SRENDIP INC.

What SRENDIP INC. does

SRENDIP INC. (株式会社セレンディップ, operating as "Serendip Inc.") is a privately held, Tokyo-based recruitment and job placement agency founded on January 22, 2007, by Representative Director and CEO Yasuhiro Suzuki (鈴木康浩). The company operates from MAC Ginza Building 3F in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, and connects job seekers — particularly those seeking career advancement, higher income, or escape from poor working conditions — with corporate clients across Japan. Its service is described in Japanese as 人材紹介サービス (human resources introduction service), a paid placement model rather than temporary staffing or RPO.

The firm functions as a traditional, low-technology recruitment intermediary. No proprietary technology platform, applicant tracking system, matching algorithm, or AI-assisted screening is disclosed in any source material; the company description explicitly states that operations rely on manual matching processes. The website (serendip.co.jp) is the company's primary marketing and information channel and is minimalist — fee schedules and refund policies are presented as JPG images rather than text. There is no app, no API, no disclosed integrations, no patents, and no certifications. The only recorded website update activity was a general HP update on May 25, 2020, with image-only fee-table and refund-policy updates in August 2024.

Commercially, SRENDIP earns transaction-based placement fees (手数料) from corporate clients, supported by a refund policy (返戻金) for certain placement scenarios. Pricing is not publicly machine-readable and is presented only as images. The disclosed client base comprises five named engagements spanning diverse verticals: a foreign luxury brand (sales and store management nationwide), a mobile telecommunications carrier (sales nationwide), top-tier manufacturers via major staffing firms (engineering roles nationwide), a top-tier construction company (construction management in Saitama City), and a North Kanto tutoring school (teaching roles in the Tokyo metropolitan area and North Kanto). The company has no disclosed funding rounds, no institutional investors, no parent company, no subsidiaries, no partnerships or alliances, no headcount figures, and no revenue disclosure. Registered capital is 5.5 million yen.

Name

SRENDIP INC.

Legal name

株式会社セレンディップ

Website

https://serendip.co.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Short description

SRENDIP INC. is a Tokyo-based boutique recruitment agency founded in 2007 connecting job seekers with corporate clients across Japan. Under CEO Yasuhiro Suzuki, the firm places candidates in luxury retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction, and education sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Recruitment services
• Job placement agency
• Staffing services
• Career change consulting
• Talent introduction

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

Revenue model

1. 人材紹介手数料 (Placement Fees): The company earns revenue through placement fees charged for matching job seekers with corporate clients. Fee tables are maintained but detailed pricing is presented as images. The company also maintains a refund policy (返戻金) for certain placement scenarios.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

SRENDIP INC. operates a human resources introduction (placement) service that connects job seekers with client companies across Japan. The agency matches candidates to roles in sales, store management, engineering, construction management, and tutoring for employers in luxury retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction, and education sectors. The company charges placement fees to employers upon successful candidate placement and maintains a refund policy for certain scenarios.

Product overview

SRENDIP INC. operates as a single-service recruitment agency offering human resources introduction services. The company connects job seekers seeking career changes with client companies across various industries and regions in Japan. Their primary service facilitates employment matches across positions including sales, store management, engineering, construction management, and tutoring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Human Resources Introduction Service (人材紹介サービス) Career transition and job placement service that connects individual job seekers in Japan with client companies across industries including luxury retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, construction, and education. The service facilitates matches for positions such as sales, store management, engineering, construction management, and tutoring nationwide. Revenue is generated through placement fees charged to corporate employers upon successful placement, with a refund policy for certain scenarios.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Hays Japan: Global specialist recruiter operating in Japan with focus on permanent placement across professional disciplines. Comparable as a direct competitor offering fee-based placement to Japanese employers.
• doda (Persol Career): Japan's second-largest mid-career placement platform operated by Persol Career. Directly comparable as a multi-industry permanent placement service competing for the same Japanese candidate pool.
• Michael Page Japan: International specialist recruitment brand with a Japan office focused on permanent mid-career placements. Comparable as a fee-charging placement agency serving similar corporate clients in Japan.
• Robert Walters Japan: Global recruitment firm with a Japan operation focused on mid-senior permanent placement. Comparable as a fee-based placement competitor targeting similar professional candidate segments in Japan.
• JAC Recruitment: Japan-focused permanent placement firm specializing in mid-career and managerial roles across industries. Comparable as a direct boutique-to-mid-market peer in the Japanese mid-career placement segment.
• en Japan: Major Japanese mid-career placement agency operating the 'en' job-change platform. Comparable as a direct competitor offering permanent placement services to white-collar and mid-career candidates in Japan.

Broad incumbents

• Pasona Group: Major Japanese HR services group offering placement, temporary staffing, and outsourcing. Comparable as a long-established Japanese incumbent offering permanent placement across multiple industries.
• ManpowerGroup Japan: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider with a Japan operation covering both temporary staffing and permanent placement. Comparable as a broader incumbent offering overlapping placement services in Japan.
• Adecco Japan: Global staffing firm with Japan operations spanning temporary staffing and permanent placement. Comparable as a broad incumbent providing overlapping recruitment services to Japanese employers.
• Recruit Holdings: Japan's dominant recruitment and HR services conglomerate operating Indeed, doda, and many other platforms. Comparable as the dominant permanent placement and broader HR services provider in the same Japanese market Serendip serves.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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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