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Who invested in SmartHR?
SmartHR's investors include 500 Startups Japan, East Ventures, General Atlantic, BEENEXT and World Innovation Lab Wil, and 2 more on record.
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$13MSeries B$96MSecondaryJapan · Funded startup
Who invested in SmartHR
2 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Raised 12 months agoValuation: $1.6B, Mar 2026
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$109Mraised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources
$13MSeries B$96MSecondary
- Latest round
- Secondary, $96MNov 2025
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- 7.2×
- Investors
- 7 (1 led)
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series B, $13M Jan 2018
- Biggest round
- $96M Secondary · Nov 2025
- Between rounds
- 7.8 years from the last two
The rounds
- Nov 2025Secondary$96M6 new
Source recorded
- Jan 2018
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Everyone who backed them
500 Startups JapanVC firm1round, led 1
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Also claim to have backed them
These 2 firms list SmartHR as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about SmartHR
How much has SmartHR raised?
SmartHR has raised $109M across 2 rounds since 2018.
When did SmartHR last raise?
SmartHR's most recent round was a Secondary of $96M in Nov 2025.
What was SmartHR's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $96M in Nov 2025, is also its largest on record.
Who backed SmartHR first?
SmartHR's first round on record, in Jan 2018, was backed by 500 Startups Japan.
What stage is SmartHR at?
SmartHR's latest named round is a Secondary, in Nov 2025.
Where is SmartHR based?
SmartHR is based in Japan.
Who led SmartHR's rounds?
500 Startups Japan led the Series B in 2018.
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