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Funding and backers

Total raised
$140M
2 rounds on record
Latest round
$140M
Venture round · Jul 2024 · 2 yr ago
Team
201-500
employees, estimated range
Backers
3
500 Global, Coral Capital
The money's age
Long since its last round
27 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Jul 2, 2024 Raised a round Venture round $140M · led by KKR And OTPP Feb 7, 2016 Raised a round Seed · BRIDGE
Tractionpublic signals, read monthly
Web presence
top 0.05%
of 133.2M domains by links, Common Crawl
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Venture round Jul 2024 $140M KKR And OTPP lead forbes.com
Seed Feb 2016 — — BRIDGE
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Overview

SmartHR provides a cloud-based human resources and labor management platform that digitizes employee onboarding, social insurance and payroll-related procedures for businesses in Japan. Its software automates personnel administration, electronic contracts, attendance and leave management, and integrates with payroll and government filings to reduce paperwork and compliance burden. It primarily serves Japanese companies ranging from small and medium enterprises to large corporations seeking to modernize HR operations.

News

News noteノート 28 days ago
Summary of How to Link SmartHR Year-End Adjustment Data in XML Format井上 海斗
Data such as life insurance premium deductions entered by employees using SmartHR's year-end adjustment feature can be converted into the XML format for year-end adjustment declarations specified by the National Tax Agency using a free integration app, al
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Press release Nasdaq 2 years ago
KKR and Teachers' Venture Growth Lead US$140 Million Series E Round in Leading Japanese Cloud-Native Human Resources Software Platform SmartHR
KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Teachers' Venture Growth, the late-stage venture and growth investment arm of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, today announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR and TVG will jointly lead a US $1
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オリジナルアグリーセーター「かわいいヤギのセーター」をSmartHR Storeにて数量限定販売
株式会社SmartHRのプレスリリース2021年12月3日 12時00分オリジナルアグリーセーター「かわいいヤギのセーター」をSmartHR Storeにて数量限定販売
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News BRIDGE 5 years ago
HRTech startup SmartHR becomes Japan's 6th unicorn after raising $110M+: Nikkei
SmartHR Founder and CEO Shoji Miyata Nikkei reported on Friday Japanese HRTech startup SmartHR has secured about 12.5 billion yen (about $115 million US) in the latest series D round, which brought…
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News ITWeb 10 years ago
SmartHR self-service kiosk to help disconnected workforce
The self-service kiosk will help employees who don
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News BRIDGE 10 years ago
Japan's SmartHR, cloud-based personnel management platform, secures seed round
See the original story in Japanese. Kufu is a Japanese startup behind SmartHR, a cloud-based personnel management platform. The company recently announced that it has secured funds from East Ventur…
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News TechCrunch 11 years ago
TechCrunch Tokyo Startup Battlefield: SmartHR Takes The Top Prize
Every year,our Japanese-languagesister site throws a big Disrupt-like event in Tokyo where there is, of course, a Battlefield between about 10 different
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
21/100
Hiring freeze
Open positions
0
0 opened / 1 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
185 days
faster than 8% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~5 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Amsterdam Netherlands
HQ
200-500 est. staff
seen since Mar 2026

Financials

Total raised
$140M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2024 $140M Details
Seed 2016 — Details