Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
56
/100
Business
News aggregation app
Founded
14 years ago
Jun 15, 2012
Employees
500
Valuation
$2.0 billion
Company type
Private - Venture-Backed
SmartNews is a News aggregation app company with 16 job openings. It is currently valued at $2.0 billion as a private company. 500 people work at SmartNews. The company was founded in 2012.
Company grid
Employee happiness →
Growth →
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😊
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Jobs
Open jobs
16
Top Job Categories
Jobs
1.
Engineering (Software)
3
(19%)
2.
Artificial Intelligence
2
(13%)
3.
Business Operations & Program Management
2
(13%)
4.
Finance
1
(6%)
5.
Legal
1
(6%)
Top Job Locations
Jobs
1.
🇯🇵 Japan
16
(100%)
2.
🇯🇵 Tokyo, Japan
16
(100%)
3.
🇺🇸 United States
1
(6%)
4.
🌎 Remote
1
(6%)
Top Tech/Tools Mentioned
Jobs
1.
Amazon S3
16
(100%)
2.
Python
4
(25%)
3.
Docker
2
(13%)
4.
Embeddings
2
(13%)
5.
Java
2
(13%)
Financials
Valuation
$2.0billion
Tech Unicorn
Last round - Sep 2021
Most recent funding
5 years ago
💸 ZIRP-era funding
Total funding
$410 million
Value 'created' (valuation - total funding)
+$1.6 billion
Lead Investor - Series A
Globis Capital Partners
Valuation per employee
$4.0 million
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
People
Employees
500
Layoffs
Jan 2023 · 3 years ago
120 impacted
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