What Visasq does

Visasq (株式会社ビザスク) operates Japan's largest spot consultation expert network, connecting enterprises with over 800,000 registered experts (230,000+ domestic, 570,000+ overseas) across 500+ industries. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tokyo, the platform enables businesses to conduct hour-based interviews, online surveys, and consulting engagements with real-name-registered industry professionals for market research, hypothesis validation, and new business development. The company serves 2,200+ corporate clients including over 80% of Japan's top 50 market capitalization companies.

The company's platform architecture consists of a core expert matching system combined with modular service lines. Core products include VisasQ interview (hourly expert consultations), VisasQ expert survey (online polls), VisasQ report (end-to-end research execution), and VisasQ now (24-hour multi-expert Q&A). Adjacent offerings include VisasQ partner (ongoing project support), VisasQ board (director/auditor matching), VisasQ tech (IT/DX contract staffing), and VisasQ direct (talent matching platform with AI candidate recommendations). The recently launched AI features process job requirements and work history against the proprietary expert database to generate matched candidates and interview insights. International operations run through the retained Coleman Research brand following a $102 million acquisition in November 2021.

Visasq generates revenue through per-consultation fees, hourly expert rates, and a 30% take rate on VisasQ direct talent matching transactions. Distribution is hybrid: dedicated enterprise sales teams for large accounts complemented by self-service platforms (VisasQ direct, client portal) targeting mid-market segments. The company employs 251–500 people across seven global offices (Tokyo, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK) and operates as an independent private company with no disclosed parent entity or external institutional investor base in available sources.

Name

Visasq

Legal name

株式会社ビザスク

Website

https://visasq.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Visasq is Japan's largest spot consultation expert network, connecting 2,200+ corporate clients with over 800,000 real-name-registered experts across 500+ industries for market research, hypothesis validation, and new business development. Headquartered in Tokyo, the platform operates globally via the acquired Coleman Research brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Spot Consultation Services (VisaQ interview): Hourly-based expert consultation services where businesses connect with real-name registered experts for interviews and discussions. Clients pay for consultation sessions, typically priced per hour of expert time. The company serves as intermediary, handling expert matching, scheduling, compliance, and payment processing.
2. Expert Survey Services: Business-domain-specific online survey services allowing companies to gather opinions from multiple experts simultaneously. Revenue generated per survey project or based on number of responses collected.
3. Talent Matching (VisasQ direct): Self-matching platform for hiring full-time employees and contractors from expert database. The platform facilitates connections between companies and experts for employment or contracting relationships, with a 30% service fee on interview platform transactions.
4. Continuous Consultation Services (VisaQ partner, VisasQ tech): Ongoing expert engagement services where professionals provide sustained support for projects, including project management, consulting, and technical expertise over extended periods.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

VisasQ operates an expert network platform connecting Japanese enterprises with 800,000+ registered industry professionals for hourly interviews, online surveys, and consulting engagements. The platform enables primary market research, hypothesis validation, and external talent matching for new business development, R&D, marketing, and corporate strategy initiatives, complemented by an AI-powered talent matching service spanning spot consultations to full-time recruitment.

Product overview

VisasQ operates as a platform-plus-modules architecture offering Japan’s largest spot consultation marketplace connecting businesses with over 800,000 registered experts (230,000+ domestic, 570,000+ international) across 500+ industries. The core platform includes interview-based consultation (VisasQ interview), expert surveys (VisasQ expert survey), and report services (VisasQ report), complemented by rapid response (VisasQ now), workshop (VisasQ project), and external talent matching (VisasQ partner, VisasQ board) services. The self-matching talent platform VisasQ direct extends from spot consultations to full-time recruitment with AI-powered candidate recommendations. International coverage is enabled through the acquired Coleman Research brand and dedicated global research services. The portfolio serves 2,200+ clients including major Japanese corporations for use cases spanning new business development, R&D, marketing research, and organizational consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ビザスクinterview: Hourly-unit expert interview service for collecting real information from named registered experts
• ビザスクexpert survey
• ビザスクreport
• ビザスクnow
• ビザスクweb展示会
• ビザスクpartner
• ビザスクboard
• ビザスクproject
• ビザスクdirect
• ビザスクtech
• Coleman Research

Products and services

• VisasQ interview (ビザスクinterview) Hourly one-on-one interview service matching clients with 800,000+ registered experts across 500+ industries to collect primary, real-world industry insights for market research and hypothesis validation.
• VisasQ expert survey (ビザスクexpert survey) Online survey service targeting business-domain experts to gather opinions, market forecasts, and industry data from multiple specialists simultaneously for trend analysis and market sensing.
• VisasQ report (ビザスクreport) End-to-end research service handling survey design, execution, and report compilation as a bundled package for clients needing comprehensive research support without internal management.
• VisasQ now (ビザスクnow) Rapid-response Q&A service delivering answers from 5 or more experts within 24 hours, enabling quick hypothesis validation and market sensing for time-sensitive business questions.
• VisasQ web exhibition (ビザスクweb展示会) Crowdsourced idea solicitation platform enabling companies to publicly request and collect innovative proposals from experts for technology and product needs exploration.
• VisasQ partner (ビザスクpartner) Accompanying support service where experts provide hands-on project assistance and ongoing advisory over extended periods, functioning as extended team members for business initiatives.
• VisasQ board (ビザスクboard) Matching service connecting companies with external directors and corporate auditors for governance enhancement, board strengthening, and compliance improvements.
• VisasQ project (ビザスクproject) Workshop and study session service facilitating knowledge sharing and skill development through expert-led collaborative learning programs for corporate audiences.
• VisasQ direct (ビザスクdirect) Self-matching talent platform spanning spot consultations to full-time employee and contractor recruitment, featuring AI-powered candidate recommendation that analyzes job requirements against a database of 200,000+ experts.
• VisasQ tech (ビザスクtech) Contract-based IT and DX specialist staffing service providing project managers, engineers, data scientists, and IT consultants for cloud modernization and digital transformation initiatives.
• Coleman Research Global expert network brand acquired in November 2021 providing international expert matching services, expanding VisasQ's global reach to 570,000+ overseas experts across 190 countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to 800,000+ experts across 190+ countries within 1 hour inquiry
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Eight (名刺アプリ)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 March 2026VisasQ has entered into a partnership with Eight, a business card application operated by Sansan. The partnership enables integration or collaboration in business card data intelligence. Details of the partnership scope have not been fully disclosed. Sansan Data Intelligence is referenced as a data source, though the extent of its involvement remains unclear.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• NewtonX: Expert network focused on B2B research and consulting engagements, with proprietary expert identification and verification systems. Comparable to VisasQ's research-support model and increasingly competitive on AI-driven expert matching.
• GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group): The largest global expert network firm, offering 1-on-1 expert consultations, surveys, and research support to investment, consulting, and corporate clients. Closely comparable to VisasQ's core spot consultation and survey offerings, with a deeper international footprint.
• AlphaSights: Global expert network serving management consultants, investment funds, and corporates with curated expert interviews and insights. Direct competitor to VisasQ's interview and report services across the US, Europe, and Asia.
• Guidepoint: Major global expert network offering 1-on-1 consultations, expert surveys, and research support. Direct competitor to VisasQ in serving enterprise, consulting, and financial clients across multiple geographies.
• Atheneum: Global expert network providing consultations, surveys, and bespoke research to consulting, corporate, and investment clients. Direct peer to VisasQ in the spot consultation and primary research category.
• Zintro: Expert network and B2B research marketplace connecting clients with vetted industry experts for consultations and projects. Comparable to VisasQ's marketplace and VisasQ direct talent-matching model.
• Tegus (now part of AlphaSense): Expert-led primary research platform (now part of AlphaSense) offering expert calls and research transcripts to investors and corporates. Comparable to VisasQ's interview and report services, particularly for investment-related use cases.

Emerging players

• Maven: Expert-led platform connecting professionals for paid consultations, coaching, and advice. Comparable to VisasQ's spot consultation and VisasQ partner (continuous engagement) products, with overlap on individual expert monetization.
• Elicit: AI research assistant that automates literature review, data extraction, and synthesis. Adjacent to VisasQ's research-support business and represents the AI-driven alternative that could disrupt traditional expert-led primary research.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's dominant HR/recruitment and information services conglomerate (Indeed, LinkedIn, etc.). Overlaps with VisasQ direct's talent-matching business and broader Japanese enterprise HR services market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/visasq
• Facebookfacebook.com/visasq
• LinkedInjp.linkedin.com/company/visasq-inc

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors7 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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