcare providers. Additionally, Medley provides CLINICS, a cloud-based medical support system, and MEDLEY, an information service designed to educate patients about various medical conditions. The company also runs Kaigo-no Honne, a website dedicated to helping users find nursing care facilities, and develops medical accounting software. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Tokyo, Medley aims to create a comprehensive medical information infrastructure that connects patients, doctors, and medical institutions.