Recruit Strategic Partners
Venture Capital Corporate VC Est. 2008
USD 100M
Estimated FUM
- Type
- Venture Capital
- HQ
- San Mateo, CA, United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Focus
- Generalist Tech
About
Recruit Strategic Partners is the Silicon Valley-based venture capital arm of Recruit Holdings (a leading Japanese headquartered media company). We invest in world-class startups around the world. Our mission is to support our portfolio companies to expand their business in Japanese market and we offer our accumulated industry expertise and knowledge to achieve this. We frequently co-invest with leading venture capital funds in the United States.
We invest at any stage from the seed round to the growth phase, and concentrate on the following sectors: Business Applications, AI/Internet of Things/Robotics, Blockhain, and Fintech.
Investment Focus
Focus Areas
Stages
Growth Seed Series A Series B
Focus
Generalist Tech
Investment Geographies
Primary Markets
United States Japan
Coverage
Global Regions
North America Asia
Coverage is a guide only.
Location
Headquarters
San Mateo, CA, United States
Office Presence
2 countries
United States Japan
3 known offices
San Mateo, CA, United States (HQ)
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
San Francisco, CA, United States
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