KiteRa

What KiteRa does

KiteRa (株式会社KiteRa) is a Tokyo-based SaaS provider founded in April 2019 that operates a cloud platform for the creation, management, and electronic filing of internal corporate regulations (社内規程クラウド). The company serves two complementary customer segments: social insurance labor consultant (社労士) offices via KiteRa Pro, and general enterprises — particularly IPO-preparing and multi-subsidiary organizations — via KiteRa Biz, which launched in July 2022. KiteRa's technology stack combines a questionnaire-driven regulation authoring engine, version control and cross-regulation reference management, e-Gov API integration for online submission of work rules and Article 36 Agreements, and AI-assisted features for detecting legal reform impacts and proposing revisions.

The business is structured around annual subscription contracts priced on a quote basis per client, supplemented by a partner ecosystem that includes SmartHR, OBC, Money Forward, Fukui Bank, and TASK as referral and integration channels. As of May 2026, KiteRa Pro had been adopted by more than 3,000 social insurance labor consultant offices and KiteRa Biz served over 100 enterprises, including Sansan, Sega Sammy Holdings, MIXI, and Animate Holdings. Cumulative funding reached approximately 3 billion yen across a December 2019 seed round, an April 2022 Series A of about 1.4 billion yen led by XTech Ventures, and an April 2024 venture debt facility of about 1 billion yen.

In February 2026 the company extended its platform into ongoing compliance auditing by acquiring labor audit cloud provider National Labor Diagnosis Association and its 'Yokusuru' service. KiteRa holds ISO/IEC 27001 certification (obtained June 2022), received the Mizuho Innovation Award in 2022, and is led by founder and CEO Takashi Uematsu, a licensed social insurance labor consultant, alongside CTO Ryuji Matsumura and CFO Katsuya Nakayama.

Name

KiteRa

Legal name

株式会社KiteRa

Website

https://kitera-cloud.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

KiteRa is a Tokyo-based SaaS company founded in 2019 that provides cloud-based internal regulation management software for Japanese enterprises and social insurance labor consultant offices, with e-Gov electronic filing and AI-assisted legal reform review features.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Minami-aoyama

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. KiteRa Pro Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS service for social insurance labor consultant offices. Provides cloud-based internal regulation creation, editing, management, and electronic filing capabilities. Pricing is quote-based/customized per client.
2. KiteRa Biz Subscription: Subscription-based SaaS for enterprises requiring internal regulation management, governance, and compliance. Targeted at IPO-preparing companies, large enterprises, and multi-subsidiary organizations. Pricing is quote-based/customized per client.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

KiteRa provides a cloud-based SaaS platform for creating, editing, managing, and electronically filing internal corporate regulations (社内規程) and work rules under Japanese labor and social insurance law. The company offers two products: KiteRa Pro for social insurance labor consultant offices to serve their advisory clients, and KiteRa Biz for enterprises to manage corporate governance, multi-subsidiary policies, and IPO-preparation compliance. The platform features AI-powered legal reform detection, cross-regulation reference auto-correction, and native e-Gov API integration for direct government submission.

Product overview

KiteRa provides a dual-product cloud SaaS portfolio centered on internal regulations management: KiteRa Pro serves social insurance and labor consultant (社労士) firms as their primary tool, while KiteRa Biz serves enterprise clients directly. Both products share a common platform engine — offering template-based regulation creation, AI-powered law-reform review, automatic reference correction, e-Gov electronic filing, and version/diff management. The two products differ in go-to-market (B2B advisory vs. direct enterprise) but are architecturally unified, sharing the same backend and UI framework. Supplementary offerings include KiteLab (an HR/labor media property), ヨクスル (a labor-audit cloud acquired in 2026), and an extensive library of regulation templates and clause sets provided within the subscription.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• KiteRa Pro: 社労士向け規程業務DXサービス - Cloud service for social insurance labor consultants to manage internal regulations, create employment rules, and handle electronic applications
• KiteRa Biz
• KiteLab

Products and services

• KiteRa Pro (キテラプロ) Cloud-based internal regulations SaaS for social insurance and labor consultant (社労士) firms, enabling efficient creation, editing, version management, and e-Gov electronic filing of work rules and internal policies for advisory client companies.
• KiteRa Biz (キテラビズ) Corporate-facing internal regulations management system enabling enterprises to create, edit, manage, and e-file internal regulations and labor agreements, supporting multi-subsidiary governance, AI-powered law-reform review, and cross-regulation consistency.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces work time per regulation by approximately 70%
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor and core.

• National Labor Diagnosis Association (株式会社全国労務診断協会)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2026Group company acquisition bringing labor audit cloud service 'Yokusuru' to complement KiteRa's internal regulation management platform.
• SHEM (ホワイト企業マーク)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2024Business partnership to support companies in obtaining White Company Mark and Kurumin certification through comprehensive regulation preparation and application support.
• SmartHR (スマートHR)coreTechnology or Integration · 20 February 2024KiteRa Biz published on SmartHR Plus app store, enabling integration with SmartHR's cloud HR management platform.
• TASK (株式会社タスク)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 August 2023Business partnership to strengthen IPO support. TASK and KiteRa collaborate to provide comprehensive IPO preparation services including internal regulation management and governance strengthening.
• Fukui Bank (株式会社福井銀行)majorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 May 2023Partnership to support DX promotion for companies in Fukui prefecture. Fukui Bank introduces KiteRa services to local enterprises to help improve regulation management and working environment.
• OBC (株式会社オービックビジネスコンサルタント)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 January 2023Joint support initiative combining KiteRa's internal regulation management with OBC's HR and payroll management system (奉行クラウドHR DX Suite). Provides bundled services for social insurance labor consultants and their clients.
• Money Forward (マネーフォワード)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2021Business partnership for SaaS-based support for social insurance labor consultant offices. KiteRa and Money Forward collaborate to enhance support services for labor and social insurance operations through their respective SaaS platforms.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SmartHR: Japan's leading cloud HR/employment management platform serving tens of thousands of enterprises. Direct integration partner via SmartHR Plus marketplace, serving overlapping enterprise HR customers; potential competitor as SmartHR could expand into internal regulation features.
• Money Forward: Cloud HR/payroll SaaS provider in Japan with strategic partnership with KiteRa. Both target Japanese enterprise back-office digital transformation with overlapping customer bases, though Money Forward has broader finance/accounting scope.
• freee: Cloud HR/payroll SaaS competitor in Japan serving SMBs and enterprises. Comparable target customer (Japanese companies needing digital HR infrastructure) with overlapping value proposition in employment-related compliance and HR workflows.
• Jobcan (Donuts): Cloud HR/attendance platform for Japanese SMBs and mid-market. Comparable in target customer (Japanese companies needing HR digitalization) and offers some labor compliance features, making it a direct competitor in the HR cloud space.
• HRBrain: Japanese HR Tech SaaS focused on talent management, HR analytics, and employee engagement. Targets the same Japanese mid-market and enterprise customers with overlapping HR digitalization value proposition.

Broad incumbents

• OBC (Obic Business Consultants): Established Japanese provider of HR/payroll/accounting software with deep enterprise penetration. KiteRa partnership bundles KiteRa's internal regulation module with OBC's HR DX Suite, making OBC a hybrid partner/competitor with broader scope.
• Yayoi (Yayoi Holdings): Largest Japanese provider of accounting/HR/payroll software for SMBs. Established incumbent in Japanese back-office digitalization with overlapping target customer base, but broader scope and more traditional installed-base model.

Emerging players

• LegalForce: Japanese LegalTech SaaS providing AI-powered contract review and legal document automation. Comparable in AI-driven legal/compliance document automation for Japanese enterprises, though focused on contracts rather than internal regulations.
• AKASHI: Cloud-based attendance/time management and HR SaaS for Japanese enterprises. Adjacent competitor in the Japanese HR digitalization space with some overlap in employment-related compliance workflows.
• King of Time: Cloud attendance tracking SaaS popular with Japanese enterprises and 社労士 offices. Adjacent competitor serving overlapping Japanese HR customer base, particularly the social insurance labor consultant segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds6 records

Investors10 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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