What Strike Japan does

Strike Japan (株式会社ストライク, TYO: 6196) is the operating subsidiary of Strike Group, a Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market-listed M&A brokerage and business succession advisory firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1997. The company intermediates M&A transactions primarily for Japan's small and medium enterprise (SME) sector, addressing the country's well-documented business succession crisis by connecting retiring owners without successors to potential buyers, and serving growth-oriented acquirers seeking strategic transactions. Its core product is the SMART online M&A marketplace, which lists and matches buy-side and sell-side opportunities across industries and regions; this is supplemented by MAIPL (a patent-data-driven matching service) and the "relay" sub-brand, a small-business succession matching platform.

Strike operates a transaction-fee revenue model: initial consultations, business valuations, and matching services are free until a counterparty is identified, and fees are charged upon successful M&A deal closure. Distribution is multi-channel — dedicated in-house M&A consultants, a nationwide partner network of banks, CPAs, and tax advisors, a financial instruments intermediary registration under SMBC Nikko Securities, and seminar-led top-of-funnel demand generation. Supporting sub-brands include S venture Lab. and STart (startup and venture M&A), Owner's Lab (industry trend analysis), M&A Online (consumer M&A media), and a free enterprise valuation service. The company employs between 251 and 500 staff and is registered as a Japanese kabushiki kaisha under Strike Group.

Name

Strike Japan

Legal name

株式会社ストライク

Website

https://strike.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Strike Japan is a TSE Prime Market-listed M&A brokerage and business succession advisory firm that intermediates SME M&A transactions in Japan through its SMART online marketplace, dedicated consultants, and a nationwide network of financial intermediaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

M&A Advisory Services

NAICS

Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231), Management Consulting Services (54161), Miscellaneous Intermediation (52391)

SIC

Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

M&A Advisory (Buy-Side & Sell-Side) (BPAHAOAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sell-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAA), Buy-Side M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAB), Cross-Border M&A Advisory (FSAEAGAH)

Keywords

• M&A brokerage
• Business succession consulting
• M&A advisory
• Cross-border M&A
• Deal matching platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Otemachi

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

Revenue model

1. M&A Advisory Fees: Success-based M&A advisory fees where consultation is free until a matching partner is found. The company charges fees upon successful M&A transaction completion.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Strike Japan is an M&A brokerage and advisory firm that connects business owners seeking to sell or transfer their companies with potential buyers. The firm operates the SMART online marketplace platform for listing and searching M&A opportunities, complemented by dedicated consultant advisory covering growth-strategy M&A, business succession, cross-border deals, and patent-data-driven matching (MAIPL). Revenue is generated primarily through success-based advisory fees upon transaction completion, with free initial consultations.

Product overview

Strike Japan operates a unified M&A intermediary and business succession platform, centered on the SMART M&A marketplace. The platform integrates deal listing discovery, matching services, and advisory consulting into a comprehensive offering. Supporting services include growth strategy M&A consulting, business succession M&A consulting, management support consulting, cross-border M&A consulting, and a patent data-driven matching service. Specialized sub-brands include 'relay' for small-scale business succession matching, 'S venture Lab.' for startup M&A, 'STart' for venture company M&A, and 'Owner'sLab' for industry trend analysis. The company also provides free business valuation services and an email newsletter for deal monitoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMART: M&A marketplace platform for listing and searching M&A cases and business succession opportunities
• S venture Lab.
• STart
• オーナーズラボ (Owner's Lab)
• M&A Online

Products and services

• SMART M&A Marketplace Online M&A marketplace platform connecting buyers and sellers of businesses; users search and browse M&A deal listings, receive matching recommendations, and manage inquiries for business succession and growth strategy transactions.
• Growth Strategy M&A Consulting M&A advisory service focused on strategic growth through acquisitions, helping companies identify acquisition targets and execute deals to expand their business.
• Business Succession M&A Consulting Business succession M&A advisory service helping business owners find successors and transfer their companies, addressing the challenge of lack of successors in Japan's SME sector.
• Management Support Consulting Management support consulting services assisting companies with post-M&A integration and operational improvements.
• Cross-Border M&A Consulting Cross-border M&A advisory service helping Japanese companies acquire foreign businesses and vice versa.
• MAIPL Patent Data Matching Service Patent data-driven matching service that identifies potential M&A targets based on patent analysis and intellectual property compatibility.
• relay Business Succession Matching Platform Business succession matching platform for small-scale businesses to find successors nationwide, offering open matching where business owners and potential successors can express their wishes and values.
• Business Valuation Service Free business valuation service where experienced consultants calculate company value to help owners understand their business worth.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SMBC Nikko SecuritiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSMBC Nikko Securities is Strike Japan's affiliated financial instruments intermediary service provider. Strike holds registration number 関東財務局長（金仲）第1088号 for financial instruments intermediary services. This partnership allows Strike to offer securities-related services within their M&A advisory ecosystem.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nihon M&A Center (日本M&Aセンター): Japan's largest listed M&A intermediary focused on SME business succession. Directly comparable to Strike on target customer (Japanese SMEs without successors), fee model (success-based), and distribution approach (bank/CPA referral networks). Most relevant head-to-head competitor.
• Yamada Consulting Group (山田コンサルティンググループ): Listed Japanese consulting group providing M&A advisory alongside tax, accounting, and succession services. Comparable on combined professional-services + M&A intermediation offering, particularly for SME clients exploring business succession.
• Funai Soken (船井総合研究所): Listed Japanese management consulting and M&A intermediary firm serving SMEs and mid-market companies. Comparable on SME succession advisory, regional banking relationships, and consultant-led deal execution model.
• M&A Capital Partners (M&Aキャピタルパートナーズ): Listed Japanese M&A advisory firm serving SMEs and mid-market companies. Comparable business model (success-based advisory fees, succession-focused), with overlap in target customers and competitive intensity on fees and deal-team quality.
• M&A Soken Holdings (M&A総研ホールディングス): Relatively newer listed Japanese M&A intermediary with a strong platform and digital marketing-led approach. Comparable to Strike on SME succession focus and platform-driven deal sourcing, and is widely cited as one of Strike's closest head-to-head competitors.

Broad incumbents

• Deloitte Tohmatsu M&A Advisory (デロイト トーマツ): Big-Four-affiliated M&A and corporate finance advisory in Japan serving large corporates and cross-border transactions. Comparable on M&A advisory scope and execution capability at the upper end of the market that Strike's cross-border desk targets.
• SMBC Nikko Securities (SMBC日興証券): Major Japanese securities firm offering capital markets, advisory, and financial instruments intermediary services. Comparable as a broad incumbent that handles M&A for larger corporates and is also Strike's contracted financial instruments business operator for its regulated intermediary services.
• Houlihan Lokey Japan (formerly GCA): Global investment bank with deep Japan M&A advisory practice (formerly GCA). Comparable on cross-border and mid-to-large-cap Japanese M&A advisory, particularly relevant to Strike's cross-border M&A consulting line.
• Mizuho Securities (みずほ証券): Major Japanese securities firm with a significant M&A advisory franchise for mid-to-large-cap deals. Comparable on cross-border and large-deal M&A intermediation; representative of the financial-institution channel that competes with independent brokers for advisory mandates.
• KPMG FAS Japan: Big-Four-affiliated transaction advisory practice in Japan covering M&A, valuation, and restructuring. Comparable as a broader incumbent serving large corporates on diligence and deal execution, complementing Strike's SME-focused brokerage.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/mastrike
• Facebookfacebook.com/MAstrike

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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