KDDI Open Innovation Fund III Makes Additional Investment in Findy, a Provider of Services for Hiring Engineers and Supporting Organization Development

May 26, 2025

KDDI CORPORATION

KDDI made an additional investment in Findy Inc. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; CEO & Co-founder: Yuichiro Yamada; hereinafter "Findy"), a provider of hiring services specializing in engineers and SaaS services for developing engineering organizations, 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.

Findy is a startup that is solving problems for individuals and organizations in the field of IT engineers under the vision of "creating a platform to unlock the highest potential of software engineers." The company currently offers five services which consist of the Findy career change service for IT and Web engineers, the Findy Freelance service for introducing highly skilled freelance engineers, the Findy Team+ strategic support SaaS that connects management and development sides, the Findy Tools development tool review site, and the Findy Conference technical conference platform. In addition to Japan, the company has been deploying Findy Team+ in India since 2024 and is accelerating its global business expansion.

Through this investment, KDDI will support Findy in offering solutions to solve the shortage of engineering talent at home and abroad as well as corporate management issues by strengthening engineering organizations.

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

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• ■Overview of Findy

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    • Company name

      : Findy Inc.

  • (2)

    • Headquarters

      : Art Village Osaki Central Tower, 5th Floor, 1-2-2 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo

  • (3)

    • Date founded

      : July 2016

  • (4)

    • Business activities

      : engineer hiring support and the development and provision of SaaS services aimed at engineers

  • (5)

    • Representative

      : CEO & Co-founder Yuichiro Yamada

  • (6)

    • URL

      : https://findy.co.jp/ (in Japanese only)

• ■About the KDDI Open Innovation Fund

  KDDI Open Innovation Fund is a corporate venture fund that supports a broad range of venture companies. Through investments in startups with the potential to become the foundations of our new businesses in areas such as AI and Deep Tech, KDDI will continue to explore new business opportunities that will serve as our next pillar of growth.