Matcher Japan

Name

Matcher Japan

Legal name

Matcher株式会社 (Matcher Inc.)

Website

https://corp.matcher.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Web Promotion Business (Webプロモーション事業): Revenue generated from corporate clients purchasing web-based promotion services aimed at student/job-hunting audiences. Likely a combination of advertising spend and campaign-based fees paid by recruiting teams.
2. Media Operation Business (メディア運用事業): Revenue from operating and monetizing owned media properties, notably Matcher Dictionary (就活辞書), through advertising and sponsored content targeted at job-hunting students.
3. Event Business (イベント事業): Revenue from events (likely recruiting fairs, seminars, or company-student mixers) connecting students with employers and working professionals. Likely transaction/sponsorship-based income.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Matcher Japan operates the Matcher OB/OG visit matching service, a one-click web and mobile platform that connects Japanese university students seeking job-hunting advice with working professionals willing to fulfill a favor, regardless of university or grade. The company complements this with Matcher Dictionary, an owned media publishing job-hunting terminology and advice, and monetizes the platform through three business lines: Web Promotion, Media Operations, and Events sold to corporate recruiters.

Product overview

Matcher Japan operates a single-company platform organized around three business lines (media operations, web promotion, and events) anchored by two named products. The core offering is the Matcher OB/OG visit matching service, which pairs students with working professionals in one click and is the primary driver of the company's media and web promotion operations. Complementing it, Matcher Dictionary functions as an owned-media sub-product that publishes job-hunting content (industry research, OB/OG visit guidance, internship selection) to support students throughout their job search journey.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Matcher: OB/OG visit matching service connecting students seeking job-hunting advice with working professionals willing to fulfill a request, regardless of university or grade.
• Matcher Dictionary

Products and services

• Matcher OB/OG Visit Matching Service Web and mobile service that pairs Japanese university students seeking job-hunting (就活) advice with working professionals willing to fulfill a small favor, connecting them across universities and grades with a single click.
• Matcher Dictionary (就活辞書) Owned media delivering job-hunting information to students, covering industry research, how to conduct OB/OG visits, and how to choose internships, supporting students from multiple angles.
• Web Promotion Business (Webプロモーション事業) B2B web promotion service targeting Japanese corporate recruiters, enabling them to run web-based promotional campaigns aimed at university students in the job-hunting (就活) market.
• Event Business (イベント事業) B2B event business hosting recruiting fairs, seminars, and company-student mixers that connect Japanese university students with employers and working professionals.
• Media Operation Business (メディア運用事業) B2B media operation service that monetizes the Matcher Dictionary owned media through advertising and sponsored content targeted at job-hunting students.

Quantifiable outcome

• Capitalization of 166 million yen (including capital reserves) demonstrates financial scale backing the business.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Mynavi (マイナビ): One of Japan's largest recruitment media conglomerates, with dominant new-graduate portals and event businesses. Mynavi's event and media operations directly overlap with Matcher's Web Promotion and Event business lines.
• Rikunabi (リクナビ): Recruit Holdings' flagship new-graduate recruiting platform in Japan, providing job listings, events, and content for 就活 students. A dominant incumbent in the same space Matcher targets.
• doda (Persol Career): Major Japanese job-search engine operated by Persol Career, covering both new-grad and mid-career hiring. A broad incumbent that competes for the same student audience and corporate recruiting spend as Matcher.
• BizReach: One of Japan's largest professional recruiting platforms, originally focused on mid-career hiring but expanding into new graduates. A broader incumbent in the same recruiting-matching space where Matcher operates.

Direct peers

• Shukatsu Kaigi (就活会議): Job-hunting media and community platform where students share company reviews and recruiting-process information. Comparable to Matcher's Matcher Dictionary in providing job-hunting content for students during the recruitment process.
• Wantedly: Japanese professional/recruiting matching platform that connects talent with companies. Like Matcher, it operates a two-sided matching model targeting Japanese job seekers and corporates, but at significantly larger scale and broader scope beyond just OB/OG visits.
• One Career (ワンキャリア): Japan's leading new-graduate recruiting media platform covering job-hunting information, company reviews, and event listings. Competes with Matcher for the same 就活 student audience and overlaps with Matcher's Matcher Dictionary content property.
• OfferBox (iB-Outsourcing): Japanese student-to-recruiter matching platform used by university students during the job-hunting process. Closely comparable to Matcher's student/professional matching model and operates in the same new-grad recruitment funnel.
• Gaishi Shukatsu Dot Com (外資就活ドットコム): Job-hunting platform focused on foreign-affiliated firms in Japan, providing matching and content resources for students. Directly comparable to Matcher in serving job-hunting students with matching and informational-interview content.
• CareerTrek (キャリアトレック): Reverse-recruiting platform where scouts approach students with job opportunities. Overlaps with Matcher's student-recruiting matching use case, operating in the same Japanese new-grad placement funnel.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/matcher_saiyo
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors4 records

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M&A

Investments

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