palplat Raises 210 Million JPY in Pre-Series A Round
Beauty HR tech firm palplat raises 210 million JPY in Pre-Series A, bringing total funding to 420 million JPY.
📋 Article Processing Timeline
- 📰 Published: May 29, 2026 at 09:00
- 🔍 Collected: June 1, 2026 at 02:21 (65h 21m after Published)
- 🤖 AI Analyzed: June 1, 2026 at 22:05 (19h 44m after Collected)
palplat, a company specializing in HR tech for the cosmetics and beauty industry, has raised a total of 210 million JPY in a pre-series A round through a third-party allotment of shares. The investors include KUSABI 1st Investment Limited Partnership, PKSHA Algorithm 2nd Investment Limited Partnership, and angel investor Tomohiko Ishikawa. This brings the company's total cumulative funding since its founding to 420 million JPY.
With the capital raised, the company will accelerate product-market fit (PMF) development, including streamlining recruitment processes via AI agents, visualizing talent skills, implementing educational DX functions, and adding one-stop back-office features. Simultaneously, the company will scale its organizational structure through aggressive hiring.
To date, palplat has been addressing labor environment challenges in the beauty industry through services such as 'MakeMe Career' and the AI x Workforce platform 'MakeMe Cloud.' Moving forward, the company intends to evolve as an AI x Workforce platform that generates high-value experiences based on its proprietary talent database, with plans to expand globally, eyeing the Asian market.
With the capital raised, the company will accelerate product-market fit (PMF) development, including streamlining recruitment processes via AI agents, visualizing talent skills, implementing educational DX functions, and adding one-stop back-office features. Simultaneously, the company will scale its organizational structure through aggressive hiring.
To date, palplat has been addressing labor environment challenges in the beauty industry through services such as 'MakeMe Career' and the AI x Workforce platform 'MakeMe Cloud.' Moving forward, the company intends to evolve as an AI x Workforce platform that generates high-value experiences based on its proprietary talent database, with plans to expand globally, eyeing the Asian market.
FAQ
palplat株式会社による今回の資金調達額はいくらですか？
preシリーズAラウンドにおいて総額2.1億円の資金調達を実施しました。創業からの累計調達額は4.2億円です。
調達した資金の使途は何ですか？
AIエージェントを活用した採用プロセスの効率化、人材スキルの可視化、教育DX機能の実装、ワンストップなバックオフィス機能の実装などPMFに必要な機能開発と、採用強化による組織構築に充てられます。
palplat株式会社が提供しているプラットフォーム「メイクミークラウド」とはどのようなサービスですか？
化粧品・美容ブランド向けのAI×Workforceプラットフォームです。即戦力の美容人材のダイレクト採用、AIスキル診断によるマッチング、AIエージェントによるプロセス効率化、バックオフィス機能などを統合したサービスです。
今回の資金調達の引受先はどこですか？
KUSABI 1号投資事業有限責任組合、PKSHAアルゴリズム 2号投資事業有限責任組合、およびエンジェル投資家の石川聡彦氏です。
palplat株式会社の今後の展望は？
独自の人材データベースを主軸にプロセスデータを統合した高度なプラットフォームへの進化を目指すとともに、国内のみならずアジア圏を見据えたグローバル展開を視野に入れています。