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Business Details

The company provides "GROW360," which scientifically measures and visualizes the character traits, competencies, and skills of employees and job candidates using an AI-powered engine, primarily to large enterprises. It combines this with consulting services that support clients end-to-end from skill-map development through measuring the ROI of human capital investment, operational support for the industry-academia collaborative "Human Capital Theory Empirical Research Council," and reskilling services such as DX Training, thereby enabling strategic human resource management for companies. Through a business alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and a capital and business alliance with the Plutus Group, the company is expanding its customer base and service scope.

Recent Overview

Segment income turned profitable in FY2026 (ending March 2026), with revenue up 18.3% year on year

In FY2026 (ending March 2026), HR Business revenue was ¥282 million (up 18.3% year on year), and segment income showed a significant improvement to a profit of ¥72 million (versus a loss of ¥22 million in the prior period). This was driven by capturing digital reskilling demand through the resumption of DX Training. In addition, in the third quarter of the current fiscal year, the company entered into a capital and business alliance with the Plutus Group and began joint development of human capital due diligence and joint deployment of human capital management consulting. As human capital information disclosure shifts toward a phase focused on return on investment (ROI), the number of companies participating in skill-map development-related seminars continues to increase.

Key Products

Growth Drivers

• Expanding corporate demand for measuring and disclosing human capital ROI, driven by the government-led sophistication of human capital information disclosure requirements (calls for greater comparability and alignment with management strategy)
• Expansion of the talent assessment and development market driven by the "Trinity of Labor Market Reforms" (reskilling support, introduction of job-based HR systems, and facilitation of labor mobility)
• Expansion of the large-enterprise customer base through the business alliance with Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
• Full-scale expansion into human capital due diligence and consulting through the capital and business alliance with the Plutus Group
• Capturing digital reskilling demand through the resumption of DX Training
• Expanding inquiries driven by the continued increase in the number of companies participating in skill-map development-related seminars

Risks

• Risk of quality or delivery-schedule issues with the new product (GROW360+) (an issue that actually occurred in the prior period, resulting in an 30.4% year-on-year decline in revenue)
• Risk of demand decline due to client companies' moves to curb hiring- and training-related costs
• Risk of a decrease in the number of companies participating in the "Human Capital Theory Empirical Research Council"
• Seasonality risk arising from revenue recognition being concentrated in specific quarters (impact on cash flow)
• Risk that a material event related to the going-concern assumption exists at the group-wide level, leaving uncertainty regarding business continuity