Team Spirit

What Team Spirit does

Team Spirit (株式会社チームスピリット, TYO: 4397) is a Japanese cloud SaaS company founded in 1996 by Koji Ogishima and headquartered in Tokyo. The company operates the TeamSpirit Workforce Success Platform, a Salesforce-native cloud service that consolidates attendance management (勤怠), project time tracking (工数), expense management (経費), electronic approval workflows, talent management, and internal social networking into a single integrated system used by 700,000+ users across 1,400+ organizations as of 2026. Its product portfolio is bifurcated: TeamSpirit Enterprise (formerly EX) targets large Japanese enterprises with 1,000+ employees requiring complex group company governance and strict security controls, while modular products (TeamSpirit 勤怠/工数/経費) serve small and mid-market customers with per-user subscription pricing.

The platform generates revenue primarily through recurring per-user SaaS subscriptions, with tiered plans for enterprise versus SMB segments and annual billing cadence for larger deals. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales for large accounts, distribution via the Salesforce AppExchange marketplace, and a partner ecosystem including Itochu Techno-Solutions (CTC), SAP Japan, Abeam Consulting, OBC, and Workday. Specialized offerings include TeamSpirit PSA (Professional Service Automation, launched Nov 2021), TeamSpirit AI Shift Agent (generative AI shift scheduling, launching Aug 2026), TeamSpirit パルスサーベイ (pulse survey), TeamSpirit 労務管理 (labor compliance for 2024 law amendments), and Synclog (AI meeting minutes). The company maintains certifications including ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27701, Privacy Mark, and SOC 2 Type II, alongside a wholly-owned Singapore R&D subsidiary and a Kansai regional branch opened in October 2023.

The company went public on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers market in August 2018. Reported revenue grew from ¥23.47B JPY (2022) to ¥33.49B JPY (2025), reflecting ~11-16% annual growth, and the company returned to profitability in fiscal 2025 after three consecutive loss years. Named enterprise customers span aviation (ANA Group), pharmaceuticals (Daiichi Sankyo), HR services (Randstad), trading (Toyota Tsusho), consumer goods (Mizkan, Shiseido), government (JP Digital, Nagasaki Airport Building), and advertising (ADK Holdings), indicating cross-vertical enterprise penetration anchored in Japan. A leadership transition occurred in mid-2025 with Kazuyoshi Michishita succeeding Ogishima as Representative Director and CEO.

Name

Team Spirit

Legal name

株式会社チームスピリット

Website

https://corp.teamspirit.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Team Spirit (TYO: 4397) is a Japanese Salesforce-native SaaS company providing an integrated workforce management platform covering attendance, project time tracking, expense management, and approvals for 700,000+ users across 1,400+ Japanese enterprises and SMBs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Human Capital Management / Workforce Management SaaS

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Workforce Management & Scheduling (BPACAPAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

End-to-End Enterprise AI Platforms (MLOps & Model Lifecycle Management) (HDAEANAA), Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI), Work Management & Collaboration Suites (BPAMAMAG), Workplace Automation & Self-Service (RPA for IT, Chatbots, Virtual Agents) (BPAEAIAI)

Keywords

• Workforce management SaaS
• Attendance tracking software
• Expense management platform
• HR cloud services
• Project time tracking

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. TeamSpirit SaaS Subscription: Cloud-based subscription model providing access to the TeamSpirit platform including attendance management, project time tracking, expense reporting, and related modules. Pricing is typically per-user per-month with tiered plans for different organization sizes and feature requirements.
2. TeamSpirit Enterprise: Premium tier targeting large enterprises with 1,000+ employees, offering enhanced governance controls, security features, and support for group company structures.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TeamSpirit sells a cloud-based Workforce Success Platform (built on Salesforce) that consolidates daily back-office operations for Japanese enterprises: attendance management, project-based time tracking, expense reporting, electronic approvals, talent management, and internal social networking. It is offered as TeamSpirit Enterprise for organizations with 1,000+ employees, plus modular products (TeamSpirit 勤怠, 工数, 経費, タレントマネジメント) for small-to-mid-sized businesses, and add-ons including TeamSpirit PSA, TeamSpirit AIシフトエージェント, パルスサーベイ, 労務管理, and Synclog AI meeting minutes.

Product overview

TeamSpirit is a unified cloud-based work style innovation platform built on Salesforce, designed for the Japanese enterprise market. The portfolio consists of TeamSpirit Enterprise (for large enterprises with 1,000+ employees) and separate modules for small-to-mid-size businesses, including TeamSpirit 勤怠 (attendance management), TeamSpirit 工数 (time tracking), TeamSpirit 経費 (expense management), and TeamSpirit タレントマネジメント (talent management). Additional specialized offerings include TeamSpirit PSA for professional services automation, TeamSpirit AIシフトエージェント for AI-powered shift scheduling, TeamSpirit パルスサーベイ for employee surveys, TeamSpirit 労務管理 for labor compliance, and Synclog for AI meeting minutes. The platform integrates attendance, time tracking, expense management, approval workflows, internal social networking, and calendar functions into a single cloud service where multiple features operate synergistically, naturally aggregating employee activity data from clock-in to clock-out.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TeamSpirit Enterprise: Large organization integrated platform for complex Japanese HR systems and strict security requirements
• TeamSpirit 勤怠 (Attendance)
• TeamSpirit 工数 (Work Log)
• TeamSpirit 経費 (Expense)
• TeamSpirit タレントマネジメント (Talent Management)
• TeamSpirit EX
• TeamSpirit PSA
• チームスピリットラボ (TeamSpirit Lab)

Products and services

• TeamSpirit Enterprise Integrated cloud platform for large enterprises (1,000+ employees) providing unified attendance, project time tracking, expense management, and HR functionality with robust security and group company governance for Japanese complex HR systems.
• TeamSpirit 勤怠 (Attendance Management) Comprehensive attendance and time tracking module for SMB and mid-market customers that enables accurate labor-hour management with objective data-based compliance monitoring for diverse work styles, flex-time, and shift schedules.
• TeamSpirit 工数 (Time Tracking / Work Log) Project and task-based time tracking module that visualizes time allocation by project and activity, enabling data-driven analysis to improve team productivity and profitability for SMB and mid-market customers.
• TeamSpirit 経費 (Expense Management) End-to-end expense automation from application through approval and settlement, with OCR receipt scanning and corporate-card integration, reducing employee and administrative burden while providing real-time expense data.
• TeamSpirit タレントマネジメント (Talent Management) Talent management module supporting the entire employee lifecycle from recruitment through development, evaluation, and skills management to maximize human capital.
• TeamSpirit PSA (Professional Service Automation) Professional service automation system for project-based businesses enabling talent assignment optimization, real-time attendance-linked availability checking, and project time/budget management.
• TeamSpirit AIシフトエージェント (AI Shift Agent) Generative AI-powered automatic shift scheduling solution that creates optimal work schedules based on employee availability, skills, qualifications, workload balance, and Japanese labor regulations.
• TeamSpirit パルスサーベイ (Pulse Survey) Employee engagement survey module for collecting real-time feedback and measuring organizational wellbeing and satisfaction.
• TeamSpirit 労務管理 (Labor Management) Labor management module covering compliance, attendance records, and regulatory reporting for Japanese enterprises adapting to labor law amendments.
• Synclog (AI Meeting Minutes) AI-powered meeting minutes tool supporting 67 languages including English and Chinese, with real-time transcription and automatic summary generation.

Quantifiable outcome

• Achieved 300,000+ paid users by January 2021 (10 years after launch)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, flagship and core.

• OBC (obsidian)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 June 2026Received OBC Partner Award 2025-2026 New Partner Award for collaboration on ERP integration between TeamSpirit and OBC's 奉行 series accounting software.
• Salesforce JapanflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 April 2026Long-standing strategic partner with multiple partner awards. TeamSpirit is built on Salesforce platform and distributed through AppExchange. Partner since 2012 with Premier Partner status and Salesforce Summit (highest tier) classification.
• SAP JapancoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2026Selected for SAP Appreciation for Partner Excellence 2026. TeamSpirit integrates with SAP enterprise systems and collaborates on customer deployments.
• Abeam Consulting (アビームコンサルティング)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 5 November 2025Strategic collaboration for implementing TeamSpirit at enterprise clients. Abeam provides consulting services for deployment and system integration.
• Toyotsu HR (豊通ヒューマンリソース)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 October 2025Toyota Tsusho Group company adopted TeamSpirit as common HR management system infrastructure for the group.
• ADX ConsultingminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 25 September 2025ADX Consulting provides implementation support services for TeamSpirit Enterprise deployments.
• Sec (セック)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 September 2025Strategic collaboration in the public sector for implementing TeamSpirit at government-related organizations.
• WorkdaycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2025TeamSpirit participates in Workday's Built on Workday partner program, developing and deploying custom applications on the Workday platform marketplace. This enables TeamSpirit to extend its workforce management capabilities to Workday customers.
• Leggenda CorporationminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2025Collaboration announced in May 2026 for joint go-to-market activities in the HR technology space.
• 東京海上日動火災保険 (Tokio Marine & Nichido)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 July 2017Insurance partnership for project risk insurance integrated with cost management. Insurtech collaboration combining TeamSpirit's project management with Tokio Marine's risk products.
• 伊藤忠テクノソリューションズ (CTC)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 24 January 2017Sales partnership for TeamSpirit targeting large enterprises. CTC leverages its enterprise sales network to promote TeamSpirit for workstyle transformation initiatives.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• SmartHR: Leading Japanese cloud HR and labor management platform serving SMBs and mid-market with employee data, attendance, and onboarding. Directly comparable to TeamSpirit's SMB attendance/talent modules and explicitly cited as a competing ecosystem (SmartHR Plus) where TeamSpirit is a featured partner app.
• King of Time: Japanese cloud-based time and attendance management SaaS widely used by Japanese SMBs and mid-market. Competes head-to-head with TeamSpirit's attendance module and is the most cited Japanese attendance SaaS alternative.
• freee (freee Kintai): Japan's leading cloud accounting SaaS that has expanded into HR/payroll and attendance (freee Kintai) for SMBs. Comparable target segment and product overlap with TeamSpirit's SMB attendance and expense modules.
• Money Forward (Money Forward HR): Japanese cloud SaaS provider expanding from accounting into HR, payroll, and attendance for SMBs and mid-market. Directly comparable in customer base, pricing model, and core HR functionality.
• Rakuraku Meisai (Rakus): Japanese expense and reimbursement SaaS (Rakuraku Meisai) plus Rakuraku HR attendance. Directly comparable to TeamSpirit's expense and attendance modules for the Japan mid-market.
• CYBOZU (Kintone / Garoon): Japanese workflow and collaboration platform (Kintone) that competes in low-code business app building, including custom attendance/expense workflows that overlap with TeamSpirit's module-based offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Workday: Global enterprise HCM and workforce management cloud platform. TeamSpirit is now a Built on Workday partner, but Workday is also a broad incumbent that competes for the same large-enterprise HCM budget, especially as TeamSpirit expands internationally.
• SAP SuccessFactors: Global enterprise HCM suite from SAP. TeamSpirit has SAP Japan partnership recognition but SAP SuccessFactors is a broad incumbent targeting the same large Japanese multinational accounts.
• ServiceNow HR Service Delivery: Global enterprise platform expanding into HR service delivery and employee experience. Overlaps with TeamSpirit's enterprise workflow/automation positioning at large accounts.

Emerging players

• ShiftNow / Shiftwizard (AI scheduling): Emerging AI-powered workforce scheduling tools globally. Comparable to TeamSpirit's planned AI Shift Agent in capability (generative AI scheduling) and adjacent in target use case.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/teamspirit.jp

Compliance6 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors6 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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