Lincs

What Lincs does

Lincs is a Tokyo-based IT engineering services firm founded in February 2015 that operates a System Engineering Services (SES) and labor dispatch model, placing IT engineers at client sites of major Japanese system integrators (SIers) and large enterprise customers across the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area (Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama). Its core offering, 基盤システムサービス (Foundation System Services), covers IT infrastructure projects including network and server construction, cloud platform implementations on AWS and GCP, security and backup services, and ongoing system maintenance, operations, and technical support. Beyond dispatched infrastructure engineering, the firm plans to grow into contract (受託) development projects and is currently developing a proprietary image generation AI web service intended for self-service release.

The company's go-to-market is a pure field-sales / direct dispatch model: a sales team matches engineers to projects based on individual career goals and skill fit, conducting regular one-on-one interviews to ensure satisfaction and minimize bench time. The "Engineer-First" value proposition is operationalized through a profit-sharing compensation model — starting salary of ¥350,000/month for engineers with at least one year of development experience, scaling to ¥800,000/month for experienced staff — with the firm reporting that 95%+ of mid-career hires achieve a salary increase (1.5–2x in many cases) after joining. Workload is intentionally constrained, with average monthly overtime of 10 hours or less, 125+ annual leave days, and an 80%+ paid leave utilization rate. Lincs holds an ISMS certification (ASR-J0405) and a labor dispatch business license (派13-312889), and operates as a privately held, founder-owned corporation under Representative Director 金子真也 (Kaneko Shinya) with no disclosed external funding. Headcount grew from founding to 80+ within five years and reached 115 employees by 2024.

Name

Lincs

Legal name

株式会社LINCS

Website

https://lincs.tokyo

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Lincs is a Tokyo-based IT engineering services firm providing IT engineers via SES/labor dispatch to major Japanese SIers and enterprises, specializing in infrastructure, cloud, and network systems across the Greater Tokyo area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Engineering Services

NAICS

Engineering Services (54133)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Electrical/Electronics & Embedded Systems Staffing (BPACADAF)

Keywords

• IT engineering services
• Infrastructure systems
• Cloud solutions
• System engineering services
• Labor dispatch services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. System Engineering Service (SES): Provides IT engineers to client sites (大手SIer案件). Engineers work on client projects including foundation system construction, maintenance, operations, and technical support services.
2. Labor Dispatch Services: Worker dispatch services under the Labor Dispatch Act, where sales staff regularly conduct interviews with dispatched engineers to ensure satisfaction and find suitable projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lincs operates as an IT engineering services firm providing foundation system construction, maintenance, operations, and technical support through an SES (System Engineering Service) and labor dispatch model. Engineers are placed at major SIer and enterprise client sites in the Tokyo metropolitan area to work on IT infrastructure, cloud (AWS/GCP), network, server, and security projects. The company also operates a labor dispatch business and is developing proprietary services including an image generation AI offering.

Product overview

Lincs is an IT engineering services company that operates primarily through SES (System Engineering Services), providing foundation system development, maintenance, and operation services to major SIers and corporate clients. The core offering is 基盤システムサービス (Foundation System Services), which includes network infrastructure, cloud solutions (AWS/GCP), and IT lifecycle services. The company is developing 自社サービス (Proprietary Services), including an image generation AI service for future self-service offerings. Additionally, they operate a labor dispatch business to place engineers at client sites. The product portfolio follows a services-based model rather than a software product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Image Generation AI Service: A Web system development service for image generation AI currently under development.

Products and services

• Foundation System Services (基盤システムサービス)

Quantifiable outcome

• 95%+ of mid-career engineers achieve salary increase after joining
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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.

• Kanto IT Software Health Insurance Association (関東ITソフトウェア健康保険組合)minorOthersCompany is a member of the Kanto IT Software Health Insurance Association, providing enhanced health insurance benefits to employees.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Future Corporation: Tokyo-listed IT consulting and services firm (TYO:4722) that straddles IT services and consulting — broader than Lincs but works with similar enterprise clients in finance and distribution and provides infrastructure-engineering services.
• Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ): Major Japanese network/cloud/internet backbone operator (TYO:3774) with a substantial IT-services arm. Overlaps with Lincs in IT-infrastructure project work for enterprise clients but operates an asset-plus-services model rather than pure dispatch.
• BIPROGY Inc. Large Japanese systems integrator (TYO:8056, formerly Nihon Unisys). A typical 'major Sler' that is itself one of Lincs' customer types; comparable at the broad vertical level for IT-infrastructure outsourcing and finance-vertical systems work.

Direct peers

• Pasona Group Inc. One of Japan's major general staffing groups (TYO:2168) with a substantial IT-engineer dispatch subsidiary (Pasona Tech). Comparable in providing IT engineers on a dispatch basis across finance, distribution and IT-services end clients.
• Meitec Corporation: Japan's largest dedicated engineer-dispatch and contract-engineering firm (TYO:9744). Directly comparable business model of placing engineers at client sites, especially in manufacturing and IT-infrastructure projects — the core SES model Lincs operates.
• Solton Holdings: IT engineer dispatch and IT-services group (TYO:6677). Comparable in operating an SES-led engineer-dispatch model for corporate and SIer clients in Japan.
• TrustTech Inc. Tokyo-listed IT engineer dispatch firm specializing in placing engineers in technology and electronics R&D and IT infrastructure roles. Operates a near-identical SES model with overlapping customer types including SIers.
• TechnoPro Holdings: Largest IT-engineer staffing group in Japan (TYO:6028) via TechnoPro, TechnoPro Engineering, and TechnoPro Design. Operates the same engineer-dispatch/SES model across IT, engineering, and R&D verticals with significantly larger scale.
• Akros Inc. Tokyo-based IT engineer dispatch specialist (TYO:6273) with a near-identical SES model placing engineers at major SIer and enterprise clients. Closest in operating geography and customer profile to Lincs.

Emerging players

• Works Applications / Works Human Intelligence: Mid-size Japanese IT-services firm with growing enterprise cloud/AI and engineer-dispatch offerings. Relevant emerging comparable in the AI-augmented IT-services space where Lincs is also beginning to operate via its image-generation AI service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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