Driver Technologies Inc., which is challenging the transformation of the non-desk industry through AI and DX, raised 550 million yen in a Series A round in March 2025. In addition to additional investment from existing shareholders, Boost Capital No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, established by Takao Ozawa, former President and CEO of Yahoo Japan Corporation, Gogin Skyland Next No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, jointly operated by San-in Godo Bank Ltd. and Skyland Ventures, KCAP Venture No. 1 Investment Limited Partnership, operated by Kyoto Capital Partners Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Kyoto Financial Group Co., Ltd., which owns Kyoto Bank Ltd., and East Ventures No. 5 Investment Limited Partnership (East Ventures No. 4 Investment Limited Partnership at the time of the previous investment), have newly participated in Driver Technologies as shareholders.
With the mission of “creating a legendary company that will be remembered for generations to come,” we have been providing matching solutions to logistics and transportation companies nationwide using AI and DX to improve the utilization rate of their owned vehicles since January 2022. As of March 2025, we are one of the largest driver-specific matching platform services in Japan in terms of the number of companies that have adopted our service, the number of registered drivers, and the number of matching advisors.
Until around 2023, it was mainly used in the driver industry, but in the past two years or so, in addition to the steady growth and expansion of that industry, it has accelerated its expansion into new industries such as infrastructure, construction, and manufacturing, and has evolved from a driver-specific matching platform service to a non-desk worker matching platform service.
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In addition, through a third-party allotment of new shares of over 100 million yen carried out in 2023, the company was able to develop and implement algorithm modules that utilize AI, thereby improving business efficiency by streamlining matching operations and expanding digital transformation support products for adopting companies.This has laid the groundwork for the company to take a leap forward as a matching platform service for non-desk workers, and so it has now raised additional funds in a Series A round.
The 550 million yen raised this time will be used to further strengthen the organizational structure and achieve the goal of listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market.
SOURCE: PRTimes
