Thinkings

HR Tech · Tokyo, JP

Applicant tracking system (sonar ATS)

Founders

Takashi Yoshida (Japan · ♂) — A Waseda economics graduate who moved through HR consulting and IT business at Sohshin, he founded Ignite Eye in 2013 and in 2020 merged it with Infodex to form Thinkings, maker of the sonar ATS recruitment platform.

Shares the most investors with (number = shared investors):

Date	Round	Amount
Jul 2025	Acquired by Visional Visional (BizReach) acquired Japanese ATS provider Thinkings (sonar ATS) for about JPY 14.01bn.	$90.4M
Jan 2021	Series A Thinkings, the Japanese maker of SONAR ATS, raised a JPY 950M Series A (equity and debt) from Incubate Fund, XTech Ventures, i-nest capital and Mizuho Capital.	—

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