Investment Summary

General Atlantic Invests In SmartHR

On November 17, 2025, growth capital firm General Atlantic invested in staffing company SmartHR

Investment Highlights
  • This is General Atlantic’s 4th transaction in the Staffing sector.
  • This is General Atlantic’s 1st transaction in Japan.

Investment Summary

Date 2025-11-17
Target SmartHR
Sector Staffing
Investor(s) General Atlantic
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

SmartHR

Tokyo, Japan
SmartHR offers a cloud-based software platform that helps companies in Japan automate HR and labour management tasks (such as onboarding, contracts, attendance, payroll, evaluations, and analytics). SmartHR was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

General Atlantic

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Category Growth Capital Firm
Founded 1980
PE ASSETS 105.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

General Atlantic is a large private equity firm that invests globally in growth-oriented public and private companies. Broad areas of interest include financial services, media and consumer, healthcare, enterprise solutions, communications and electronics, and energy. General Atlantic looks to invest $40 to $400 million in transactions that support growth, expansions, buy-outs, consolidations and build-ups. General Atlantic seeks to make 8 to 12 investments per year with an investment horizon of five to ten years. The Firm's geographic coverage spans North America; Europe; Asia/Pacific; and India. General Atlantic was formed in 1980 and is based in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 364 of 364
Sector: Staffing M&A 4 of 4
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 42 of 42
Country: Japan M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2025 M&A 6 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-09-24 Amount

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Amount is a financial technology company born out of disruption and built for speed. Amount partner with banks and financial institutions to rapidly digitize their financial infrastructure and optimize growth opportunities in the modern world of banking. Amount is based in Chicago, Illinois.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2025-11-19 Chronosphere

New York, New York, United States

Chronosphere is a cloud-native data monitoring platform built on M3. Chronosphere was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

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