# Timee

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/timee

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan
- Website: https://timee.co.jp
- Total disclosed funding: $58M
- Latest round: Series D (Sep 15, 2021)
- Investors on record: 26

## About

Founded in 2017 and based in Tokyo, Japan, Timee, Inc. provides a skimmer byte service that matches people who want to work immediately with businesses that require immediate labor. The services enable workers to work immediately by selecting the job they want to work in and receive compensation immediately after work. Businesses only need to register the time they want to come and the skills they want, and workers who meet the conditions will be automatically matched. 

Ogawa Ryo, President and CEO of the company, is a member of the Rikkyo University Faculty of Business Administration. He experienced being a student president when he was in junior high and high school, and learned the fun of planning, and was an intern at onebox / CROOZ Co., Ltd.  He started a folk food service with friends before entering university, but he gave up without growing the business. After that, he started a student group with the desire to produce entrepreneurs in Rikkyo. In addition, after a 6-month internship at Recruit and a cyber internship in summer, he participated in the 2016 Keio Business Contest KBC and won the championship. Launched Recole Co., Ltd. over Silicon Valley with a prize of 1 million yen. However, he abandoned the service due to the difficulty of the fashion industry structure and hesitation about his own service. After that, he taught himself programming and design, and in March 2018, he came up with the business model of Timee, changed the company name, and restarted.

## Funding rounds

- Series D, Sep 15, 2021, $36M — Itochu, Global Brain, Mizuho Capital, Kadensa Capital, Seiga Asset Management, Keyrock Capital Management, Signifiant
- Series B, Oct 31, 2019, $18M — JAFCO Group, Prologis, SBI Investment, MIXI, IMM Investment, SBS Group, Nexyz Corporation, JR East Start Up, Renaissance Capital Group, GOSSO Co.,Ltd., KIDS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd., The CFO Consulting, WDI GROUP, TRANSIT GENERAL OFFICE INC.
- Series A, Jan 10, 2019, $2.8M — Orient Corporation Co., Ltd., CyberAgent, Inc., Seven Bank, Ltd., Seibu Shinkin Capital, EN-Japan Inc.

## Investors

- Orient Corporation Co., Ltd. — Series A
- CyberAgent, Inc. — Series A
- Seven Bank, Ltd. — Series A
- Seibu Shinkin Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/seibu-shinkin-capital) — Series A
- EN-Japan Inc. — Series A
- JAFCO Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jafco-group) — Series B
- Prologis (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/prologis) — Series B
- SBI Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sbi-investment) — Series B
- MIXI — Series B
- IMM Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/imm-investment) — Series B
- SBS Group — Series B
- Nexyz Corporation — Series B
- JR East Start Up (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jr-east-start-up) — Series B
- Renaissance Capital Group (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/renaissance-capital-group) — Series B
- GOSSO Co.,Ltd. — Series B
- KIDS HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. — Series B
- The CFO Consulting — Series B
- WDI GROUP — Series B
- TRANSIT GENERAL OFFICE INC. — Series B
- Itochu — Series D
- Global Brain (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/global-brain) — Series D
- Mizuho Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mizuho-capital) — Series D
- Kadensa Capital — Series D
- Seiga Asset Management — Series D
- Keyrock Capital Management (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/keyrock-capital-management) — Series D
- Signifiant (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/signifiant) — Series D