April 19, 2022

KDDI Corporation

KDDI made an additional investment in Findy Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yuichiro Yamada; hereinafter, "Findy"), the provider of a SaaS service for engineer hiring services and engineer organizational development, through KDDI Open Innovation Fund III (operated by Global Brain Corporation; hereinafter "KOIF III"), which aims to incubate new business co-creations with promising venture startups.

In addition to their "Findy" career change service which matches high-skill engineers with companies through a custom algorithm, Findy provides platforms that offer various features needed to operate more highly productive teams such as their "Findy Teams" service which visualizes productivity in order to maximize the performance of engineering organizations. By utilizing these services, companies can expect to evolve their business based on the foundation of a stronger engineering organization.

Through this investment, KDDI will support Findy as it provides solutions to accelerate the DX of engineer-driven companies.

As "the company that customers feel closest to," KDDI will continue to promote business co-creation through investment in promising startup companies, and create new business models together with customers and partners.

MUGENLABO Magazine
Findy - Platform for Supporting Engineer Hiring and Engineer Organizations (in Japanese only)

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• ■Overview of Findy Inc.

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    Company name: Findy Inc.

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    Headquarters: 8F SG Square, 7-7-7 Nishi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

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    Founded: 2016

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    Business activities: Engineer human resource management support services

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    Representative: CEO Yuichiro Yamada
    URL: https://findy.co.jp/ (in Japanese only)

• ■About KDDI Open Innovation Fund

  KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture fund that supports a broad range of venture companies. The currently active KDDI Open Innovation Fund III focuses on the areas of AI, IoT, data marketing, fintech, B2B SaaS, and entertainment with a total operating fund of 20 billion yen.