NexusAdvisors
Category: AI Agents
Japanese HR-tech startup operating AVACAREER, Japan's first AI×AI interview recruitment platform where candidate and company AI agents interview each other to score fit. NexusAdvisors was founded in 2024. The company is led by 山本 稔 (Jin Yamamoto). Based in Tokyo, Japan. Team size: 1-10. Total funding raised: $330K. Latest round: Seed. Key investors include Skyland Ventures, ANOBAKA, East Ventures.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Tokyo, Japan
- Team size
- 1-10
- Total funding
- $330K
Value proposition
Automates ~90% of the recruitment process by having a candidate's AI avatar and a company's AI interviewer converse first, scoring skill match, culture fit, and working-style fit before any human interview — so only high-fit candidates reach human decision-makers.
Products and solutions
AVACAREER for Candidates (AI avatar that interviews on the candidate's behalf), AVACAREER for Companies (AI interviewer that screens 24/7), Conversational AI development services (対話型AI開発).
Unique value
Japan's first recruitment platform where both company and candidate AI agents autonomously converse and match, freeing humans to focus only on final decision-making.
Target customer
Companies (HR/recruiting teams) and job seekers in Japan's mid-career (中途採用) hiring market.
Industries served
HR Tech / Recruitment (mid-career hiring)
Technology advantage
Proprietary conversational AI design where candidate avatars learn background/values/preferences through dialogue and company AI interviewers encode hiring criteria and culture, enabling 24/365 AI-to-AI matching and multi-dimensional fit scoring.
How they differentiate
Unlike single-sided AI interview tools, AVACAREER is a two-sided platform where both the company's AI interviewer AND the candidate's AI avatar converse with each other, automating the entire funnel from job posting to text interview — a structure the company claims is first in Japan.
Main competitors
HERP AI Recruiter, People X AI面接, harutaka, SHaiN, Our AI面接, MiAI, AI RECOMEN, HireVue
Key partnerships
SalesDex partnership (sales know-how × development capability), investors ANOBAKA, East Ventures, Skyland Ventures.
Major milestones
Founded Oct 2024 as 株式会社NexusAdvisors, SalesDex partnership Jan 2025, 藤井翔太 appointed Director May 2025, corporate site rebrand/renewal Sep 2025, raised ¥50M seed (ANOBAKA, East Ventures; Skyland existing) announced Aug 4 2026, official AVACAREER release planned Aug 2026
Market positioning
Early-stage Japanese HR-tech startup positioning AVACAREER as a new standard for AI-agent-driven recruitment in Japan's mid-career hiring market.
Geographic focus
Japan (domestic)
About 山本 稔 (Jin Yamamoto)
Founder & CEO of NexusAdvisors (est. Oct 2024); early personal branding used HRBANK (Wantedly/Twitter handle) with a planned Jan 2026 rename to HRバンク that did not occur; Komazawa University Faculty of Law (expected 2027); Okayama High School (grad. 2023); U25 business contest in Okayama grand prize (July 2025).
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Official website: https://nexusadvisors.co.jp/