LinQ
Messaging Apps · Consumer & Utility Software
6open roles
$20Mlatest round · Series A · Feb 2026 · 9 mo ago
1backers · NTT Docomo Ventures
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
LinQ is a Japanese communication app company that aims to build applications used by many people. Its main product is whoo, a location sharing social network that gained more than 35 million downloads worldwide within half a year without advertising, and it hires iOS, Android and backend engineers, product managers and designers. The company is based in Japan.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 6 open roles at LinQ. LinQ is headquartered in Shibuya, Japan. The latest round is Series A of $20M, announced in 2026.
- Open roles
- 6Its careers board, read on Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Shibuya, JapanAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 50+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $20MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Series A · $20M · Feb 9, 2026Press report · pulse2.com
- Technologies in its job postings
- 10Named in its job postings
How LinQ hires
Truth index
B 75/100
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
100%
Reposted roles
0%
LinQ scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 100% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Funding and backers
Total raised
$20M
1 round on record
Latest round
$20M
Series A · Feb 2026 · 9 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Hiring now
6
open roles
Backers
1
NTT Docomo Ventures
The money's age
Fresh money
9 months since the last round · hiring slowed
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 9
Raised a round Series A $20M · led by TQ Ventures · Pulse 2.0
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 6%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Feb 2026 | $20M | TQ Ventures lead, Mucker Capital | Pulse 2.0 |
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
6
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Mobile
50% ▼
Backend
17% ▼
Product
17% ▼
Design
17% ▼
Financials
Total raised
$20M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2026 | $20M | Details |
Tech stack
The technologies known for LinQ, by layer.
Languages
Kotlin
Ruby
Swift
Frameworks & libraries
Ruby on Rails
Cloud & platforms
AWS
Figma
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Developer tools
Terraform
Practices & domains
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Shared investors
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Same group
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News
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.NET 9.0 LINQ Performance Improvements
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Linq launches World's Mobile-First CRM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --Salestech startup Linq announces the launch of Linq One, the first customer relationship management (CRM) system built specifically for sales professionals on the go. Linq One is an all-in-one platform ...
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Shibuya
Shibuya
Japan
HQ
6 open roles 67% engineering 50-200 est. staff $64k Avg Salary
hires for Mobile, Backend, Product
How to cite this page
Alion, "LinQ: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/linq-co-jp
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