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    Recruit Strategic Partners

    San Mateo, California, United StatesFounded 2008
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    Recruit Strategic Partners, the venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings, focuses on investing in world-class startups globally across all stages, from seed to growth. Their strategy involves supporting these portfolio companies in expanding into the Japanese market and concentrating investments in sectors like Business Applications, AI/Internet of Things/Robotics, Blockchain, and Fintech.

    Average disclosed round size is $17.8M (across 7 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    7

    Fund Size

    $5B

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    7 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    HackerRank logoHackerRankSeries D$60MMar 2022
    Steady logoSteadySeries B$15MJun 2020
    NNodeSeed$5MApr 2018
    ShipBob logoShipBobSeries A$4MJun 2016
    Gengo logoGengoSeries C$5.4MApr 2015
    99designs logo99designsSeries B$10MApr 2015
    PayMate logoPayMateSeries D$25M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Flourish Ventures1 shared
    Propel Venture Partners1 shared
    CMFG Ventures1 shared
    Visa1 shared
    Khosla Ventures1 shared
    Susquehanna1 shared
    JMI Equity1 shared
    Randstad Innovation Fund1 shared
    SBI Investment1 shared
    Accel1 shared
    GingerBread Capital1 shared
    Open Field Capital1 shared
    WndrCo1 shared
    Hyde Park Venture Partners1 shared
    Hyde Park Angels1 shared
    FJ Labs1 shared
    FundersClub1 shared
    Service Provider Capital1 shared
    SV Angel1 shared

    Last updated: 28 April 2026