History

  • 2008

    05

    Founded Japan Operation Lab, Inc. (to be kaonavi, inc.)

  • 2012

    04

    Initiated ‘kaonavi’ business

  • 2013

    05

    Renamed the Company to kaonavi, inc.

  • 2016

    06

    ‘kaonavi’ was awarded the Good Design Award of 2016

  • 2017

    03

    Received capital injection from Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

  • 04

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market two years in a row*1

  • 05

    companies using ‘kaonavi’ reached the 500 mark

  • 08

    ‘kaonavi’ was awarded the Excellence of integrated management service at ‘the 2nd HR Technology Awards’

  • 12

    Established ‘kaonavi HR Technology Research Institute’ to conduct researches and communicate information related to organization and human resource

  • 2018

    03

    ‘kaonavi’ recorded the top share within HR & Placement Cloud in the HR Tech cloud market*2

  • 04

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market three years in a row*1

  • 05

    companies using ‘kaonavi’ reached the 1,000 mark

  • 07

    Set up Osaka Office as a sales hub for Kansai area

  • 11

    Set up Nagoya Office as a sales hub for Chubu area

  • ‘kaonavi’ was awarded the Best Innovation Prize of the ASP & SaaS core operation system at ‘the 12th ASPIC IoT & AI & Cloud Awards 2018’

  • 2019

    02

    Certified as a company with Health and Productivity Management 2019 in the large enterprise category

  • 03

    Listed the shares on Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers(Currently listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth due to TSE market restructuring)

  • ‘kaonavi’ recorded the top share within HR & Placement Cloud in the HR Tech cloud market two years in a row*3

  • 06

    Started ‘kaonavi Connected Partner Program‘ to expand partnership for improving usability of customers

  • Launched ‘kaonavi Next Fund’ for capital and business alliance with startups

  • 08

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market four years in a row*1

  • 2020

    01

    ‘kaonavi’ recorded the top share within HR & Placement Cloud in the HR Tech cloud market three years in a row*4

  • 03

    Certified as a company with Health and Productivity Management 2020 in the large enterprise category two years in a row

  • 06

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market five years in a row*1

  • Set up Fukuoka Office as a sales hub for Kyushu area

  • 2021

    02

    companies using ‘kaonavi’ reached the 2,000 mark

  • 03

    Certified as a company with Health and Productivity Management 2021 in the large enterprise category three years in a row

  • 05

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market six years in a row*1

  • Launched ‘kaonavi Government Cloud’ specialized applications for government agencies

  • 12

    Registered with ‘Information system Security Management and Assessment Program (ISMAP)’

  • 2022

    01

    Started ‘kaonavi Campus’ the place to learn from each other about best practice of talent management

  • 05

    Launched the beta version of the ‘Creative Map’ feature

  • ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market seven years in a row*1

  • 06

    Implemented brand renewal based on purpose

  • 2023

    01

    Opened ‘kaonavi Town’, a site where you can experience a futuristic city

  • Launched the ‘Custom Gadget’ feature

  • 02

    Started sustainability page

  • 03

    companies using ‘kaonavi’ reached the 3,000 mark

  • 05

    ‘kaonavi’ marked the top share in the domestic talent management system market eight years in a row*1

  1. ITR ‘ITR Market View: Human capital management 2023’ Human capital management market: Revenue by vender (2015-2022 forecast), ‘kaonavi’ is on the top of the share eight years in a row
  2. MIC Research Institute ‘HR Tech Cloud Market Reality and Predictions 2017’ Share by shipping count
  3. MIC Research Institute ‘HR Tech Cloud Market Reality and Predictions 2018’ Share by shipping count
  4. MIC Research Institute ‘HR Tech Cloud Market Reality and Predictions 2019’ Share by shipping count