JobSEA Group

Name

JobSEA Group

Legal name

JobSEA Group

Website

https://jobseagroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Short description

JobSEA Group operates a portfolio of country-specific job marketplace platforms across Southeast Asia (JobCute in Thailand, SmartJob in Indonesia, VietJobs in Vietnam, JobSter in the Philippines), serving job seekers and SMB employers with ML-powered instant matching and self-serve employer tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Services & Job Placement Platforms (Jobs, Recruiting, Employer Networks) (EDAFAMAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Job Market Intelligence & Employer Networking Services (BPACAOAJ), Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

Keywords

• Online job marketplace
• Job listing platform
• Candidate matching software
• Southeast Asia recruitment
• Employer job posting

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Listing Fees: Employers pay to post job listings on the marketplace. The company mentions offering the lowest price in the market for job postings through their custom CRM platform.
2. Featured Job Listings and Enhanced Marketing: Employers can pay for enhanced marketing to get better rankings, featured placement in email campaigns, articles, and social media across the platform network.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

JobSEA Group operates a network of country-specific online job marketplace platforms across Southeast Asia (Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines), connecting employers posting job listings with job seekers searching for opportunities. The platform uses machine learning to instantly match candidates with jobs, provides a custom CRM for employer job and candidate management, and monetizes via paid job listings and enhanced/featured marketing placements.

Product overview

JobSEA Group operates a portfolio of job marketplace platforms across Southeast Asia, consisting of four country-specific job boards: JobCute (Thailand), SmartJob (Indonesia), VietJobs (Vietnam), and JobSter (Philippines). These platforms are collectively positioned as update marketplaces offering all available jobs in each country with best user experience, instant results, and relevant job suggestions. The group also provides an employer-facing custom CRM for job listings and candidate search.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• JobCute Thailand Country-specific job marketplace platform for Thailand serving up to 60,000+ jobs to thousands of job seekers daily, with instant matches and relevant job suggestions for job seekers and employer tools for posting and candidate search.
• SmartJob Indonesia Country-specific job marketplace platform for Indonesia serving up to 50,000+ jobs to thousands of job seekers daily, with instant matches, ML-based relevant job suggestions, and employer-side listing and candidate search tools.
• VietJobs Vietnam Country-specific job marketplace platform for Vietnam serving up to 30,000+ jobs to hundreds of job seekers daily, with instant matches, relevant job suggestions, and employer tools for posting and candidate search.
• JobSter Philippines Country-specific job marketplace platform for the Philippines serving job seekers and employers, part of JobSEA Group's portfolio of Southeast Asian marketplace platforms with instant matching and employer listing tools.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• AsiaVillasminorOthersRelated property website within the same network, listed alongside other related websites in the footer of the JobSEA Group website.
• LivePhuketminorOthersRelated property website within the same network, listed alongside other related websites in the footer of the JobSEA Group website.
• 108SiamminorOthersRelated property website within the same network, listed alongside other related websites in the footer of the JobSEA Group website.
• KaiBaanThaiminorOthersRelated property website within the same network, listed alongside other related websites in the footer of the JobSEA Group website.
• FazWaz UAEminorOthersRelated property website within the same network, listed alongside other related websites in the footer of the JobSEA Group website.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Glints: Glints is a Southeast Asian talent platform headquartered in Singapore with strong Indonesia presence. It overlaps with JobSEA's SmartJob offering in Indonesia and across SEA, competing for the same job seeker and employer base with a combination of job listings, recruiter tools, and talent search features.
• Kalibrr: Kalibrr is a Philippines-headquartered job marketplace platform serving Southeast Asia with a focus on emerging markets. It directly overlaps with JobSEA's JobSter offering in the Philippines and its broader regional footprint, targeting the same entry- to mid-level job seeker segment with employer SaaS tools.
• Wellfound (AngelList Talent): Wellfound is a job marketplace focused on startup and tech employers globally, with employer SaaS tooling and candidate matching. It is comparable to JobSEA in its marketplace-and-CRM product model and overlap in serving digitally-native employers, though it operates in a more specialized tech/startup segment.

Direct peers

• Indeed: Indeed is a global job search engine and marketplace with active presence across Southeast Asia. It competes directly with JobSEA in the same online employer-posted-job-listing model, attracting both job seekers and employers in JobSEA's target markets with deep SEO share and a pay-per-click sponsored listings model.
• ZipRecruiter: ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace that connects employers with job seekers using matching technology and a self-serve platform. While primarily US-focused, its product model (ML matching, self-serve employer posting, candidate search) is directly analogous to JobSEA's offering and serves as a benchmark for the marketplace economics JobSEA is pursuing.
• JobStreet (SEEK): JobStreet is the dominant job marketplace platform across Southeast Asia (operated by SEEK), operating in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is the most direct competitor to JobSEA, offering country-specific job boards with employer networks and candidate matching — overlapping closely on geography, product, and customer segments.

Broad incumbents

• Foundit (formerly Monster): Foundit is the rebranded Monster/APAC job marketplace platform with regional operations across Asia including Southeast Asia. It is comparable to JobSEA as a multi-country online job listing marketplace serving employers and job seekers with candidate search and matching features.
• LinkedIn: LinkedIn is a broad incumbent in professional networking with a substantial jobs marketplace component and growing SEA user base. While not a localized job board, it overlaps with JobSEA in serving white-collar job seekers and corporate employers in the same Southeast Asian geographies, with much larger network effects and employer tooling.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JobSEAGroup

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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