Medley
Medley operates two platforms for Japan's healthcare sector: Job Medley, the country's largest medical-nursing job marketplace (440,000+ employers, 1M+ job seekers), and a Medical Platform delivering cloud EHR, pharmacy, and care-coordination systems (CLINICS, MEDIXS, DENTIS) to 2,900+ clinics and 10,000+ pharmacies.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2009
- HeadquartersTokyo, Japan
- Headcount101–250
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Medley does
Medley is a Tokyo-headquartered healthcare technology company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (TSE: 4480) that operates two integrated business platforms addressing Japan's healthcare labor shortage and clinical digitization needs. The Human Resources Platform centers on Job Medley, Japan's largest medical, nursing, and welfare job site with approximately 440,000 registered employer facilities and over 1 million registered job seekers, monetized primarily through success-based placement fees (100% of first-year salary or ¥1,000,000, whichever is greater). This platform also includes Job Medley Academy (2,000+ training videos), the newly launched Job Medley ATS (April 2026), and Jobley, a U.S.-based dental and healthcare hiring platform operating across 44 states and Washington D.C.
The Medical Platform delivers cloud-based clinical, pharmacy, dental, and care-coordination systems to healthcare institutions, anchored by the MEDLEY AI CLOUD architecture. CLINICS serves approximately 2,900 medical institutions with EHR, receipting, online consultations, and reservations; MEDIXS (formerly Medixs, acquired via Axis Root Holdings in 2025) supports 10,000+ dispensing pharmacies; DENTIS covers dental practice management; MALL addresses hospital EHR; and MINET enables medical-nursing care coordination. Patient-facing applications include the CLINICS app (jointly operated with NTT DOCOMO via d-account integration), melmo, Lalune, and the MEDLEY medical encyclopedia. AI capabilities include the CLINICS AI Assist feature for medical documentation (November 2025), MALL AI document creation pilot (December 2025), Dify-based LLM workflows for Job Medley Academy, and AI-powered resume parsing and matching in Jobley.
Medley monetizes through three revenue streams: transaction-based placement fees (Job Medley, Jobley, direct recruitment services), subscription fees for SaaS clinical systems (CLINICS, DENTIS, MEDIXS, MALL, MINET, @link), and online training subscriptions (Job Medley Academy). Distribution combines self-serve digital platforms for SMB healthcare employers, enterprise field sales for hospitals and large pharmacy chains, and channel partnerships (NTT DOCOMO for consumer reach; Alfresa, Qual, Craft, and Tanpopo for pharmacy distribution; T-PEC for insurance-anchored second-opinion services). The company has expanded through serial acquisitions (Tenxia, Offshor, ASFON, Axis Root Holdings, and the announced RM CAREER acquisition from Recruit) and international forays into the U.S. (Jobley) and the Philippines (DTI investment agreement, December 2023).
Medley firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Medley
- Legal name
- 株式会社メドレー
- Website
- https://medley.jp
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2009
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 101–250 employees
- Short description
- Medley operates two platforms for Japan's healthcare sector: Job Medley, the country's largest medical-nursing job marketplace (440,000+ employers, 1M+ job seekers), and a Medical Platform delivering cloud EHR, pharmacy, and care-coordination systems (CLINICS, MEDIXS, DENTIS) to 2,900+ clinics and 10,000+ pharmacies.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Medley industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Healthcare Technology
- NAICS
- Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (51821), Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists (621112)
- SIC
- Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)
- akta.pro secondary industry
- Enterprise Integration Engines & Interface Management (HL7 v2/X12/API) (HLACABAC)
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Where Medley is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Tokyo
- HQ country
- Japan
- HQ region
- Asia
Offices3 records
Markets served
Medley business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Job Medley - Success-Based Recruitment Fees: Job Medley charges employers a success fee upon successful placement. The fee is 100% of the candidate's annual salary (as stated in the offer letter or labor condition notification) or 1,000,000 yen, whichever is higher. Job postings are free; employers pay only upon hire completion. Additional services include specialized candidate search (starting fee 1,000,000 yen plus 20,000 yen per activity day), and candidate support services with the same success fee structure. A refund policy applies if the placed candidate resignes within specified periods.
- Jobley (U.S.) - Performance-Based Hiring: Jobley operates a performance-based model in the U.S. market: employers post unlimited jobs at no cost and pay only upon successful hires. This mirrors the Job Medley success-based approach adapted for the U.S. dental and healthcare professional market.
- Medical Platform Subscriptions (CLINICS, DENTIS, MEDIXS, MALL, MINET): Healthcare institutions (clinics, hospitals, pharmacies) pay subscription fees for cloud-based practice management systems. CLINICS serves approximately 2,900 medical institutions with features spanning EHR/receipting, online consultations, reservations, and billing. Pharms/MEDIXS serves over 10,000 pharmacies for dispensing management. Pricing is likely subscription-based though specific tiers are not publicly disclosed.
- Direct Recruitment Services (Job Medley Agent): Full-service recruitment support with dedicated advisors for physician and pharmacist placement, especially after the acquisition of Recruit Medical Career's operations. This complements the self-service Job Medley platform with advisor-led services generating success-based fees.
- Online Training (Job Medley Academy): Revenue generated from businesses subscribing to the online video training platform for nursing care and welfare employee development, complementing the recruitment business with post-placement retention services.
- AI/DX BPO Services (Future): Medley plans to expand into AI- and DX-driven BPO services targeting HR operations at medical institutions, using recruitment services as an entry point. Revenue model not yet established.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Transaction based/ take rate | Pay-as-you-go | Job Medley - Standard Recruitment (Success Fee) |
| Outcome Based/ Performance | Multi-year contract | Job Medley - Specialized Candidate Search (Add-on) |
| Subscription | Monthly | Job Medley ATS - Applicant Tracking System |
| Outcome Based/ Performance | Pay-as-you-go | Jobley (U.S.) - Performance-Based Hiring |
| Subscription | Monthly | CLINICS / DENTIS / MEDIXS / MALL / MINET - Cloud Healthcare Systems |
Go-to-market motion4 records
Distribution channels7 records
Marketing channels8 records
Medley product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Medley operates a dual-platform healthcare technology business: (1) a Human Resources Platform featuring Job Medley—Japan's largest medical/nursing job site with ~440,000 registered business locations—and Jobley for the U.S. market, using success-based recruitment fees; and (2) a Medical Platform providing cloud-based clinical, dental, pharmacy, and hospital practice management systems (CLINICS, DENTIS, MEDIXS, MALL, MINET) to medical institutions, combined with patient-facing apps (melmo, CLINICS App, Lalune). The company also operates Job Medley Academy, an online video training platform for healthcare workers with 2,000+ training videos.
Product overview
Medley operates two main business segments: a Human Resources Platform Business and a Medical Platform Business. The HR Platform includes Job Medley (Japan's largest medical job site with ~440,000 facilities), Job Medley ATS (specialized ATS), Job Medley Academy (video training), Jobley (U.S. dental/healthcare hiring platform), and GUPPY. The Medical Platform centers on MEDLEY AI CLOUD as the core technology platform, supporting CLINICS (cloud medical practice system with ~2,900 institutions), DENTIS (dental practice management), MEDIXS (pharmacy solution), Pharms (pharmacy window support), MALL (hospital EHR), MINET (care coordination), and @link (obstetrics/gynecology). Patient-facing apps include CLINICS app (jointly with NTT DOCOMO), melmo, and Lalune. The company operates through direct-to-consumer digital platforms, B2B SaaS subscriptions, and recruitment transaction fees.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- Job Medley: Japan's largest medical and nursing job site providing recruitment support for doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and care workers.
- CLINICS
- MEDLEY AI CLOUD
- melmo
- MEDIXS
- DENTIS
- MALL
- MINET
- @link
- Jobley
- Job Medley Academy
- minkai
- Lalune
- MEDLEY
- renke-san
- GUPPY
Products and services
- Job Medley
Quantifiable outcome
- Job Medley achieved 440,000+ registered business locations and 1M+ registered job seekers, making it Japan's largest medical-nursing job platform
- +8 more outcomes
Companies that use Medley
Customer profileNamed customers17 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
Medley technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- Yes
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration10 records
AI capability11 records
Feature16 records
Medley partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
14 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Recruit Medical Career Co., Ltd. (株式会社リクルートミックキャリア)coreMedley acquired all shares of newly formed RM CAREER Co., Ltd. (which inherits Recruit Medical Career's physician and pharmacist recruitment operations) for 1.033 billion yen. Target had net sales of 2.6-3.0 billion yen with improving EBITDA. Acquisition gives Medley 60,000+ registered physicians and 70,000+ registered pharmacists. Stock transfer planned for August 3, 2026.
- Buzzreach Inc. (株式会社Buzzreach)coreCapital and business partnership with Buzzreach, which operates a clinical trial DX support platform (StudyWorks, smt, Miraiiku patient SNS). The partnership aims to create new value for medical institutions and patients using Medley's medical systems and Buzzreach's clinical trial network. Focus areas include DCT (Decentralized Clinical Trials), e-recruitment, e-consent, online consultations, and clinical trial medication delivery.
- Axis Root Holdings Inc. (アクシスルートホールディングス株式会社)coreFull subsidiary acquisition of Axis Root Holdings (parent of Axis Inc., developer of cloud-based electronic medical records Medixs). Medixs serves dispensing pharmacies across all 47 Japanese prefectures with an excellent UI/UX and home medical care support functions. The acquisition integrates Medixs into Medley's pharmacy platform, rebranding as MEDIXS.
- Alfresa Corporation (アルフレッサ株式会社)coreBusiness and capital partnership with Alfresa Corporation (major pharmaceutical wholesaler) through the full subsidiary acquisition of Axis Root Holdings. The partnership aims to develop and sell pharmacy DX solutions, expand into hospital/clinic products, and pursue other healthcare DX solutions. Alfresa has a nationwide network of ~170 locations supporting regional integrated care systems.
- Department of Trade and Industry Philippines (フィリピン貿易産業省)minorBasic agreement signed for investment promotion with Philippine Department of Trade and Industry, in the presence of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Medley plans to establish a Philippine entity as an overseas business base for talent sourcing. Part of Medley's broader strategy to expand healthcare HR platform services internationally.
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省)coreMedley received designation as one of the first 15 'Excellent Recruitment Information Provider' certified companies under the Ministry's new certification system, recognizing compliance with recruitment information quality and consumer protection standards.
- NTT Communications Corporation (NTTコミュニケーションズ株式会社)minorPartnership to support Yamagata Prefecture's remote area online medical consultation model project. NTT Com provides medical communication equipment, Health Mileage walking incentive program, and WebRTC/SkyWay video infrastructure. Medley provides CLINICS and web intake systems. Jointly support remote medical care in snow-prone mountainous areas of Yamagata.
- Tanpopo Pharmacy Co., Ltd. (たんぽぽ薬局株式会社)minorTanpopo Pharmacy adopted Pharms (MEDIXS) system across all stores for online medication guidance and pharmacy support services.
- Qual Co., Ltd. (クオール株式会社)minorQual adopted Pharms (MEDIXS) system across all ~800 group stores nationwide for online medication guidance as part of nationwide deployment strategy.
- Craft Co., Ltd. (クラフト株式会社)minorCraft (Sakura Pharmacy Group) adopted Pharms (MEDIXS) system across all stores nationwide for online medication guidance and pharmacy support.
- NTT Data Management Consulting Institute (株式会社NTTデータ経営研究所)minorCollaboration in Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's 'ICT-based Medical-Dental Coordination Verification Project.' NTT Data served as project coordinator; Medley provided CLINICS online consultation services and support. Project verified online medical-dental coordination using telemedicine in elderly care facilities and hospitals.
- NTT DOCOMO (株式会社NTTドコモ)coreJoint operation of CLINICS patient-facing app with DOCOMO. Includes d-account integration for easy login, DOCOMO shop distribution (642 stores for CLINICS app promotion), co-investment in Minacolor (pharmacy EC), and joint COVID-19 telemedicine support. Medley holds a 14.9% stake in Minacolor (6.64 billion yen) with potential 33.4% upon conversion.
- Minacolor Inc. (株式会社ミナカラ)minorJoint equity acquisition of Minacolor (pharmacy EC company) with NTT DOCOMO. Medley holds 14.9% (6.64 billion yen) with potential to increase to 33.4% upon conversion of CBs. Minacolor operates EC site for OTC/general consumer medicines and complements Medley's pharmacy platform strategy.
- T-PEC Corporation (ティーペック株式会社)corePartnership to provide CLINICS online second opinion services to T-PEC's 385 million insured individuals across 200+ corporate and health insurance association clients. T-PEC's network of 70+ university and public hospitals combined with Medley's telemedicine platform. Started with University of Tokyo Hospital and Fujita Medical University Hospital.
Scale indicators13 records
Recent moves10 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Medley competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Doximity: US-based professional network for physicians (~2M+ verified members) with recruiting, telehealth, and news products. Closest US analogue to Job Medley's model of combining a healthcare professional community with recruitment monetization; a direct competitor for Jobley in the US market.
- Zocdoc: US healthcare marketplace connecting patients with providers, offering online booking and telehealth. Overlaps with Medley's melmo patient-facing app and CLINICS patient flow features in the patient-provider matching layer.
- PracticeMatch: US healthcare recruitment platform connecting physicians, NPs, PAs, and CRNAs with healthcare employers. Directly comparable to Jobley's US physician/healthcare professional recruitment offering.
- M3, Inc. Japanese healthcare technology company operating m3.com, Japan's largest physician platform, and MR-kun/Evolable medical recruitment services. M3 directly competes with Medley's Job Medley in healthcare professional recruitment and overlaps in physician-targeted digital services.
- MICIN, Inc. Japanese telemedicine and digital health company offering online consultation platforms (curon, MICIN ONLINE), symptom checkers, and chronic disease management. Directly competes with CLINICS in the Japanese online consultation and chronic care space.
Broad incumbents
- NextGen Healthcare: US cloud-based EHR and practice management vendor for ambulatory specialty practices. Competes with Medley's CLINICS and DENTIS in cloud-based clinical workflow software, though at much larger enterprise scale.
- athenahealth: US cloud-based EHR, practice management, and patient engagement platform serving ambulatory care providers. Competes in the cloud EHR/practice management space that Medley's CLINICS addresses, though focused on US ambulatory market at vastly larger scale.
- Health eSolutions / NEC Healthcare: NEC and other major Japanese system integrators compete with Medley's MALL hospital EHR and care coordination products in the Japanese hospital IT market, typically as larger, more entrenched incumbents in the hospital segment.
- Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR/staffing conglomerate operating Indeed, LinkedIn, and various recruitment brands. The 2026 RM CAREER divestiture shows Recruit is exiting some healthcare verticals where Medley is gaining share; Recruit remains the dominant incumbent in Japanese recruitment broadly.
Emerging players
- Medmain, Inc. Japanese pathology AI company providing cloud-based pathology diagnostic support for clinics and hospitals. Mentioned alongside Medley in the Japan telemedicine/digital health market context, with adjacent technology focus on AI-driven clinical workflows.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat6 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Medley social profiles
Digital presenceMedley compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
Medley financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
Medley leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles16 records
Medley subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries6 records
Medley funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds6 records
Investors13 records
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Medley M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A5 records
Investments3 records
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Frequently asked questions about Medley
What does Medley do?
Medley operates a dual-platform healthcare technology business: (1) a Human Resources Platform featuring Job Medley—Japan's largest medical/nursing job site with ~440,000 registered business locations—and Jobley for the U.S. market, using success-based recruitment fees; and (2) a Medical Platform providing cloud-based clinical, dental, pharmacy, and hospital practice management systems (CLINICS, DENTIS, MEDIXS, MALL, MINET) to medical institutions, combined with patient-facing apps (melmo, CLINICS App, Lalune). The company also operates Job Medley Academy, an online video training platform for healthcare workers with 2,000+ training videos.
Is Medley a public or private company?
Medley is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Medley founded?
Medley was founded in 2009. It employs 101 to 250 people.
Where is Medley based?
Medley is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, in the Asia region.
How does Medley make money?
Six revenue lines are on record. Job Medley - Success-Based Recruitment Fees are the primary driver. The others are jobley (U.S.) - Performance-Based Hiring, medical Platform Subscriptions (CLINICS, DENTIS, MEDIXS, MALL, MINET), direct Recruitment Services (Job Medley Agent), online Training (Job Medley Academy) and AI/DX BPO Services (Future).
Who are Medley's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Doximity, Zocdoc, PracticeMatch, M3, Inc. and MICIN, Inc.. Broad incumbents are NextGen Healthcare, athenahealth, Health eSolutions / NEC Healthcare and Recruit Holdings. Medmain, Inc. is listed as an emerging player.
Does Medley have an API?
Yes. Medley provides a Developer Portal (developer.medley.jp) for technical documentation, tech blog, and recruitment information. They have published an open-source ORCA API client library (日医標準レセプトソフト（ORCA）とのAPI連携ライブラリ) that was made open source in April 2018, enabling integration with the standard Japanese medical receipt computer system. Additionally, Pharms API integration enables electronic medication history systems to connect for online medication guidance and medication follow-up features. The company uses Ruby, Go, Node.js, and Next.js/Vite+TanStack Router for development. Developer documentation is at developer.medley.jp.
What industry is Medley in?
Medley's product category is Healthcare Technology. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACAFAH, Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians), with a secondary code of HLACABAC, Enterprise Integration Engines & Interface Management (HL7 v2/X12/API). Its NAICS code is 621 and its SIC code is 8011.