CrowdWorks

CrowdWorks

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Overview

CrowdWorks is one of the biggest crowdsourcing services and growing rapidly in Japan. Registered developers/designers can apply to more than 70 kinds of projects/tasks, from development of iPhone(iOS) and Android Apps, to website and logo designs.

CrowdWorks is used by over 25,000 companies, including Japanese ministries and publicly traded companies. They offer new work style to 130,000 users.

CrowdWorks won IVS Launch Pad 2012 Spring. Trusted by Nikkei Business Publications Inc., CrowdWorks was selected as one of the influential 100 companies that will improve Japan in the next generation.

The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

Highlights

Founded

2011

Industry

Software

Employees

51-100

Investment

8

Lead Investment

4

Exits

2

Stages

Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

Asia

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

CrowdWorks, established in 2011 and headquartered in Asia., specializes in Late Stage Venture, Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across SaaS, Developer APIs, Crowdsourcing, Language Learning, Financial Services, Venture Capital, Finance, Semiconductor, Biotechnology, E-Commerce. The organization boasts a portfolio of 9 investments, with an average round size of $4.6M and 2 successful exits. Their recent investments include Gengo, Intel Capital, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital, IRIS, Infocomm Investments. The highest investment round they participated in was $2.3B. Among their most notable exits are Gengo and Intel Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Koichiro Yoshida

Koichiro Yoshida

Founder & CEO

imagePlace Orui Koichi

Orui Koichi

Executive officer

imagePlace Mitsuhiro Kimura

Mitsuhiro Kimura

Executive Officer

imagePlace Akira Yumiyama

Akira Yumiyama

CTO

imagePlace Hiroshi Mukai

Hiroshi Mukai

Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member

imagePlace Narita Shuzo

Narita Shuzo

Executive Vice President & COO

Investment portfolio

CrowdWorks has made 8 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 13, 2017, when Tomaruba raised $730.6K.

investments

8

Diversity investments

0

Lead investments

4

Number of exits

2

Investments

8

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Nov 13, 2017
Tomaruba Tomaruba
Real Estate730.6K
Jan 20, 2018
Sribu Sribu
E-Commercenull
Oct 25, 2020
OPSION OPSION
Internetnull
Nov 26, 2021
DoctorWorks DoctorWorks
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Exits

2

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

8

Investors

11

Funds

0

Funding Rounds

8

CrowdWorks has raised 8 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 26, 2021 from a Seed Round - DoctorWorks round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Nov 13, 2017
Venture Round - Tomaruba Venture Round - Tomaruba
-730.6K-
Jan 20, 2018
Series A - Sribu Series A - Sribu
-0-
Oct 25, 2020
Pre Seed Round - OPSION Pre Seed Round - OPSION
-0-
Nov 26, 2021
Seed Round - DoctorWorks Seed Round - DoctorWorks
-0-

Investors

15

CrowdWorks is funded by 15 investor(s). TECH PROGRESS Japan and Recruit Strategic Partners Kantor are the most recent investors.

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
fund image OTPPLESS
1.0M

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