Recruit Strategic Partners (RSP) is the corporate venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings, investing in innovative startups globally and helping portfolio companies expand into the Japanese market. It focuses on early-stage technology companies, primarily at the Series A stage.
Average disclosed round size is $30.1M (across 18 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
16
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
TH
Takahiro Hasunuma
Principal
SL
Samuel Luo
Vice President
MT
Megumi Takenoshita
Venture Capital
VW
Vivienne Wang
Head of Asia Investment
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
19 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 HackerRank | Series D | $60M | Mar 2022 |
 Steady | Series B | $15M | Jun 2020 |
 FundBox | Series C | $176M | Sep 2019 |
 BlockFi | Seed | $1.6M | Jan 2018 |
| SShoCard | Unknown | $4M | Aug 2017 |
| SShoCard | Unknown | $4M | Jan 2017 |
 Brickwork | Series A | $5M | Oct 2016 |
 Shipbob | Series A | $4M | Jun 2016 |
 DataRobot | Series B | $33M | Feb 2016 |
 Hometeam | Series B | $5M | Jan 2016 |
| DataRobot | Series B | $33M | Jan 2016 |
| Brickwork | Series A | $5M | Jan 2016 |
 Gengo, Inc. | Series C | $5.4M | Apr 2015 |
 Bench | Series B | $10M | Apr 2015 |
 Kabbage | Series E | $135M | Jan 2015 |
 Fishbrain | Series A | $8M | Jan 2015 |
 Freee | Series B | $12M | Jan 2014 |
 PayMate | Series D | $25M | — |
 ScoreData | Series A | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Y Combinator2 shared
Khosla Ventures2 shared
SoftBank Vision Fund2 shared
Accomplice2 shared
Intel Capital2 shared
AME Cloud Ventures2 shared
Danhua Capital2 shared
Morado Ventures2 shared
Correlation Ventures2 shared
Forerunner Ventures2 shared
Cowboy Ventures2 shared
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.2 shared
Western Technology Investment2 shared
Advancit Capital2 shared
JMI Equity1 shared
Randstad Innovation Fund1 shared
SBI Investment1 shared
Accel1 shared
Propel Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026