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List of press releases : 2015

  • *Please note the contents of the press release/survey are as of the time of announcement and may differ from the latest information

December

Dec. 22, 2015 Announcement of Agreement for Acquisition of Shares in USG People N.V., a Staffing Company in the Netherlands
Dec. 16, 2015 The Internet Is Taking Over the Job Search Process
Dec. 02, 2015 Recruit Holdings releases "BRAIN PORTAL,"a new service for providing manufacturing support to hardware startups

November

Nov. 18, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Align Commerce Corporation, a provider of "Align Commerce," an international payment service using blockchain technology
Nov. 17, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in DataRobot Inc., a provider of GML platform and formed a business partnership with RIT, AI research laboratory of Recruit
Nov. 10, 2015 Financial Results for Q2 FY2015
Nov. 04, 2015 Alon Halevy, a world-renowned authority on data management and AI from Google Research to head Recruit Institute of Technology (RIT). Main research laboratory will be established in Silicon Valley in US.

October

Oct. 26, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Tokyo Otaku Mode Inc. which disseminates Japanese pop culture to the world, to popularize cross-border e-commerce services
Oct. 15, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Kabbage, Inc.,leading technology and data platform that provides automated lending

September

Sep. 10, 2015 Recruit Holdings supports webpage design contest of Rakuten flea market app Rakuma, organized by Rakuten to be held on 99designs, a firm invested in by Recruit

August

Aug. 26, 2015 Announcement of Conclusion of Absorption-Type Company Split Agreement concerning Company Split (Simplified Absorption-Type Split) of Wholly Owned Subsidiary "RGIP LLC"
Aug. 10, 2015 Financial Results for Q1 FY2015
Aug. 10, 2015 Notification of Grant of Stock Options (stock acquisition rights) to Board Directors and Corporate Executive Officers, Etc.

July

Jul. 22, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in FishBrain AB, an operator of the fishing results sharing SNS application FishBrain
Jul. 16, 2015 Recruit becomes the first Japanese company to collaborate with Kaggle, the world's largest community of data scientists, to hold a data prediction competition "RECRUIT Challenge - Coupon Purchase Prediction"
Jul. 14, 2015 Recruit Invests in HackerRank Premier Technical Recruitment Platform and Code Challenge Community Second US Investment of HR Technology Fund

June

Jun. 05, 2015 Announcement of Acquisition of Shares in Treatwell Holdings B.V., Operator of "Treatwell", an Online Beauty Reservation Service in Europe

May

May. 27, 2015 Announcement of Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
May. 27, 2015 Convocation Notice of the 55th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
May. 15, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in XICA Co., Ltd., a provider of statistical analysis tools that do not require specialized knowledge
May. 13, 2015 Financial Results for FY2014
May. 01, 2015 Announcement of Acquisition of Shares in Hotspring Ventures Limited, Operator of "Wahanda", an Online Beauty Reservation Service in Europe

April

Apr. 28, 2015 Announcement of Acquisition of Shares in Atterro, Inc. a U.S. staffing company
Apr. 22, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Gengo, Inc., a crowdsourcing translation service provider
Apr. 16, 2015 Notification of the Completion of Procedures for the 100% Acquisition of Australian HR Services Provider, Chandler Macleod
Apr. 16, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in 99designs, Inc., a crowdsourcing marketplace provider forging a connection between designers and businesses worldwide
Apr. 15, 2015 Recruit restructures Recruit Institute of Technology as Artificial Intelligence research laboratory
Apr. 09, 2015 Recruit Works Institute Has Released the Results of "Survey on Managers in Five Countries"

March

Mar. 06, 2015 Recruit Invests in Company with Automated Onboarding Solution for HR Industry First US Investment of HR Technology Fund
Mar. 05, 2015 Announcement of Acquisition of Shares in Quandoo GmbH, an Online Restaurant Reservation Service Provider in the EU countries including Germany

February

Feb. 25, 2015 Announcement of Appointment of Audit & Supervisory Board Member Candidates and Changes in Corporate Executive Officers and Professional Officers
Feb. 13, 2015 Financial Results for Q3 FY2014

January

Jan. 28, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in bitFlyer Inc., a bitcoin transaction service provider
Jan. 27, 2015 Recruit Holdings Launches Technology Fund Aimed at Human Resources Industry
Jan. 27, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Fishtree Inc., an education provider of a next generation adaptive learning platform
Jan. 27, 2015 Recruit Holdings invests in Tradeshift Holdings Inc. and Tradeshift Japan, Inc., providers of a business-to-business cloud platform
Jan. 15, 2015 Notification of Selection as a Loan Trading Issue
Jan. 14, 2015 Notification of the Conclusion of an Agreement for the 100% Acquisition of Australian HR Services Provider, Chandler Macleod
Jan. 14, 2015 Notification Concerning the 100% Acquisition of Australian IT Recruitment Company, Peoplebank
Jan. 06, 2015 The free POS cash register app AirREGI now supports 134 countries and regions

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