Leverages

What Leverages does

Leverages Co., Ltd. is a privately-held Japanese HR services conglomerate founded in 2005 by Tomohide Iwatsuki in Tokyo, operating approximately 60 distinct businesses that address Japan's structural labor shortage. The company's core operations span IT engineer placement (Levtech brand), medical and nursing care staffing (Levwell brand), essential worker recruitment (Levjob), disability employment support (Workria), young-adult employment (Hatarakuchiive, Career Ticket), and M&A advisory services for SMEs. The group serves millions of individual job seekers and tens of thousands of corporate clients across 27 domestic branches in Japan plus three international offices (USA, Mexico, Vietnam).

The technology stack centers on NALYSYS, a multimodal AI platform that performs computer vision analysis of facial expressions, NLP analysis of speech, and generative synthesis of evaluation reports for candidate screening, claiming an 80% reduction in interview workload and 86.7% client satisfaction. The company also operates teratail, described as Japan's largest IT engineer Q&A community, the Levcli online medical consultation platform, and a 30,000+-company proprietary database for M&A matching. AI/ML capability is productized primarily through NALYSYS and proprietary matching algorithms across vertical segments.

The business model is diversified across transaction-based placement fees (the core HR revenue driver), subscription SaaS for NALYSYS, tuition for education programs (Levwell School, Levtech College), professional services for DX consulting and M&A advisory, and advertising on owned media. The company reported FY2025 revenue of ¥1,762 billion and projects ¥2,200 billion for 2026, has been profitable every year since founding, and has explicitly stated no plans for an IPO, maintaining founder-led independence without external institutional investors.

Name

Leverages

Legal name

レバレジーズ株式会社 (Leverages Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://leverages.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Leverages is a Japanese HR services conglomerate operating ~60 businesses across IT engineer placement, healthcare staffing, essential worker recruitment, and disability employment. The company serves millions of job seekers and corporate clients through proprietary AI-powered platforms and 30+ offices.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Services and Staffing

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Services (5613), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

National Generalist Staffing Firms (BPACACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

M&A HR Advisory (Due Diligence, Integration, Carve-outs) (BPACAJAL), Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC)

Keywords

• IT recruitment services
• Healthcare staffing
• AI HR platform
• Disability employment
• M&A advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices35 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HR/Talent Services (人材関連事業): Core revenue driver including IT engineer placement (Levtech), medical/nursing placement (Levwell), freelance IT matching (Levtech Freelance), disability employment support (Workria), and general job placement (Hataraactive). Operates on placement fee models (success-based fees from client companies) and staffing/contract revenue.
2. SaaS/AI Products (NALYSYS, etc.): AI-powered HR platform (NALYSYS) providing interview automation, HR DX tools, and organizational improvement solutions. Revenue generated through subscription and per-seat or usage-based pricing for corporate clients.
3. Medical/Healthcare Services (メディカル関連事業): Online medical consultation platform (Levcli) and healthcare job matching services generating revenue through consultation fees and healthcare professional placement services.
4. M&A Advisory (M&Aアドバイザリー事業): M&A intermediary and advisory services for IT companies and broader market, providing buy-side and sell-side advisory with transaction-based fees.
5. Education Services (教育関連事業): Exam preparation courses (Levwell School Nursing Care, Levtech College programming school), career ticket cafe locations near universities, generating revenue through tuition and course fees.
6. DX and System Consulting (DX事業/システムコンサルティング): Digital transformation consulting and system engineering services for enterprise clients, generating professional services and project-based revenue.
7. Own Media/Marketing Services (自社メディア事業): Proprietary media platforms and job portals (teratail Q&A community, various job listing platforms) generating advertising and listing fee revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Leverages is a Japanese HR services conglomerate that operates approximately 60 businesses centered on recruitment and staffing, with primary offerings in IT engineer placement (Levtech), medical and nursing care staffing (Levwell), disability employment support (Workria), and essential worker placement (Levjob). The company complements its staffing services with proprietary technology platforms including NALYSYS (AI-powered interview/HR DX platform), teratail (developer Q&A community), and Levcli (online medical consultation), alongside M&A advisory services for SMEs and IT companies.

Product overview

Leverages operates a diversified portfolio of HR services and AI-powered business platforms. The core offerings include: NALYSYS (AI-powered recruitment and HR DX platform with features like AI interview analysis); the Levtech brand (IT engineer/creator recruitment services including freelance, career transition, and new graduate placement); the Levwell brand (medical/healthcare recruitment including nurse, care worker, and doctor placement services); and specialized services for essential workers (Levjob), disability employment (Workria), young adult/freelancer employment (Hatarakuchiive), and M&A advisory. The company also operates developer Q&A platform teratail and online medical consultation platform Levcli. These services address Japan's productivity and labor shortage challenges through optimal talent placement, workforce development, and digital transformation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• レバテック (Levtech): IT engineer and creator specialized human resources services
• レバウェル (Levwell)
• ハタラクティブ
• ワークリア (Workria)
• きらケア
• NALYSYS
• teratail
• career ticket
• Levcli
• Leverages M&A Advisory
• mederi

Products and services

• NALYSYS (ナリシス) AI platform for organizational development spanning recruitment to labor DX. Combines HR expertise with AI and outcome-linked data to enhance recruitment, placement, management, and labor operations for enterprise HR teams.
• NALYSYS AI Interview (NALYSYS AI面接) AI interview service that analyzes candidate facial expressions and speech in real-time, generating objective evaluation reports. Available 24/7/365, reducing interview workload by approximately 80% and tripling selection speed.
• Levtech (レバテック) IT engineer and creator-focused recruitment and job placement service for IT professionals, freelancers, mid-career, and new graduate IT employment.
• Levtech Freelance (レバテックフリーランス) Matching service for IT freelance professionals, connecting IT specialists with project-based work opportunities.
• Levtech Career (レバテックキャリア) Professional job change support for engineers and creators, providing career consultation and placement services.
• Levtech Rookies (レバテックルーキー) New graduate-focused employment support for IT engineers, helping career-starting professionals enter the IT industry.
• Levwell (レバウェル) Medical, nursing care, and healthcare industry-focused recruitment and job placement services for doctors, care workers, and treatment professionals.
• Kango no Oshigoto (看護のお仕事) Nurse-focused recruitment and job placement service, one of the company's established medical HR offerings with nationwide branch network.
• Kiracare (キラケア) Care worker-focused recruitment, dispatch, and job placement service for the elder care sector.
• Hataractive (ハタラクティブ) Employment support service specialized for freelancers, mid-career changers, and second-tier new graduates facing employment difficulties.
• Workria (ワークリア) Employment support service for people with disabilities. Provides job placement, satellite office services (Workria Step), and internship programs.
• Levjob (レバジョブ) Career support service for essential workers in logistics, construction, manufacturing, and other infrastructure sectors facing severe labor shortages.
• Leverages M&A Advisory (レバレジーズM&Aアドバイザリー) M&A advisory service leveraging IT industry expertise and proprietary database of 30,000+ companies for business succession and growth strategy support.
• teratail (テラテイル) Q&A platform for engineers to ask and answer technical questions, facilitating knowledge sharing in the developer community.
• Career Ticket (キャリアチケット) New graduate employment support service with career café locations near universities, ranked #1 in Oricon customer satisfaction for new graduate agency services.
• Levcli (レブクリ) Online Medical Consultation Platform Online medical consultation platform enabling remote doctor-patient interactions, addressing anxiety around online medical consultations and supporting chronic condition management such as hay fever treatment.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% pass rate for nursing care exam preparation students vs 70.1% national average
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 埼玉県行田市 (Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture)coreOthers · 17 June 2026Leverages' Levtech Freelance service is providing IT professional freelance talent to support stable system operations and DX advancement for Gyoda City government. This addresses the challenge of limited IT personnel in smaller municipalities (only 54.5% of municipalities have dedicated DX promotion divisions vs. 100% of prefectures).
• First fit Co., Ltd.coreOthers · 14 April 2026First fit (operator of THE PERSONAL GYM, Tokyo-based personal training gym) formally deployed NALYSYS AI Interview service. First fit was the first customer to deploy NALYSYS in a production environment, achieving ~80% reduction in interview workload and 3x faster hiring cycles. This partnership serves as a reference case for NALYSYS.
• あおぞら銀行 (Aozora Bank)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 January 2026Aozora Bank and Leverages M&A Advisory have formed a strategic partnership for M&A advisory services targeting Japanese SMEs. Leverages provides IT-domain expertise and a 30,000+ company database for matching, while Aozora Bank offers financial advisory capabilities, extensive regional bank partnerships (~80 external partners), and LBO financing/ex equity investment solutions. The partnership successfully closed a major divestiture (carnation-out) of an IT subsidiary of a listed company in Kyushu.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Dip Corporation: Japanese staffing and HR technology firm operating Baitoru job platform and temporary staffing services. Comparable in Japanese recruitment market focus and digital platform-led approach.
• Persol Holdings: Major Japanese staffing and HR services company offering temporary staffing, placement, and HR consulting across IT, engineering, and general industries. Direct competitor to Leverages' Levtech, Levwell, and other staffing brands with overlapping verticals and similar business model.
• Pasona Group: Japanese staffing and HR solutions provider covering temporary staffing, placement, outsourcing, and HR consulting across diverse industries. Direct competitor in Japanese HR services market with similar multi-vertical strategy.
• En Japan Inc. Japanese HR services company operating job matching platforms (Indeed Japan partnership), mid-career recruitment, and HR technology solutions. Comparable to Leverages' Levtech and Levwell brands in placement and digital recruitment focus.
• Mynavi Corporation: Japanese HR services company specializing in new graduate and mid-career recruitment, internship platforms, and job advertising. Directly comparable in Japanese job placement market, particularly with Leverages' Career Ticket and Hatarakuchiive brands.

Emerging players

• HireVue: US-based AI-powered video interview and assessment platform analyzing candidate responses for hiring decisions. Directly comparable to Leverages' NALYSYS AI Interview product in AI video interview technology and enterprise HR use case.
• Eightfold AI: US-based talent intelligence platform using AI for talent acquisition, management, and career development. Comparable to NALYSYS's AI-powered HR DX ambitions and broader HR technology transformation focus.
• Wantedly, Inc. Japanese company operating a business card exchange and job matching platform connecting companies with talent, particularly for IT professionals and startups. Comparable in Japanese recruitment platform focus and IT talent matching overlap with Leverages' Levtech.

Regional players

• Medley Inc. Japanese healthcare technology company operating job placement for medical professionals and online medical consultation services. Directly comparable to Leverages' Levwell brand (medical recruitment) and Levcli online medical consultation platform within Japan.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Japan's largest HR services conglomerate with global platforms (Indeed, LinkedIn) and dominant market share across recruitment, staffing, and HR technology. Most directly comparable in HR staffing/services, though operating at much larger scale and more international footprint than Leverages.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/leverages_pr
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@leveragesCh
• Facebookfacebook.com/leverages
• Instagraminstagram.com/leverages_saiyo/?hl=ja
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leverages

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries23 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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