# SmartHR funding: rounds and investors > SmartHR has raised $109M across 2 rounds since 2018. Investors include 500 Startups Japan, East Ventures and General Atlantic. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/smarthr (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # 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. Cloud Raised 12 months ago Valuation: $1.6B, Mar 2026 Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$109M** raised across 2 rounds since 2018, from 2 sources **$13M** Series B **$96M** Secondary - **Latest round:** Secondary, $96M Nov 2025 - **Step-up i:** 7.2× - **Investors:** 7 (1 led) See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 **$13M** Series B **$96M** Secondary - **First round:** Series B, $13M - **Biggest round:** $96M - **Between rounds:** 7.8 years ## The rounds - **Nov 2025** Secondary **$96M** *6 new* [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [BEENEXT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beenext) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Coral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) Source recorded - **Jan 2018** Series B **$13M** *1 new* [500 Startups Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups-japan) Lead Reported by TechCrunch ## 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. **Series B** 2018 **Secondary** 2025 [500 Startups Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups-japan) L [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) [BEENEXT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beenext) [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) [Coral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital) [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) ## Everyone who backed them [500 Startups Japan](https://millionrounds.com/fund/500-startups-japan) VC firm **1** round, led 1 [East Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/east-ventures) VC firm **1** round [General Atlantic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-atlantic) Private equity **1** round [BEENEXT](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beenext) VC firm **1** round [World Innovation Lab Wil](https://millionrounds.com/fund/wil-world-innovation-lab) VC firm **1** round [Coral Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/coral-capital) VC firm **1** round [Shoko Chukin Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/shoko-chukin-bank) VC firm **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=smarthr). ## 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. [Light Street Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/light-street-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Beyond Net Zero](https://millionrounds.com/fund/beyond-net-zero-general-atlantic) Private equity Per its own site ## Quick answers about SmartHR ### 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. ### 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. ## Companies like SmartHR In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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