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PRONI Inc.

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PRONI Inc. operates "PRONI Aimitsu," a BtoB order placement and receiving platform. It develops a comprehensive platform that optimally matches ordering companies (mainly SMEs) with receiving companies (providers of IT services, SaaS, AI, BPO, etc.). Founded in 2012, the company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market in December 2025. It has achieved a cumulative total of over 680,000 successful matches, with 250,000 ordering companies and over 1,000 billed receiving companies (as of December 2025). Its comprehensive model, spanning a broad range of categories including SaaS, AI, DX, system development, sales promotion, HR, and general office administration, is a key characteristic. The company positions the resolution of management challenges facing SMEs—labor shortages, declining productivity, and insufficient sales capabilities—at the core of its business.

Business Model

Use by ordering companies is free of charge, and revenue is earned from contracting companies through three forms of charges: matching fees (volume-based), monthly fees (fixed-rate), and other fees (initial costs, contract fees, etc.). Sales are composed of "number of billed contracting companies × contracting company ARPU," and for FY2025 (ending December 2025), contracting company ARPU was ¥3,416 thousand on an annualized basis (up 70% year on year). The matching system, which combines human support via DX Concierge Service with AI and databases, is the source of added value.

Company Strengths

The company has a cumulative total of 680,000 matching transactions, 250,000 ordering companies, and over 1,000 billed contracted companies (as of December 2025). In the BtoB platform market, where niche-specific players are common, a comprehensive model spanning SaaS, AI, DX, HR, and office administration is rare, and the annual securities report states that this functions as a barrier to entry.

In FY2025 (ending December 2025), the number of matching transactions reached 165 thousand (up 42% year on year), while ARPU of contracted companies reached ¥3,416 thousand (up 70% year on year), with both key KPIs expanding significantly at the same time. ARPU increased approximately 3.5-fold, from ¥979 thousand in Q1 FY2022 (ending December 2022) to ¥3,407 thousand in Q4 FY2025 (ending December 2025), providing numerical confirmation of the platform's rising value.

The company holds a database of over 680,000 cumulative matching transactions and data from approximately 250,000 ordering companies accumulated since its founding. By using AI to analyze multi-layered data such as project type, transaction scale, management issues, and the track record of contracted companies, the company achieves highly precise matching. The annual securities report states that this data asset constitutes a management resource that is difficult for competitors to replicate in a short period of time.

ENVALITH's Perspective

Q1 FY2026 revenue of ¥978 million represents 22.5% progress against the full-year forecast of ¥4,343 million. Operating profit of ¥154 million represents 19.0% progress against the full-year forecast of ¥812 million, which is somewhat low, but this is broadly within expectations when considering the seasonality of the bonus provision (in Q1, expenses appear low due to provision reversals, while they accumulate from Q2 onward). No change to the full-year earnings forecast (maintaining the figures announced on February 13, 2026). Whether the high growth of ARPU, up 74.4% year-on-year, can be sustained is key to achieving the full-year target.

In terms of market environment, the expansion of the DX market from approximately ¥4.0 trillion to ¥8.0 trillion, and the expansion of the SaaS market from approximately ¥1.7 trillion to ¥2.9 trillion, are medium- to long-term tailwinds. On the other hand, revenue concentration in a single platform and single segment remains a risk. If client companies' sales and marketing budgets are cut during an economic downturn, ARPU could decline sharply. Price competition arising from the emergence of competing platforms and the entry of major IT companies also warrants close attention.

In Q1 FY2026, against ordinary profit of ¥154 million, quarterly net profit was ¥177 million, resulting in a reversal phenomenon. This occurred because income taxes, etc. came to negative ¥22 million (a tax expense refund), mainly due to the recognition of deferred tax assets (balance of ¥311 million at Q1-end). This is a quarter-specific accounting treatment based on estimates of the effective tax rate, and is expected to normalize on a full-year basis. It is appropriate for investors to assess underlying performance based on operating profit and ordinary profit rather than quarterly net profit.

Growth Strategy

Pursuing revenue maximization in the DX and SaaS domains through the simultaneous expansion of matching volume and ARPU

Strengthening a multi-faceted channel strategy combining online and offline approaches to create order opportunities for ordering companies. In Q1 FY2026 (ending March 2026), the number of matches achieved grew 22.5% year-on-year to 43 thousand cases, demonstrating the effectiveness of these initiatives in tangible results.

Capturing the sales and marketing budgets of order-receiving companies through initiatives to improve the quality and added value of matching. In Q1 FY2026 (ending March 2026), ARPU for order-receiving companies rose sharply by 74.4% year-on-year to ¥3,847 thousand, becoming a key driver of revenue growth.

Focusing on strengthening matching for IT tools and other solutions that contribute to DX transformation and AI utilization among small and medium-sized enterprises. Against the backdrop of the mid-to-long-term expansion of the DX market from approximately ¥4.0 trillion to ¥8.0 trillion and the SaaS market from approximately ¥1.7 trillion to ¥2.9 trillion, increasingly active investment by order-receiving companies on the platform has been confirmed.

Last updated: July 17, 2026