Structured

Name

Structured

Legal name

株式会社Structured.

Website

https://company.structured.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Structured. is a Tokyo-based professional services firm founded in 2021 that provides hands-on "External COO" management consulting and a logic-tree-based problem-solving tool to Japanese clients ranging from startups to listed companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting

NAICS

Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611), Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships Advisory (JVs, Alliances, Carve-outs) (BPAHAOAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Restructuring (BPACAJAB), Onboarding Program Design, Enablement & Train-the-Trainer (EDABAOAL)

Keywords

• Management consulting services
• External COO support
• Business strategy advisory
• Problem-solving methodology
• Corporate training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Management Consulting: Hands-on COO-level management consulting services for startups to listed companies, covering strategy, operations, sales, marketing, CS, HR, recruitment, training, fundraising, and financial management.
2. Product - Structured. Tool: Problem-solving tool with logic tree methodology, offered with first-month free campaign for early adopters.
3. Investment Business: Investment activities as part of business operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Structured. is a hands-on management consulting firm that operates as an "External COO" for Japanese companies, covering strategic planning, business planning, marketing, sales, CS, HR, recruiting, training, organizational design, fundraising, and financial management for clients ranging from startups to listed companies. The firm also offers a SaaS-style "Structured." problem-solving tool that operationalizes a goal/problem/task/solution logic-tree methodology, and a complementary Employee Training Program that combines classroom instruction with hands-on use of the tool.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Structured.（ストラクチャード）: A daily one-strategy problem-solving tool using logic tree methodology (goal/problem/task/solution) for business challenge execution.
• External COO
• Employee Training Program

Products and services

• External COO Hands-on management consulting service providing operational support for Japanese companies from startups through listed enterprises, covering strategy execution, marketing, sales, CS, business planning, alliances, HR, recruitment, training, fundraising, and general management; engineer-assigned project execution is also offered for technology clients.
• Structured. (ストラクチャード) problem-solving tool Daily "one strategy per day" problem-solving software tool that operationalizes a goal/problem/task/solution logic-tree framework (ゴール/問題/課題/打ち手) to help business users structure and execute responses to daily business challenges; sold with a first-month-free campaign for the first 10 adopting companies.
• Employee Training Program Practical problem-solving thinking training program that combines classroom lectures with hands-on use of the Structured. methodology/tool to install and develop problem-solving skills in client employees.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10x+ company growth
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators1 record

Broad incumbents

• Bain & Company: Bain is a top-tier global strategy consulting firm with significant Japan operations serving Japanese corporates and PE clients. Its results-oriented, implementation-focused culture aligns with Structured.'s hands-on ethos, though at vastly larger scale.
• Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting: Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting is the Japanese arm of the Big 4 consulting network, providing end-to-end management and technology consulting to Japanese enterprises. It is comparable to Structured. as a full-scope management advisor serving listed Japanese companies.
• NRI (Nomura Research Institute): NRI is one of Japan's largest consulting and IT services firms serving listed companies with strategy and management support. It represents the incumbent scale player that Structured. competes against for large Japanese enterprise engagements.
• McKinsey & Company: McKinsey is the largest global management consulting firm with a major Tokyo office serving Japanese listed companies. It represents the premium-end incumbent against which Structured. positions its hands-on, founder-led alternative.
• Boston Consulting Group: BCG is a global strategy consulting firm with strong Japan operations advising large corporates on strategy, operations, and transformation. Comparable to Structured. as a strategy advisor to Japanese enterprises, though at much greater scale.

Direct peers

• Roland Berger: Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm with strong Japan presence focused on operations and implementation work rather than pure strategy. Its hands-on, execution-oriented approach closely mirrors Structured.'s External COO positioning.
• ABeam Consulting: ABeam is a major Japanese-origin management consulting firm providing strategy, operations, and IT consulting to Japanese corporates. It is the most directly comparable Japanese consulting firm to Structured.'s External COO service in terms of client base, geography, and broad management support scope.

Emerging players

• SmartHR: SmartHR is a leading Japanese HR/cloud SaaS company that helps Japanese employers manage HR and organizational data. It is comparable to Structured. as a Japan-focused technology-enabled organizational management provider targeting the same human capital theme.
• freee: freee is a Japanese SaaS company offering cloud-based accounting, HR, and business management tools to Japanese SMEs and startups. It overlaps with Structured. as a Japan-focused SaaS provider targeting startups and SMBs for operational management.

Others

• Recruit Holdings: Recruit is a Japanese HR, marketing, and information services conglomerate where the Structured. founder previously worked. It is thematically relevant as both a former employer ecosystem and as a major Japanese HR/organizational development player adjacent to Structured.'s training offerings.

Market position

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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