株式会社Roots

What 株式会社Roots does

HRクラウド株式会社 (HR Cloud Co., Ltd.) is a Japanese HR technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, operating under the brand 'Roots' holding entity. The company positions itself as a 'platformer in the HR industry,' providing recruitment infrastructure to enterprise clients through a single SaaS product called '採用一括かんりくん' (Saiyou Ikkatsu Kanrikun), an AI-powered recruitment management agent that performs optimal matching between job seekers and companies. The system is described as a domain-specialized AI agent combining recommendation-engine and autonomous-agent capabilities, processing text-based inputs to align candidates with employer requirements.

The product portfolio consists of three offerings: the core recruitment management SaaS (subscription/recurring revenue), and two cross-sell add-ons targeting the new-graduate segment — a new-graduate placement service and a new-graduate scouting service, both generating transaction-fee revenue. The company's GTM motion combines direct enterprise sales for the SaaS platform with product-led discovery through the website and inbound inquiries. In 2025, the company significantly expanded its commercial footprint via a capital and business partnership with i-plug (June), a sales agency agreement to resell i-plug's OfferBox product (September), and a technology integration with the SPI3 aptitude test (October). The company relocated headquarters to a larger office in October 2025 explicitly citing business expansion, and was recognized in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 ranking in 2023 for revenue growth. As of the available data, HR Cloud is privately held with no disclosed parent, no disclosed funding rounds, and no publicly available pricing.

Name

株式会社Roots

Legal name

HRクラウド株式会社

Website

https://roots-holdings.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HRクラウド株式会社 is a Japanese HR technology company founded in 2015 that provides an AI-powered recruitment management SaaS called '採用一括かんりくん' to enterprise clients, with cross-sell placement and scouting services targeting the new-graduate segment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Technology / Recruitment SaaS

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Core HR & HRIS (BPACAPAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

B2B SaaS & Enterprise Personalization (CRM, Sales, Support) (HDAAAGAJ)

Keywords

• Recruitment management software
• AI hiring platform
• Applicant tracking system
• Talent acquisition SaaS
• HR technology platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

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. SaaS Subscription - 採用一括かんりくん: Enterprise recruitment management SaaS subscription providing AI-powered matching between companies and candidates. Revenue generated through recurring software subscriptions.
2. New Graduate Recruitment Services: Cross-sell services including new graduate recruitment placement (人材紹介) and new graduate scout services for the fresh graduate hiring segment.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Through its operating subsidiary HR Cloud, 株式会社Roots develops and sells 採用一括かんりくん, an AI-powered SaaS that enables optimal matching between corporate clients and job seekers via an autonomous recruitment agent. The company also operates cross-sell recruitment services in the new graduate segment, specifically a new graduate placement (人材紹介) service and a new graduate scouting service, complementing the core SaaS platform.

Product overview

HR Cloud operates as a single-platform SaaS provider focused on recruitment technology. The core offering is the AI-powered recruitment management system '採用一括かんりくん', which provides autonomous matching between job seekers and companies. The product portfolio also includes cross-sell services for new graduate recruitment, specifically a new graduate recruitment introduction service and a new graduate scouting service, both designed to complement the core platform in the new graduate segment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• 採用一括かんりくん: An AI-powered recruitment management system that enables optimal matching between job seekers and companies. This is the company's primary SaaS product for enterprise recruitment infrastructure.

Products and services

• 採用一括かんりくん (Saiyou Ikkatsu Kanrikun) AI-powered recruitment management SaaS that uses an autonomous AI agent to enable optimal matching between companies and job seekers, providing comprehensive recruitment management infrastructure for enterprise clients.
• 新卒人材紹介サービス (New Graduate Recruitment Placement Service) New graduate recruitment placement (人材紹介) service offered as a cross-sell complement to the core recruitment platform, targeting enterprise clients hiring in the fresh graduate segment.
• 新卒スカウトサービス (New Graduate Scouting Service) New graduate proactive scouting service that complements the core 採用一括かんりくん recruitment management system for fresh-graduate hiring.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 株式会社i-plug (i-plug Co., Ltd.)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 25 September 2025HR Cloud entered into a sales agency agreement (販売代理店契約) with i-plug for their 'OfferBox' product. This partnership enables HR Cloud to resell OfferBox services, expanding their recruitment solution portfolio for corporate clients.
• 株式会社i-plug (i-plug Co., Ltd.)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 June 2025HR Cloud and i-plug entered into a capital and business partnership (資本業務提携). This strategic alliance strengthens collaboration between the two companies in the HR technology space, combining HR Cloud's recruitment SaaS capabilities with i-plug's platform offerings.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BizReach: BizReach runs one of Japan's largest direct-recruitment and headhunting platforms for experienced hires and mid-career talent. Comparable to HR Cloud as an enterprise recruitment SaaS targeting corporate hiring teams, with a similar HR-tech infrastructure thesis.
• Wantedly: Wantedly operates a Japanese recruitment and scouting platform connecting companies with candidates through a tech-enabled matching model. Direct comparable to HR Cloud's AI-driven matching and scout services targeting Japanese enterprises and mid-market hiring teams.
• i-plug: i-plug operates OfferBox, a new-graduate scouting platform used by Japanese corporates, and is HR Cloud's strategic capital and distribution partner. Direct peer because HR Cloud cross-sells new-graduate placement and scout services into the same enterprise segment via overlapping product surfaces.
• SmartHR: SmartHR is a leading Japanese cloud HRIS provider focused on digitizing employee onboarding, HR records, and social insurance workflows. Adjacent peer operating in the same Japanese HR-tech SaaS category with similar enterprise GTM and cloud-delivery model.

Emerging players

• HRBrain: HRBrain provides cloud-based talent management and HR analytics software to Japanese corporates. Emerging peer offering overlapping HR-tech capabilities (people analytics, employee data) to a similar Japanese enterprise mid-market customer base.
• Eight (Sansan): Sansan's Eight is a business-card-based professional network used by Japanese corporates for sourcing and recruitment-adjacent workflows. Adjacent emerging player with comparable enterprise sales motion and Japanese customer base.
• Talent Palette (Talentio): Talentio operates Talent Palette, a Japanese talent-management platform for visualization and succession planning at enterprises. Emerging peer in the same Japanese HR-tech SaaS category, with comparable mid-market enterprise GTM and product-led positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Recruit Holdings: Recruit Holdings owns Indeed Japan, Rikunabi, and a portfolio of HR-tech and matching platforms serving every segment of the Japanese labor market. Acts as the broadest incumbent against which HR Cloud competes for enterprise recruitment budgets.
• LinkedIn (Japan operations): LinkedIn operates Talent Solutions, Recruiter, and Learning in Japan for corporate hiring and workforce development. Broad incumbent competing for the same Japanese enterprise recruitment budgets with a global platform.
• Indeed: Indeed is the largest job-search and matching platform in Japan and globally, offering employers recruitment advertising and sourcing tools. Comparable to HR Cloud's matching value proposition but at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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 →

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