XAION DATA Inc., developer of the passive talent approach tool "AUTOHUNT," will co-host an online seminar on May 27, 2025, in collaboration with Potentialight Inc. and HireRoo Inc. The event is titled "Is Your Current Engineer Hiring Strategy Right? Global Standards Tech Companies Should Know" and will explore modern approaches to engineer hiring based on global trends and market insights.

The seminar targets HR professionals, engineers, CTOs, and company executives seeking to improve hiring outcomes. Discussions will cover current issues in tech hiring and introduce practical strategies for effective recruitment that align with international standards.

Speakers include Mr. Kazuki Yamane, CEO of Potentialight, who specializes in startup hiring strategies; Mr. Yasuhide Sato, CEO of XAION DATA, known for leveraging open data with AI; and Mr. Yoshito Takashiba, COO of HireRoo, who focuses on automating technical interviews for engineers.

The session will be held via Zoom and is free of charge, but registration is required. Participation may be restricted for sales-oriented attendees or competitors of the host companies.

XAION DATA supports efficient hiring and sales processes through AI-powered analysis of open data. Potentialight provides end-to-end HR solutions for startups, while HireRoo offers "HireRoo," a platform that automates skill assessments during tech interviews.

This event promises to offer valuable insights for companies looking to refine their engineer recruitment approach.

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Futureshop Inc. announced that it has begun integrating the site speed optimization tool "Repro Booster," developed by Repro Inc., into its SaaS-based e-commerce site building platform "futureshop." Through this partnership, merchants using "futureshop" and "futureshop omni-channel" can now leverage "Repro Booster for futureshop" to significantly improve website display speeds.

"Repro Booster" requires only a single tag to be installed, making it possible to deploy without the need for engineers or additional development resources. It uses patented click prediction and prefetching technology to cache pages that users are likely to visit next and automatically converts images to next-generation formats like WebP and AVIF to enhance site loading speed.

The tool also offers A/B testing to visualize the impact of implementation. In actual use cases, sites implementing Repro Booster reported an average 30.5% improvement in LCP (Largest Contentful Paint), a key Core Web Vitals SEO metric.

"futureshop" by Futureshop allows EC managers to freely customize site design and update content while offering features to promote customer loyalty. Additionally, "futureshop omni-channel" enables seamless integration of customer data from both physical and online stores, facilitating more effective digital marketing strategies.

Founded in 2010, Futureshop Inc. is headquartered in Kita-ku, Osaka City, and provides e-commerce support services and platform development and operations for merchants.

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Medicalforce Inc. has announced the release of "Keiei Kanri Pro," a new feature within its all-in-one clinic SaaS platform "medicalforce," in May 2025. The feature allows clinics to visualize key business metrics such as revenue forecasts, revisit rates, and resource utilization rates. "medicalforce" offers a comprehensive suite of services for private practice, plastic surgery, and dermatology clinics, including appointment management, accounting optimization, LINE integration, and optimized booking functions.

The new functionality addresses prior limitations by enabling detailed, customizable data analysis, helping clinics improve operations and increase revenue. "Keiei Kanri Pro" enables revenue analysis and cross-tabulation from reservation data, patient data, and financial information, providing the ability to build customized dashboards tailored to clinic-specific needs.

Clinics can analyze metrics such as room, equipment, and staff utilization rates, counseling conversion rates and unit prices, revisit rates and lifetime value by procedure, as well as monthly revenue forecasts. These insights support data-driven decision making for clinic management. "medicalforce" has been adopted by over 550 clinics across Japan and holds the No.1 position for electronic medical record installations.

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Medicalforce Inc. develops and operates "medicalforce" and the security service provider SaaS "Keibi Force."

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Apps Inc. announced that its digital content payment SaaS platform "Apps" reached a total transaction volume of 5,008,037,888 yen as of May 10, 2025. The service grew by approximately 826 million yen in just 87 days since surpassing 4 billion yen on February 12, 2025, maintaining an average daily growth of 9.5 million yen.

Key drivers of this growth include early adoption of 3D Secure 2.0 leading to an increase in high-value transactions, enhanced corporate management features that accelerated adoption by large companies, improved Discord integration boosting subscription community revenues, and the addition of bank transfer subscription payments that expanded the user base.

Looking ahead, the company plans to introduce multi-account support for operators with multiple businesses, dollar payment support to aid international expansion, a revenue sharing function for joint ventures, the launch of an "Apps Coin" to build its own digital economy, API and SDK development to support individual developers, and enhancements using AI agents for further functionality improvements.

Founded in 2008, Apps Inc. is headquartered in Osaka, Japan, and aims to expand the digital content market by providing advanced payment solutions through its "Apps" platform.

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Antipattern Inc. announced that it will exhibit its BtoB SaaS support platform "SaaSus Platform" at AWS Summit Japan 2025, to be held at Makuhari Messe from June 25 to 26, 2025. This event is one of Japan’s largest gatherings for learning about Amazon Web Services (AWS) and for networking among cloud technology enthusiasts.

The company will participate as a Silver Sponsor. CEO Yukyo Kozasa will give a presentation titled "The Future of B2B SaaS Development in the Era of AI Agents." At its booth, Antipattern will showcase the "SaaSus Platform" and the professional service "10 Days SaaSification for AWS," which transforms packaged software into SaaS within ten days. Demonstrations and actual customer use cases will also be provided.

During the event, visitors to the booth will receive original SaaSus Platform tote bags, stickers, and a beginner's guidebook on SaaS development titled "SaaS Development Guide: Basic and Tenant Edition."

SaaSus Platform offers essential capabilities for BtoB SaaS development, operations, and sales, specializing in areas such as authentication, authorization, and tenant management. Antipattern Inc. also operates in system development and engineer matching services and will continue to focus on providing cloud-based solutions to meet the needs of the market.

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immedio Inc. announced that its BtoB web engagement tool "immedio" has been adopted by IVRy Inc.

Faced with increasing lead volume and complex appointment coordination, IVRy sought a solution that would allow customers to schedule meetings independently. The implementation of immedio more than doubled the number of business meetings obtained without intervention from sales representatives.

As a result, sales teams could focus their efforts on high-value clients, leading to improved operational efficiency and service quality. In addition, the tool automatically assigns the most suitable sales personnel based on the information entered by the customer, achieving the ideal operation system envisioned by IVRy.

IVRy's product manager commented that the increase in tech-touch negotiations exceeded expectations, enabling both improved efficiency and quality.

immedio Inc. provides web engagement tools designed to streamline BtoB client interactions directly through company websites. The company aims to enhance the experience for both service providers and users, focusing on removing inefficiencies in business interactions and allowing companies to concentrate on value creation and delivery. It plans to continue contributing to optimizing business connections through its technology solutions.

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Findy Inc. has announced the addition of a new "Project Investment Analysis" feature to its engineer platform, "Findy Team+." This enhancement extends the service beyond development performance visualization to provide stronger support for management and development leaders in making strategic investment decisions. Findy Team+ uses proprietary technology to analyze data from GitHub, GitLab, Jira, and other platforms, evaluating development team performance based on international benchmarks and frameworks. The new feature classifies development resources into four categories: "New Features," "Feature Improvements," "Quality Assurance," and "Development Productivity," allowing teams to understand resource allocation and balance investments that drive outcomes.

With the rapid advancement of generative AI and the trend toward internal software development, many organizations face challenges in identifying bottlenecks and making optimal investment decisions. Findy Team+ helps address these issues by using AI to analyze development activity and investment patterns, supporting decision-making for tool selection, process improvements, and resource allocation between management and teams. Future updates will include automated calculation of development effort and conversion of investments into monetary values.

Founded in 2016, Findy Inc. specializes in technologies that visualize engineer skills and productivity worldwide. The company also offers services such as the engineer recruitment platform "Findy" and freelance matching service "Findy Freelance," helping address the global engineer talent shortage and driving digital transformation for companies. With this new feature, Findy Team+ is expected to further support companies in solving strategic challenges within their development environments.

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Realization Co., Ltd., a subsidy application support company with over 5 billion yen in total subsidy applications and more than 1,300 cases supported, has released a column introducing a success story of a SaaS implementation support company entering a new e-learning business using the business restructuring subsidy growth framework. The case features a company established in 2007 that successfully developed a new e-learning platform with the support of Realization.

The column details the reasons behind the decision to apply for subsidies, the specific steps taken for preparation, and the hands-on support provided by Realization, offering valuable insights for SMEs and sole proprietors considering subsidy applications.

Following the conclusion of the previous subsidy program, the new "New Business Expansion Subsidy" has been launched. This program supports SMEs that seek to enter new markets or high-value-added businesses by covering part of equipment and development costs, with a maximum subsidy of 90 million yen and a subsidy rate of 50%. Covered expenses include equipment, system development, technical introduction, advertising, and more. Realization provides expert consultation to help companies determine eligibility and how to utilize the program.

The company also offers free services such as AI-powered subsidy information alerts, expert matching, and regional and category-based subsidy searches. Users can set notification frequency and receive only the most relevant subsidy information.

Realization Co., Ltd., founded in 2017 and led by CEO Yohei Morigaki, provides comprehensive support for subsidy applications, from selection and preparation to documentation. The company remains committed to supporting the growth and challenges of SMEs.

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Speria Inc. announced the beta release of its new cloud-based service “AI Karute” on May 5, 2025. Designed for salons, clinics, and therapy centers, this service automatically records and converts in-session conversations into client records using AI, eliminating the need for manual note-taking after treatments.

By using a dedicated recording device, users can capture voice during sessions, and the system then generates standardized, customized client records accessible through PCs or smartphones. It also analyzes past conversations and visit history to automatically generate follow-up messages via LINE or email, helping increase customer retention.

The service was developed in response to feedback from professionals who spent over 50 hours monthly on handwritten records. Manual documentation often led to inconsistency and errors, making it difficult to personalize services or manage staff handovers. Speria solved this with a combination of speech recognition and CRM tools, ensuring efficient, high-quality documentation tailored to each business.

In trial deployments, the service reduced administrative time significantly and boosted repeat customer rates by 20%. AI Karute is now available from ¥15,000/month depending on the business size, with a special discount on initial fees available through the end of August. Speria plans to expand features and aims for adoption in 1,000 businesses nationwide.

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