COLLABO Japan

What COLLABO Japan does

COLLABO Japan (株式会社コラボ, collabo, Inc.) is a privately held Japanese IT services company founded on November 10, 2004 and headquartered in Nihonbashi-Kayabacho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo. The company operates a narrow vertical focus on kindergartens and nursery schools (幼稚園・保育園), delivering a combined ASP service branded コラボkids (CollaboKids) and a template-based homepage creation/operation service launched in April 2010. Its customers are early-childhood education institutions that lack internal IT expertise and need an affordable, low-maintenance web presence and parent-communication channel; the offering targets the specific pain points of high upfront website cost, ongoing maintenance burden, and limited IT literacy within small preschool operators.

Underlying technology centers on an ASP (Application Service Provider) hosted platform for kindergarten/nursery management paired with a template-driven website builder offering three layout patterns (A/B/C) in three color schemes (green/blue/pink), Google Maps integration for school-location display, weekly content update services (up to ~2 A4 pages of news plus email inquiry handling), SSL encryption via GMO GlobalSign, and JIS Q 15001-compliant Privacy Mark certification for handling parent and child personal data. Beyond the preschool product, COLLABO Japan also provides commissioned custom software development (受託開発), packaged software sales (パッケージ販売), and website production for general enterprises and organizations (企業・団体向け), and operates a health-information column branded 伊藤先生の部屋.

The business model is subscription-driven: a 54,000 JPY one-time setup fee plus a monthly usage fee of 10,800 JPY (standalone homepage) or 5,400 JPY (combo with CollaboKids), billed monthly on 1-year contracts with a 2-month discount for annual prepayment. Go-to-market is direct-to-customer via a single phone line (03-5652-7891) and email, with no documented sales team, partner channel, or social media presence. In July 2019 the company acquired the business software operations of 株式会社ピクシス (Pyxis Inc.) to support future expansion, making it the only material inorganic move on record. The company is independently owned, has no disclosed external funding or parent company, and is led by President and Personal Information Protection Manager Kazuo Yuzawa (湯澤 一夫).

Name

COLLABO Japan

Legal name

株式会社コラボ (collabo, Inc.)

Website

https://collaboinc.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Short description

COLLABO Japan (株式会社コラボ) is a privately held Tokyo-based IT services company that provides an ASP platform, template-based website creation, and weekly content updates targeted at Japanese kindergartens and nursery schools lacking in-house IT resources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nihombashi-hamacho

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ASP Subscription Services: Monthly recurring subscription fees for kindergarten/nursery school ASP services including website creation, hosting, management, and maintenance.
2. Website Creation Services: One-time system setup fees for new website creation combined with ongoing monthly subscription for maintenance and operations.
3. System Development (Custom): Custom system development services provided on commission basis for business clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

COLLABO Japan (株式会社コラボ) provides a hosted ASP service called CollaboKids that allows kindergartens and nursery schools to create and maintain their own homepages using templates, with weekly updates and minimal IT knowledge required. In addition to this vertical-specialized ASP offering, the company undertakes commissioned custom software development, sells packaged software products, and produces websites for general corporate clients.

Product overview

COLLABO Japan operates as an IT services company offering a portfolio of ASP services, website creation, and system development. The primary product offerings include: (1) コラボkids - an ASP service for kindergartens and nursery schools, (2) 幼稚園・保育園向けホームページ作成・運営サービス - a template-based homepage creation and management service for early childhood education facilities with weekly updates, (3) 受託開発 - custom software development, (4) パッケージ販売 - packaged software sales, and (5) 网站建设 - website production for enterprises and organizations. The company also operates a health information portal 'COLLABO 健康コラム' featuring content from health expert Ito Hiroha.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CollaboKids (幼稚園・保育園向けホームページASPサービス)
• Custom Software Development (受託開発)
• Package Software Sales (パッケージ販売)
• Corporate Website Production (企業・団体向けホームページ制作) Website design and production service for companies and organizations, including for the kindergarten/nursery vertical that the company serves through its ASP product.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 株式会社ピクシス (Pyxis)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2019株式会社コラボ acquired business software operations from 株式会社ピクシス (Pyxis) effective July 1, 2019. Pyxis was located at 3F, Hamamachi Building, 1-2 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo. CEO: Yoshihide Yoshii. This acquisition was undertaken for future business expansion.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Jimdo: DIY website builder popular in Japan for small business websites. Adjacent substitute to COLLABO Japan's template-based kindergarten homepage creation product, though without the managed content updates.
• Wix.com: Global DIY website builder. A potential substitute at the SMB-template-website layer of COLLABO Japan's homepage creation service, though it lacks the managed weekly update and ASP layer.

Emerging players

• Kangarootime: Cloud-based child care management platform for daycares and preschools, offering family engagement and business management features. Overlap with COLLABO Japan's preschool ASP + parent communication stack.

Broad incumbents

• HiMama: North-American SaaS application for child care and preschool management including parent engagement and daily reports. Comparable product/category to CollaboKids ASP service for preschools.
• Brightwheel: US-based SaaS platform for early childhood education providers, offering attendance, billing, parent communication and homepages. Not a direct Japan competitor but operates in the same vertical SaaS category as CollaboKids/Collabo Japan's preschool homepage service.
• Procare Solutions: Established US provider of child care management software covering billing, attendance, parent communication and administration. Comparable vertical SaaS offering for the early childhood segment COLLABO Japan serves.

Direct peers

• 株式会社オフィスアイクス (Office Ixs / Hoikuix): Provides nursery and kindergarten management / contact-book systems widely used across Japanese preschools. Comparable vertical SaaS with overlapping customer base to CollaboKids.
• 株式会社Famwork: Japanese startup offering SaaS-oriented tools for nursery schools and preschools, covering parent communication and operational workflows. Direct peer in the same kindergarten/nursery vertical.
• コドモン (CoDMON): Japan's leading vertical SaaS for kindergartens and nursery schools, offering communication, attendance, billing, and administration features. Directly competitive with COLLABO Japan's CollaboKids ASP offering in the same customer segment.
• 株式会社ユニファ (Unifa): Japanese SaaS provider offering eContactBook and childcare/nursery communication and management solutions to kindergartens and daycare centers. Directly overlaps with COLLABO Japan's kindergarten-focused ASP and parent communication features.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

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 →

Frequently asked questions about COLLABO Japan