What Collaborators does

Collaborators (株式会社Collaborators) is a privately held Japanese data and services company founded in April 2019 by Representative Director Tomoyuki Shika and headquartered in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, with additional sales offices in Tokyo (Chiyoda-ku), Osaka (Ikeda City), and Kagoshima, plus a wholly-owned Thailand subsidiary (TORCER Co., Ltd.). The company operates a proprietary text-mining platform called JBIT (Japan Company Benefits Information Thesaurus / 日本企業福利厚生シソーラス), which classifies non-statutory employee benefit (福利厚生) data from Japanese job postings into 415+ categories across approximately 50,000 companies and 200,000 job postings, using semi-automated classification with human-in-the-loop verification and character-level variation handling; JBIT has been versioned through Var.1.0 (Dec 2022) to Var.5.0 (May 2024).

Built on JBIT, Collaborators sells a four-product stack targeting primarily Japanese SMEs, startups, and mid-market HR-tech partners: BenefitsBiz (free labor environment scoring tool benchmarking salary, holidays, and benefits across 14 categories against ~18,000 peers), Benefits / ベネフィッツ (free job-seeker-facing corporate search media indexed across 18,000+ companies), Recruitment Dock Report / 求人ドックレポート (job posting effectiveness diagnostics), and Infographic (AI-analyzed visualization pages from Matrix survey responses). Revenue is generated through a mix of subscription mark issuance under the Labor Environment Symbol Mark Issuance business (free policy declaration mark plus a paid 3-tier external verification mark), per-project production services (web/LP design from ¥35,000, A4 flyers from ¥55,000, business cards, logos), advertising retainers (¥50,000/month minimum 3-month commitment), usage-based survey panel access (approximately 2.25 million pooled research panelists), and one-time infographic/visualization production.

The company pursues a product-led growth motion anchored by the free Benefits media and BenefitsBiz diagnostic tool, supplemented by direct inquiry-based sales through four regional offices and a content/social channel (@Benefits0210 on X/Twitter plus Influencer talent collaborators on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter). Registered capital stands at ¥9.76 million (increased from a symbolic ¥777 at founding in 2019), revenue is not publicly disclosed, and the company is independently owned with no disclosed venture capital or parent company.

Name

Collaborators

Legal name

株式会社Collaborators

Website

https://collaborators.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Collaborators (株式会社Collaborators) is a Japanese data and services company operating the proprietary JBIT text-mining thesaurus that classifies 415+ non-statutory employee benefit categories across 50,000 companies, selling labor environment diagnostics, recruitment analytics, survey panels, and visualization services to Japanese SMEs, startups, and HR-tech partners.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Analytics and Workforce Visualization

NAICS

Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Skills Assessment & Talent/Employability Testing Platforms (EDAFADAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Work Management & Collaborative Workflow Platforms (HDAEAHAI)

Keywords

• Labor environment analytics
• Employee benefits platform
• HR data visualization
• Job posting diagnostics
• Recruitment marketing

Headquarters

HQ city

Ryugasaki

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Labor Environment Symbol Mark Issuance: Third-party survey and mark issuance services for employer posture declaration (policy mark — free) and external verification marks (paid, 3-tier plan).
2. Infographic / Visualization Production: Web solution producing visual 'quick-reference pages' with charts and matrices for work environment data. Sold as a per-project production service.
3. Job Posting Health Diagnostic Report (求人ドックレポート): Comparative analysis of job postings against competitor benchmarks. Sold as a per-report service.
4. Web Production & SNS/PR Advertising: Website design, LP production, print collateral, and web/SNS advertising agency services. Web/SNS ad retainer: advertising spend + ¥50,000/month for minimum 3-month contract.
5. Market Research / Survey Services: Access to ~2.25 million panel members for custom surveys targeting job seekers, employees, and consumers. Billed per survey based on sample size and targeting.
6. BenefitsBiz (Free Tool + Premium): Free labor environment diagnostic tool for companies to compare against peers. Premium features and mark issuance available for paid tier.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Collaborators operates a labor environment visualization platform built on its proprietary JBIT thesaurus that categorizes Japanese employee benefits data. It sells diagnostic tools (Benefits Biz, Recruitment Dock Report), an infographic service, third-party verified symbol marks, market research surveys, web/print production, and web/SNS advertising to help SMBs and mid-market companies benchmark and communicate their work environment.

Product overview

Collaborators operates a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on labor environment visualization and job recruitment intelligence. The core system is JBIT (Japan Company Benefits Information Thesaurus), a text mining platform that categorizes 415 types of non-statutory employee benefits across approximately 18,000 companies. Built on JBIT, the company offers Benefits Biz — an enterprise labor environment scoring tool that benchmarks salary, holidays, and benefits across 14 genres; Benefits — a free job-seeker-facing company search media; Recruitment Dock Report — a competitive job posting analysis service; and Infographic — a quick-reference page solution using AI analysis of survey data. Together, these products help companies visualize labor environments, improve recruitment, and communicate transparently with job seekers, employees, clients, and investors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ベネフィッツ (Benefits): Labor environment visualization and corporate search platform for job seekers to find companies based on employee benefits.
• JBIT (ジェイビット)
• ベネフィッツビズ (BenefitsBiz)
• 求人ドックレポート (Recruitment Dock Report)
• インフォグラフィック (Infographic)
• マトリクス (Matrix)

Quantifiable outcome

• Increased corporate site traffic for clients using BenefitsBiz and infographics
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TORCER Co., Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated company (関連会社) for Thailand market expansion support. Collaborators handles Japan-side operations while TORCER manages Southeast Asia client engagement and Thai football media services. A case study client for site production and league data management.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Mynavi: Major Japanese HR media company offering recruitment, career information, and corporate data services. Comparable to Benefits as an employer information source, though Mynavi operates at much larger scale across multiple HR verticals.
• Wantedly: Japanese recruitment platform with strong culture and values focus. Comparable to Benefits in employer branding emphasis, though operates at significantly larger scale across the full recruitment workflow rather than focusing narrowly on benefits data.
• SmartHR: Leading Japanese HR cloud platform for employee data, onboarding, and document management. Larger incumbent with overlapping SMB customer base in Japanese HR, though SmartHR focuses on HR operations rather than labor environment benchmarking.
• Kaonavi: Listed Japanese talent management platform for visual employee profiles and HR data. Comparable to BenefitsBiz in HR data visualization for Japanese employers, though Kaonavi operates at significantly larger scale and is also listed as a Collaborators partner.
• Indeed Japan: Japanese arm of Indeed, the global job search platform. Comparable to the Benefits platform in job seeker traffic generation and employer data aggregation, though Indeed operates at significantly larger scale with broader recruitment focus.

Direct peers

• OpenWork: Japanese employee review and company evaluation platform (formerly Vorkers). Directly comparable to Collaborators' Benefits platform as both aggregate employer information for job seekers and surface company-level labor environment data, including benefits and working conditions.
• BizHint: Japanese company information and comparison platform covering business culture, benefits, and working conditions. Comparable to the Benefits platform as both provide company-level labor environment data for job seekers and employers in the Japanese market.
• HRBrain: Japanese HR analytics platform serving SMBs with workforce analytics, pulse surveys, and HR data visualization. Directly comparable to BenefitsBiz in providing data-driven HR assessment for small and mid-market Japanese companies.
• Benefit One: Major Japanese employee benefits platform operating Benefit Station. Directly comparable to JBIT's benefit categorization work, though Benefit One focuses on benefits administration and discount program delivery rather than employer benchmarking.

Emerging players

• Wevox: Japanese employee engagement and pulse survey platform. Partial overlap with Collaborators' research services and labor environment assessment, though Wevox focuses on internal engagement metrics rather than external employer benchmarking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Benefits0210

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

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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