What Ice One does

ICEONE Inc. (株式会社ICEONE) is a privately held Japanese company founded in July 2020 and headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, with registered capital of ¥9 million. The company operates a dual-division model: a ProductCompany division built around HRmap, an AI-BPO recruitment platform, and a BrandCompany division that runs consumer apparel brands including BLUE×PALANG and RANCLIC.

HRmap is the company's flagship offering, marketed as an AI-BPO service that digitizes corporate recruitment activity logs (5,000–10,000 "attract activities" per successful hire) and visualizes organizational and individual characteristics to support data-driven placement and hiring decisions. The platform is sold through a consultative, sales-led motion targeting corporate HR departments in Japan, pairing proprietary software with high-touch recruiting process outsourcing (RPO) services. By 2025, HRmap had been adopted by 200+ client companies with a reported 97.3% continuation rate, and ICEONE has earned two consecutive LAPRAS RPO Awards (2024, 2025) and the YOUTRUST Network Recruiting AWARD 2025 Best Partner Excellence Award.

The BrandCompany division operates the BLUE×PALANG ladieswear brand (launched August 2020), with product distribution via dedicated e-commerce storefronts and time-limited popup retail (including a January 2023 Nagoya Takashimaya Gate Tower Mall activation). The team comprises approximately 10 members, and no external venture funding rounds are disclosed, indicating a bootstrapped operating model across both the enterprise HR-tech and consumer apparel businesses.

Name

Ice One

Legal name

株式会社ICEONE

Website

https://iceone.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

ICEONE is a privately held Japanese company that operates HRmap, an AI-BPO recruitment platform serving 200+ corporate HR clients with a 97.3% retention rate, alongside a Brand Company running apparel brands BLUE×PALANG and RANCLIC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Technology and Recruitment Process Outsourcing

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gig / On-Demand Generalist Staffing Platforms (BPACACAK)

Keywords

• AI recruitment platform
• HR tech services
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• RPO consulting
• Ladies apparel brand

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. AI-BPO Service (HRmap) — Software + Managed Services: ICEONE generates revenue primarily through its AI-BPO service HRmap, which combines proprietary software with outsourcing/processing services for recruitment. This is a recurring revenue model as it is a managed service subscription for corporate clients.
2. Recruitment Consulting / RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing): ICEONE provides full-cycle RPO services, positioning itself as a specialized recruiting partner for corporate clients. This includes candidate sourcing, screening, and placement support, billed as professional/managed services.
3. Apparel Brand Operations (BLUE×PALANG, RANCLIC): ICEONE operates direct-to-consumer ladies apparel brands. Revenue is generated through e-commerce storefronts and physical popup/retail locations. Products include the 'Marshmallow Muffler' scarf and the BLUE×PALANG ladieswear line.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ice One's core offering is HRmap (エイチアールマップ), an AI-BPO service that data-driven digitizes corporate recruitment activities and visualizes individual and organizational characteristics to support scientific placement and hiring decisions. The company combines this software with full-cycle recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) consulting for enterprise clients. Separately, the BrandCompany division sells original women's apparel through BLUE×PALANG and RANCLIC brands via e-commerce and popup retail.

Product overview

Ice One operates two distinct business divisions under its corporate umbrella. The ProductCompany division offers HRmap, an AI-BPO recruitment solution that digitizes hiring activities and provides organizational visualization for scientific hiring decisions. The BrandCompany division operates multiple apparel brands including BLUE×PALANG (a women's fashion brand focused on basic styles with a 'BLUE' color proposition) and RANCLIC (a brand centered on creating garments that inspire meaningful connections).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• HRmap: 採用活動のデータ化を推進し、企業の採用力を強化するHR-Techプロダクト。組織内の個人の特性や相関を可視化し、科学的な配置と採用を支援する。
• BLUE×PALANG
• RANCLIC

Products and services

• HRmap (エイチアールマップ)
• BLUE×PALANG Apparel Line
• RANCLIC Apparel Brand
• Marshmallow Muffler Scarf

Quantifiable outcome

• 97.3% client continuation rate across 200+ companies using HRmap
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• LAPRAScoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 28 January 2026LAPRAS is a developer profiling and engineer recruitment platform. ICEONE has been recognized by LAPRAS for two consecutive years (2024, 2025) with the RPO Award at the LAPRAS RECRUITING AWARD, indicating a strong working relationship in the engineering recruitment space. LAPRAS evaluates RPO partners on operational excellence and candidate quality.
• YOUTRUSTcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 January 2026YOUTRUST is a career SNS platform that hosts the Network Recruiting AWARD. ICEONE served as a partner sales representative from the platform's early launch, leveraging deep knowledge of YOUTRUST's media characteristics to drive hiring successes for enterprise clients. ICEONE was awarded the Best Partner Excellence Award at YOUTRUST's 2025 Network Recruiting AWARD.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LAPRAS: Engineer profiling and recruitment platform in Japan. Listed as ICEONE's strategic GTM partner; both operate in engineer hiring and ICEONE has won LAPRAS's RPO Award for two consecutive years.
• Talentio: Japanese recruiting SaaS for talent management, candidate tracking, and hiring analytics. Comparable to ICEONE's HRmap in that both digitize recruitment processes for corporate HR departments in Japan.
• YOUTRUST: Career SNS and 'network recruiting' platform in Japan. ICEONE is a launch GTM partner and 2025 Best Partner Excellence Award winner; both serve the Japanese engineer/white-collar recruitment market.
• HERP: Japanese recruitment platform offering SaaS for refer-based and direct recruiting. Comparable to ICEONE because both serve Japanese enterprise HR teams with software-driven hiring workflows, including referrals and pipeline management.

Broad incumbents

• HRBrain: Japanese HR-tech platform offering talent management, evaluation, and HR analytics. A broader incumbent operating in Japanese enterprise HR analytics adjacent to ICEONE's recruitment-data focus.
• SmartHR: Leading Japanese HRIS and HR-tech platform covering onboarding, employee management, and HR documents. A broader incumbent in Japanese HR-tech; ICEONE competes for the same enterprise HR budget though focused specifically on recruitment analytics.
• BizReach: Major Japanese high-end / specialist recruitment platform and operator of BizReach Pro and HRMOS suite. A broad incumbent in Japan's HR-tech and recruitment services space.
• Wantedly: Japanese recruitment and employer branding platform. ICEONE uses Wantedly as a primary channel; both target the same corporate HR buyer with a recruiting and employer-brand proposition.

Others

• AKKODiS (Modis/Akka Japan): Engineering staffing and RPO services in Japan. Comparable as an adjacent supplier of RPO/recruitment-process services to Japanese enterprises; ICEONE competes in the same engineer-hiring RPO category where it has won LAPRAS recognition.

Emerging players

• Eight (Sansan): Business-card-based professional networking and recruiting platform from Sansan. Comparable as an emerging Japanese player that uses network/data signals to support recruitment.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 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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