Bgrass

bgrass Inc. is a Japanese technology company dedicated to resolving gender disparities in the IT industry through its specialized career platforms. Founded on July 6, 2022, by CEO and CTO Tae Ham, the company aims to create a world where individuals can pursue their ambitions without being limited by bias. Ham, a Korean-Japanese engineer, established bgrass based on her personal experiences with ethnic and gender-based discrimination in the workforce. Her journey as a minority and a woman in a male-dominated field inspired her to build solutions that address systemic biases preventing fair evaluation and opportunities.

The company's core service is "WAKE Career," a high-skill recruiting and career support platform tailored for female engineers in Japan. It connects them with companies that are actively committed to gender diversity, which is verified through bgrass's proprietary "Gender Diversity Diagnostic" that assesses the work environment. Beyond job matching, WAKE Career provides career coaching, a community for female engineers, and skill-building resources to empower its users. The platform's business model includes fees for job placements and providing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) consulting services to employers to help them improve their hiring processes and organizational structures. The company also operates "WAKE Freelance," which supports women in finding flexible work arrangements.

To further its mission, bgrass is developing "Fair Pass," an AI-powered analytics tool designed to identify and mitigate unconscious bias in corporate recruitment processes. This tool analyzes hiring data to pinpoint bottlenecks and promote equitable evaluation, helping companies avoid the loss of talented candidates. bgrass has successfully raised capital to fuel its growth, including a seed round of 85.5 million yen in April 2024 and a pre-series A round of 125 million yen in August 2025 from investors such as CyberAgent Capital and NEXTBLUE. These funds are allocated to expanding its career support services and accelerating the development of Fair Pass.

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