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SmartHR

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Cloud HR software for labor and talent management

Tokyo, JapanFounded 2013Other B2B Software
Valuation $1–2.5B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $100–500M Latest reported FY
Headcount 500–1k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
2013
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Sector
Other B2B Software
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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News, research, reports and resources connected to this company by Dealroom

Investors

18 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed4 investors entered at this stage

Series A5 investors entered at this stage

  • World Innovation Lab
  • Kotaro Chiba
  • 500 Global
  • Yu Akasaka
  • Jun Nishikawa

Series B and later9 investors entered at this stage

  • Signifiant
  • Shoko Chukin Bank
  • Coral Capital
  • Sequoia
  • All Star SAAS Fund
  • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
  • Light Street Capital Management
  • General Atlantic
  • KKR

Ownership

Share of equity by holder

Estimated cap table from Dealroom's shareholder data — share of equity by holder. Stakes as last recorded by Dealroom (2026). Percentages are indicative.

23% Founders

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Talent

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Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
2 countries with
team presence
🇯🇵 Japan98.9%
🇺🇸 United States0.7%
2 countries shown
Web traffic by country
62K monthly visits
across markets
🇯🇵 Japan96.5%
🇺🇸 United States2.3%
🇮🇳 India1.1%
Top 3 markets shown

Patents

Estimated portfolio value
$400k

22 active patent families included in this estimate.

A patent family groups patent filings for the same invention. Source: Dealroom · PatSnap.

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Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where SmartHR was the backer or acquirer, 2025–2026. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.

Portfolio analysis

3 deals across SmartHR's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Where SmartHR deploys vs peers

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        SmartHR's portfolio, mapped.

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        3 of 3 deals

        Market sentiment

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        Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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