# BizReach

> BizReach is a VC fund in Tokyo backing Internet and Recruiting. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tokyo, Japan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jan 2021
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/bizreach
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/bizreach_pr
- Website: http://www.bizreach.co.jp
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BizReachPR

BizReach is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Internet and Recruiting. Launch pad for a wide array of HR Tech services, which has focused on revolutionizing the world’s second largest Japanese HR services industry thru technology enabled business models. BizReach: Japan's premier online career networking service, which has transformed the Japanese business community in allowing career-driven executives tofreely share and directly connect with talent-seeking employers and recruiters.Often referred to as the “LinkedIn of Japan” in the HR industry, the service has allowed over half a million executives to explore their career options by sharing their resume information in a closed online database shared amongst only employers and recruiters. The service has disrupted the executive search (recruitment) market by becoming a cloud-based talent sourcing platform for employers to recruit and hire business executives directly. CareerTrek: The service was built on the needs of BizReach clients (employers) wanting to recruit and hire “young” professionals (20s and early 30s) more efficiently thru direct sourcing methods. Hence, the service is branded and targeted to become an online career networking service connecting young professional jobseekers and employers. Together with BizReach, the 2 cloud-based talent sourcing platforms deliver similar results to what Linkedin delivers to enterprise clients outside of Japan. An added feature of CareerTrek due to its focus on a younger audience is its recommendation engine, which supports jobseekers in not only proactively finding jobs that they think fit them, but being introduced to positions that other similar users find interesting. Stanby: Stanby is a job search engine, which aggregates job postings from hundreds of third-party job sites. This “Google for Jobs” service enables jobseekers to search from over 4 million jobs posted online from all over the country in just one search. Stanby ATS is a service provided to employers, and is a cloud-based applicant tracking system for employers, and is free to use. Employers can create job postings, source applicants and track applicants, together functioning as a central platform for all recruitment efforts. Stanby thrives to bring every job opening to the online world, and become the largest original source of hiring information.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for BizReach. Shizune tracks 6 team members at BizReach. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bizreach?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Internet | 2 | 67% |
| Recruiting | 2 | 67% |
| Art | 1 | 33% |
| Rental | 1 | 33% |
| Content | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Japan | 1 | 33% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Edahiro Ken | Executive Officer CSO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edahiro-ken |
| Julian M. Rice | Software Engineer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julian-m-rice |
| Soichiro Swimmy Minami | Founder & Representative Director | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swimmy-minami |
| Susato Risako | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/susato-risako |
| Takeshi Sonoda | CIO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/takeshi-sonoda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Between the Arts | Between the Arts is an art collection platform that provides a variety of art collection and management services. The platform is in charge of planning, developing, and running the asset management service "COLLET," which allows users to effectively manage their art collections. In addition, the platform provides subscribers with the"Art Warehouse" subscription service, which provides art collection management services. Another distinguishing feature of Between the Arts is its "artworks" support service, which provides artists with planning, development, and management services. Finally, the platform manages the Between the Arts gallery, which allows artists to display their work and connect with art enthusiasts. | $530.9K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 26, 2021 |  |
| EKRUT | EKRUT is a jobs marketplace for professionals, recruiters, and employers. Through artificial intelligence technology and human-assisted approach, we help talents get multiple quality offers from a single application and help employers instantly invite and engage relevant talents for interviews at scale anytime and anywhere through our platformtechnology. |  | Seed | Apr 10, 2019 |  |
| HackerEarth | HackerEarth is an AI-powered developer assessment software that helps them to accurately measure a developer’s skills through online coding tests. It takes a skill-based approach to assessment, allowing companies to automatically generate standardized tests based on various skills and then accurately measure the developer’s performance on thoseskills. | $4.5M | Series A | Apr 12, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Prime Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angelprime) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Azure Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/azure-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beenos Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beenos-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DHI Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dhi-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Garage](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-ga) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BizReach invest in?

BizReach invests primarily in Internet, Recruiting and Art startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact BizReach?

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### Who are the partners at BizReach?

The team at BizReach includes Edahiro Ken (Executive Officer CSO), Julian M. Rice (Software Engineer) and Soichiro Swimmy Minami (Founder & Representative Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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