Persol Holdings
VC Fund
Tokyo, Japan
Persol Holdings is a VC fund in Tokyo focused on Recruiting and Fashion. The PERSOL (Person) group consists of a wide range of companies in over 90 domestic and overseas companies, including staffing, recruitment, recruitment advertisement, IT outsourcing and design development. In order to realize the vision of the group "To the growth and creation infrastructure of people and organizations", they are workingcomprehensively to solve the problems of labor and employment. "PERSOL (Personal)" is a new brand that was born in July 2016. The origin of the brand name is "People grow up through work (PERSON) and solve social issues (SOLUTION)." They support the growth of working people and have a desire to aim for a shining future.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries Persol Holdings invests in
Stages Persol Holdings invests in
Countries Persol Holdings invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $172k–$20M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $7.2M–$9.1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Recruiting 6 (32%)
- Fashion 3 (16%)
- Human Resources 3 (16%)
- Content 2 (11%)
- Internet 2 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (21%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 4 (21%)
- Corporate Round 3 (16%)
- Series C 2 (11%)
- Funding Round 2 (11%)
Country
- Japan 10 (53%)
- India 3 (16%)
- Singapore 2 (11%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Masamichi Mizuta
President & CEO
|
President & CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wify provides on-site installation and post-purchase services. | $2.6M / Series A / Jul 23, 2026 | ||
| WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science. | Series C / Apr 17, 2026 | ||
| WOTA specializes in the development of small-scale decentralized water recycling systems and autonomous control systems for water treatment. The company has established a cyclical model in which wastewater is reimagined as the most accessible water source and is recycled on-site for repeated domestic use. WOTA has created an innovative householdsolution known as a small-scale decentralized water recycling system, which transforms the seemingly unattainable goal of water recycling at the household level into a reality, utilizing our core technology powered by autonomous water treatment managed through sensors and data science. | Series C / Dec 17, 2025 | ||
| Smartstaff is a workforce management platform that focuses on businesses manage their workforce's attendance and payroll. It uses next-generation technology to automatically assign the right workers to the right shift, track and record worker attendance, and automate payout calculations and performance-linked incentives. | Corporate Round / Sep 11, 2023 | ||
| Glints is Southeast Asia’s largest talent platform for career development and recruitment. Founded in 2013 in Singapore, Glints has empowered more than 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations to realize their human potential. Every day, we are helping organizations build great teams and pairing talent up with great opportunities, onematch at a time. | $50M / Series D / Aug 29, 2022 | ||
| Intellect is a modern-day mental health company with a mission to make mental healthcare & wellbeing support accessible for everyone. Today, Intellect is the largest and fastest growing mental health tech company in Asia, and serves over 2 million members and leading organisations globally through our mental health platform. Intellect wasalso selected as one of Google’s Best Apps of 2020. Intellect is backed by leading investors including Insignia Ventures Partners, Y Combinator, and an extensive list of family offices, big tech executives & renowned angel investors. | $19.8M / Series A / Jul 11, 2022 | ||
| Our Vision: Work India’s vision is to provide sustainable livelihoods for the 23.7 Cr blue-collar individuals of India and now the 120 Cr blue-collar individuals in this World.WorkIndia is a technology venture based in the mixed collar space (between white and blue-collar space) of the recruitment industry. We aim to connect the right employersto the right employees.In the mixed collar space ( bpo jobs, delivery jobs, accountant jobs, retail jobs, back-office jobs, etc.) getting jobs in thane and getting employees in thane both is a tiresome process. The mixed collar space seeks a solution that simplifies the process for both the employer side and the employee side.Our Product: We have created a mobile application for candidates to apply for the job they would like to do and for Employers who seek their desired candidates. Candidates with this app can look for a suitable job and apply for it in a single click. Rest all the work of checking the eligibility of an employee until scheduling the interview is done by our 100% automated product. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 04, 2022 | ||
| Glints is Southeast Asia’s largest talent platform for career development and recruitment. Founded in 2013 in Singapore, Glints has empowered more than 1.5 million professionals and 30,000 organizations to realize their human potential. Every day, we are helping organizations build great teams and pairing talent up with great opportunities, onematch at a time. | $22.5M / Series C / Apr 05, 2021 | ||
| Piece to Peace is Operating a platform where individuals who want to learn and experience in all fields | $172K / Series A / Aug 05, 2019 | ||
| VISITS Technologies is an internet based company.VISITS Technologies developed a unique consensus building algorithm called ideagram (patented),and succeeded for the first time in the world to quantify people's creativity , discerning ability, and the value of the idea itself By utilizing this technology, not only creativity, but alsoquantifying difficult- to- quantify sensual assets, such as senses,skills, and personal connections , Combined with blockchain technology, value transfer becomes possible. | $311.8M / Jul 25, 2019 | ||
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FAQ
What does Persol Holdings invest in?
Persol Holdings invests primarily in Recruiting, Fashion and Human Resources startups, most often at Series A and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Japan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Persol Holdings invest in?
Persol Holdings typically joins rounds of $172k–$20M at Series A and $7.2M–$9.1M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Persol Holdings's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Persol Holdings took part in.
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Who are the partners at Persol Holdings?
The team at Persol Holdings includes Masamichi Mizuta (President & CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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