Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
56
/100
Business
News aggregation app
Founded
14 years ago
Jun 15, 2012
Valuation
$2.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
SmartNews is a News aggregation app company with 14 job openings. It is currently valued at $2.0 billion as a private company. The company was founded in 2012.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
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Jobs
Open jobs
14
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
2
(14%)
2.
Business Operations & Program Management
1
(7%)
3.
Customer Success
1
(7%)
4.
Finance
1
(7%)
5.
Legal
1
(7%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇯🇵 Japan
13
(93%)
2.
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
13
(93%)
3.
🇺🇸 San Francisco Bay Area
1
(7%)
4.
🇺🇸 United States
1
(7%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Amazon S3
13
(93%)
2.
Java
3
(21%)
3.
Python
3
(21%)
4.
Android
2
(14%)
5.
Docker
2
(14%)
Financials
Valuation
$2.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Sep 2021
Most recent funding
5 years ago
💸 ZIRP-era funding
Total funding
$410 million
Actual value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$1.6 billion
Lead Investor - Series A
Globis Capital Partners
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
44%
100+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Worse than 86% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Kaisei Hamamoto
50%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Rankings and awards
Layoffs
Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
120 impacted
