# Recruit Holdings: portfolio, investments and team > Recruit Holdings is a growth equity based in Japan. 19 investments on record, latest Oct 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Japan · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Recruit Holdings Last cheque observed Oct 2019. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds. Follow Recruit Holdings and see its new cheques in your feed. [Sign up free](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Frecruit-holdings) Quiet Growth equity Website unconfirmed Series C Venture Series E Digital Marketing Information Technology Internet Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 19 on record Since the last cheque **2583** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$42M** Rounds led **0 of 19** Sole investor **6 rounds** Exits **2 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 33%** Pitch Recruit Holdings ## Recruit Holdings highlights - 01 19 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series C and Venture: 57% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 6 rounds, median $7.5M - 04 2 exits from the portfolio ## What they do - **Type:** Growth equity (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Sectors:** Digital Marketing Information Technology Internet - **Based in:** Japan - **Cold pitches:** Not stated A website was listed for this organisation, but we could not confirm it belongs to the firm that wrote these cheques. Either the site never mentions them, or it turned out to be a different company sharing the name. We show neither it nor anything read from it. [Tell us the right one](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=recruit-holdings). ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **19 appearances** - **2019** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Skale Network](https://millionrounds.com/company/skale-network)** US · Siliconangle **$17M** With 6 others - **Feb** **[Presto](https://millionrounds.com/company/presto)** US · FinSMEs **$30M** With 3 others - **2018** 1 round - **Jun** **[TouchBistro](https://millionrounds.com/company/touchbistro)** Series D · CA · FinSMEs **$54M** With 3 others - **2017** 1 round - **Jan** **[SoundHound](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundhound)** US · FinSMEs **$75M** With 10 others - **2015** 5 rounds - **Aug** **[freee](https://millionrounds.com/company/freee)** Series C · JP **$30M** With 3 others - **Jul** **[HackerRank](https://millionrounds.com/company/hackerrank)** Series B **$7.5M** Sole investor - **Jun** **[Wahanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/wahanda)** Series E · GB **$73M** Sole investor - **May** **[Wahanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/wahanda)** Series D · GB **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Apr** **[Gengo](https://millionrounds.com/company/gengo)** Series C · JP **$5.4M** With 7 others - **2014** 9 rounds - **Oct** **[Quandoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/quandoo)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Oct** **[DocuSign](https://millionrounds.com/company/docusign)** Series E · US **$30M** With 8 others - **Sept** **[Udacity](https://millionrounds.com/company/udacity)** Series C · US **$35M** With 8 others - **Sept** **[Relux](https://millionrounds.com/company/relux)** Venture · JP **$3.1M** Sole investor - **Aug** **[trip.me](https://millionrounds.com/company/trip-me)** Series A · DE **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **Aug** **[Hachimenroppi](https://millionrounds.com/company/hachimenroppi)** Venture · JP **$4.4M** With 3 others - **Aug** **[Life is Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/life-is-tech)** Venture · JP **$3.2M** With 4 others - **May** **[Tripping.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/tripping-com)** Series A · US **Undisclosed** With 7 others - **May** **[Wongnai](https://millionrounds.com/company/wongnai)** TH **Undisclosed** Sole investor - **2013** 1 round - **Apr** **[Snapdeal](https://millionrounds.com/company/snapdeal)** Series C · IN · venturebeat.com **$75M** With 7 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team We hold **6** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **2 in all** **[Wahanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/wahanda)** Bought by [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) **$171M** May 2015 **[Quandoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/quandoo)** Bought by [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) **$219M** Mar 2015 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. ## Companies it bought Acquisitions by the firm itself **[Quipper](https://millionrounds.com/company/quipper)** **$39M** Jul 2015 **[Wahanda](https://millionrounds.com/company/wahanda)** **$171M** May 2015 **[Quandoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/quandoo)** **$219M** Mar 2015 ## The cheque Series C Venture Series E Median round joined **$42M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$7.5M** Led 0 of 19 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** 6 rounds - **Last cheque:** Oct 2019 - **Exits:** 2 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series C *4* - Venture *4* - Series E *2* - Series D *2* - Series A *2* Cheques by year Led Joined 2013 2019 Often in the room with - [Intel Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) 2 **Pitching Recruit Holdings?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Recruit Holdings. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Intel Capital** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/intel-capital) ## Recently backed The latest companies Recruit Holdings put money into. [**Presto** $30M · Feb 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/presto)[**SoundHound** $75M · Jan 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/soundhound) ## Mentioned on podcasts Episodes that name Recruit Holdings in their description, not their title. - [Superclusters](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/superclusters) 18 Mar 2024 · 1h 20m Diligence Questions: As Simple As They Are Complex | Youngrok Kim | Superclusters | S2E2 Mentions [ARCH Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/arch-venture-partners)[Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) Apple PodcastsShow page - [Growth Investor](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/growth-investor) 8 Jun 2021 · 22 min The Man Behind Mobile Engagement: CleverTap’s Sunil Thomas Mentions [Accel](https://millionrounds.com/fund/accel)[Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings)[Sequoia India](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-india) *+1* Apple PodcastsShow page - [The Official SaaStr Podcast](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/saastr) 31 Oct 2019 · 21 min SaaStr 279: Glassdoor CEO Robert Hohman on Building a $1B Marketplace With [Robert Hohman](https://millionrounds.com/person/robert-hohman) Mentions [Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings)[Neeraj Agrawal](https://millionrounds.com/person/neeraj-agrawal) Apple PodcastsShow page - [This Much I Know](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-much-i-know) 24 Jan 2018 · 50 min Daniel P. Glasner, Partner at Cherry Ventures, on the 'cookbook' for managing a salesforce Mentions [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures)[Recruit Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/recruit-holdings) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Recruit Holdings ### What does Recruit Holdings invest in? Recruit Holdings invests most often at Series C and Venture (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Digital Marketing, Information Technology and Internet. ### How active is Recruit Holdings? 19 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2019. ### What has Recruit Holdings invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Skale Network (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019), Presto (Undisclosed round, Feb 2019) and TouchBistro (Series D, Jun 2018). ### How big are Recruit Holdings's cheques? The median round it joins is $42M. ### Does Recruit Holdings lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 19 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Where does Recruit Holdings invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (33%), Japan (28%) and the United Kingdom (11%). ### Is Recruit Holdings investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2019. ### Who does Recruit Holdings invest alongside? Most often Intel Capital (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=recruit-holdings) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=recruit-holdings)