Pluslab

Name

Pluslab

Legal name

Pluslab株式会社 (Pluslab Co., Ltd.)

Website

https://pluslab.biz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Pluslab株式会社 is a Tokyo-based AI HR technology company founded in 2023 that builds LLM-powered SaaS products—Hire-Plus, Scout-Plus, and actice—for Japanese corporate HR departments and team-based organizations seeking AI automation of recruitment and team collaboration workflows.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Technology Software

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Work Management & Collaboration Suites (BPAMAMAG)

Keywords

• AI recruitment software
• HR technology solutions
• Candidate matching platforms
• Team retrospective software
• LLM-powered HR tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscriptions: Recurring subscription-based revenue from Hire-Plus, Scout-Plus, and actice platforms. Services are available immediately after signup with subscription billing.
2. Service Fees: Services priced on individual product pages with payment methods including credit card and bank transfer. Annual or monthly billing cycles implied by payment terms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Pluslab develops and sells AI-powered SaaS products for corporate HR and team collaboration. Its core lineup includes Hire-Plus (conversational AI recruitment platform that creates job postings and automates resume screening), Scout-Plus (ChatGPT-powered candidate matching and automated personalized scout message generation), and actice (an online retrospective platform that facilitates structured team dialogue and generates continuous improvement action plans).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hire-Plus: AI-powered service that enables companies to define talent needs through conversation, automatically create job postings, and automate document screening for efficient recruitment.
• Scout-Plus
• actice

Products and services

• Hire-Plus AI-powered recruitment platform that lets companies define talent requirements through conversational AI, automatically generates job postings, and automates resume/document screening. Built for corporate HR departments seeking to reduce recruiter workload and run more efficient hiring.
• Scout-Plus ChatGPT-powered service that matches job postings to candidates, generates personalized scout/outreach messages, and supports automated sending. Targets HR and recruiting teams running direct recruiting campaigns who need to scale personalized candidate outreach.
• actice Online retrospective platform that promotes team growth through constructive dialogue and new insights, generating actionable improvement plans for continuous team development. Designed for teams and organizations that want to run structured retrospectives and convert reflections into improvement actions.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature3 records

Emerging players

• Loxo: AI-driven recruiting automation platform combining sourcing, CRM, and outreach. Comparable emerging player to Pluslab's Hire-Plus and Scout-Plus combination on the AI-recruiting thesis, though operating primarily outside Japan.
• Eight (Sansan): Japanese business card app with built-in recruiting and talent matching features. Emerging player overlapping with Scout-Plus in using structured professional data to connect Japanese employers with candidates.

Direct peers

• Wantedly: Japan-focused recruiting and employer branding platform. Overlaps with Pluslab's Scout-Plus in the talent matching and outreach category and serves a similar Japanese HR buyer persona.
• Gem: US-based AI-powered talent sourcing and outreach platform. Closely comparable to Scout-Plus on the AI-driven personalized scout message and candidate matching functionality.
• HRMOS: Japan-based HR technology platform offering ATS, recruiting, and HR workflow tools to corporate HR departments. Most directly comparable to Pluslab's Hire-Plus given its focus on Japanese HR automation and ATS functionality.
• SmartHR: Leading Japanese cloud HR and labor management platform serving SMB and enterprise HR teams. Comparable to Pluslab in addressing HR operational efficiency, with a broader HCM footprint.
• Lever: US-based ATS and talent sourcing suite used by HR teams. Comparable to Hire-Plus in automating job posting and candidate screening, but serves a different geography.
• Greenhouse: US-based enterprise ATS with structured hiring workflows. Overlaps with Hire-Plus on the ATS and resume screening side of the recruitment funnel, though not Japan-focused.

Broad incumbents

• BizReach: Established Japanese direct recruiting and headhunting platform serving enterprise HR departments. Broad incumbent with significantly deeper customer base and brand presence in the same recruiting category as Hire-Plus and Scout-Plus.
• Indeed Japan (Recruit Holdings): Japan's largest job search platform and part of Recruit Holdings' broader HR portfolio. Broad incumbent competing with Pluslab for the same Japanese HR customer spend on sourcing and screening.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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