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HERP: Funding, Investors & Team (Aug 2026)

HERP is a recruitment management platform that accelerates digital talent recruitment.

herp.co.jp LinkedIn Tokyo, Japan 51-100 employees Founded 2017
Total raised
$11.9M
Rounds
1
Latest
Series C
Aug 2026

HERP has raised $11.9M across 1 funding round on record, the most recent a Series C of $11.9M announced in Aug 2026.

That round is above the $4.3M median round size for Japan companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

HERP Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$11.9M
across 1 round on record
Funding rounds on record
1
Latest funding round
Series C
$11.9M in Aug 2026
Employees
51-100
reported band
Founded
2017
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Investors on record
10
5 named below

Latest funding round on record: Aug 2026.

HERP Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Series C
$11.9M

HERP Investors

JIC Venture Growth Investments DNX Ventures Japan Finance Corporation DCM Ventures Money Forward

10 investors are recorded in total; the 5 named above are those the record identifies.

HERP Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Ryutaro Kawai
Product Owner
Locked
Ryo Tokunaga
取締役COO
Locked

Contact details for the HERP team: 2 of 2 have an email address on file, 2 have a LinkedIn profile.

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HERP Funding in Context

Segment
Companies
Median round
319
$4.3M
1,814
$58M

HERP's latest round of $11.9M is above the median round in Japan. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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HERP Funding FAQs

What does HERP do?

HERP is a recruitment management platform that accelerates digital talent recruitment.

How much funding has HERP raised?

HERP has raised $11.9M across 1 round on record. The most recent is a Series C of $11.9M announced in Aug 2026.

When did HERP last raise funding?

HERP's most recent funding round on record is a Series C of $11.9M, announced in Aug 2026.

Who has invested in HERP?

Investors on record for HERP include JIC Venture Growth Investments, DNX Ventures, Japan Finance Corporation, DCM Ventures, Money Forward. FundedIQ records 10 investors in total.

Where is HERP headquartered?

HERP is based in Tokyo, Japan.

How many employees does HERP have?

HERP is in the 51-100 employee band.

When was HERP founded?

HERP was founded in 2017.

About FundedIQ's HERP Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for HERP is left off this page rather than filled in.

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