Professional Tech Capital Invests in Flucle Inc.

Professional Tech Capital, a corporate venture capital (CVC) run by Bengo4.com Inc., has invested in Flucle Inc., a company that supports digital transformation in the labor field. This investment is part of Professional Tech Capital’s strategy to expand its business areas by utilizing technology and knowledge in specialized fields, including the legal field.

Purpose and Background

Flucle’s vision is “Providing peace of mind to everyone through optimal labor management,” and it develops and provides the labor consultation platform “HRbase PRO.” Due to the increase in labor troubles, the number of labor-related lawsuits has increased fivefold in 30 years, and there are also legal reforms that need to be addressed.

Regardless of the size of the company, the man-hours of labor personnel are increasing year by year, and the knowledge and skills required are becoming more advanced. To solve such problems for labor personnel, “HRbase PRO” uses Flucle’s unique data and AI technology to provide support for the necessary knowledge and skills to all those involved in labor work, including social insurance labor consultants.

About Professional Tech Capital

We provide human resource and business support to professional entrepreneurs and start-up companies, along with investments from our own funds. Our investment target area includes domestic and overseas companies, and our investment target stage ranges from seed stage to mid stage.

We invest in companies that combine new technologies to provide new added value to professional fields such as lawyers, accountants, tax accountants, judicial scriveners, and corporate legal departments. We also provide various forms of support to our portfolio companies, including sales marketing and research support, advice on building recruitment organizations, and business planning support.

About Flucle Inc.

Company name: Flucle Inc.

Representative: Hiromichi Mita

Establishment date: September 1, 2015

Address: Sanctuary Court 3A, 2-1-19 Tanimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

Business description: Development and provision of labor consultation platform HRbase PRO

About Bengo4.com Inc.

Head Office: Kurosaki Building, 1-4 Roppongi 4-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Establishment date: July 4, 2005

Capital: 469 million yen (as of the end of June 2024)

Representative: Taichiro Motoei, President and CEO

Listed market: Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market

Business description: With the mission of “Creating the next standard with professional tech,” the company provides the portal sites “Bengoshi.com®️,” “Tax Accountant.com®️,” and “BUSINESS LAWYERS®️,” which connect people with experts, as well as the contract management platform “CloudSign®️.”