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Grow is an Executive Search and RPO Solution for technology driven businesses to launch and scale in Japan and APAC

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Tailored recruitment services across APAC

Our clients have raised over $4.2B from top venture capital firms, including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Square Peg, and Open AI, supporting their expansion in Japan and the wider APAC region.

About Us

400+

Candidates Placed

400+

Candidates Placed

40+

Leadership Hires

3

Service Models

3

Service Models

50%

Reduction in Time to Hire

We’re here to rewrite the rules

We’re here to rewrite the rules

At Grow, we offer bespoke recruitment solutions designed to meet the specific needs of high-growth companies in Tokyo and Southeast Asia (SEA). We help our clients scale efficiently and effectively across APAC.

Executive Search

Guaranteed Deliverables

Our Executive Search service offers guaranteed deliverables with weekly status updates and a longer guarantee, while our success-based Contingent service provides top-of-funnel support to keep your recruitment process efficient and effective.

Benefit from a flexible fee structure, enhanced employer branding, and specialized executive/niche hiring, alongside valuable market entry insights and comprehensive market mapping to ensure successful recruitment outcomes.

Our Executive Search service offers guaranteed deliverables with weekly status updates and a longer guarantee, benefits from a flexible fee structure, enhanced employer branding, and specialized executive/niche hiring.

Valuable market entry insights and comprehensive market mapping to ensure successful recruitment outcomes.

Guaranteed Deliverables

Longer Guarantee

Flexible Fee Structure

Employer Branding

Top of Funnel support

Market entry & Insights

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RPO

End-to-End Recruiting Management

Experience seamless end-to-end recruiting management with our high-level TA management services. Stay informed with weekly status updates and enjoy guaranteed deliverables with a longer guarantee. Enhance your employer branding and manage bulk hiring efficiently, even without local TA. Our streamlined approach across all teams, combined with market mapping and local TA expertise across North Asia, ensures successful recruiting outcomes.

Experience seamless end-to-end recruiting management with our high-level TA management services, stay informed with weekly status updates, and enjoy guaranteed deliverables with a longer guarantee.

Enhance your employer branding and manage bulk hiring efficiently, even without local TA. Our streamlined approach across all teams, combined with market mapping and local TA expertise across North Asia, ensures successful recruiting outcomes.

High level TA Management

Bulk (5+ hiring)

Streamlines across all teams

Local TA Expertise Across APAC

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Our Values - ACE DNA

We bring our in-house recruiting experience to solve our clients needs.

Our seasoned recruiters have shaped organizations at Uber, Agoda, Figma, Doordash, Coda Payments, Asana, and more across APAC — bringing this DNA to every partnership.

Accountability

Own your work and outcomes. Delivery on promises

Accountability

Own your work and outcomes. Delivery on promises

Accountability

Own your work and outcomes. Delivery on promises

Collaboration

Operate with openness and trust

Collaboration

Operate with openness and trust

Collaboration

Operate with openness and trust

Excellence

Commit to mastery, quality and continuous improvement

Excellence

Commit to mastery, quality and continuous improvement

Excellence

Commit to mastery, quality and continuous improvement

Data Driven

Use evidence and insights to guide decisions and measure impact

Data Driven

Use evidence and insights to guide decisions and measure impact

Data Driven

Use evidence and insights to guide decisions and measure impact

Nimble

Move fast with intention. Embrace change and adapt quickly

Nimble

Move fast with intention. Embrace change and adapt quickly

Nimble

Move fast with intention. Embrace change and adapt quickly

Autonomy

Take ownership and make Decisions

Autonomy

Take ownership and make Decisions

Autonomy

Take ownership and make Decisions

Trusted by the world's leading companies

Our portfolio of clients have raised over $4.2B from top Venture Capital Firms including Sequoia, Lightspeed, Square Peg, and Open AI, supporting their expansion in Japan and the wider APAC region

Case Studies

Loved by people at leading companies

What our clients
are saying

  • I've loved working with Grow team. Their embedded resource and RPO model seamlessly integrated with our internal team, and their deep expertise in the Japan and APAC markets helped us secure top talent quickly. We’re proud to call Grow a trusted partner on our growth journey

    Steve Takizawa, Country Manager at Firework Japan

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  • GROW built trust as a dependable partner, understanding our culture. They source, screen, and prepare specialist talent. Their retained search model continuously delivers high-quality hires. Results speak for themselves.

    Richard Seldon, Managing Director at Scoville

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  • Grow has been a game-changer for our hiring efforts. Their deep local expertise in the region, combined with an embedded recruitment model, helped us scale quickly without compromising on quality. If you’re looking to level up your talent acquisition strategy in APAC, I strongly recommend Grow.

    Ani Malkani, VP of Product at Hopper

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  • After meeting with the Grow team, it was clear they were the right partner for the job. Within just a few weeks, they presented us with a slate of highly qualified candidates, enabling us to meet and exceed our hiring goals. Their deep industry connections, strong understanding of our business needs, and ability to build lasting relationships have made them a trusted partner, and we continue to rely on their expertise.

    Melissa Willis, Global Recruiting Ops Leader at Lime

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  • Grow was recommended. They addressed our Japan/Korea hiring needs with deep regional understanding. A comprehensive search yielded top-tier candidates, giving us a wide range of exceptional choices.

    Pea Lord-Doyle, Head of Talent at Immutable

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  • I've loved working with Grow team. Their embedded resource and RPO model seamlessly integrated with our internal team, and their deep expertise in the Japan and APAC markets helped us secure top talent quickly. We’re proud to call Grow a trusted partner on our growth journey

    Steve Takizawa, Country Manager at Firework Japan

    Read case study

  • GROW built trust as a dependable partner, understanding our culture. They source, screen, and prepare specialist talent. Their retained search model continuously delivers high-quality hires. Results speak for themselves.

    Richard Seldon, Managing Director at Scoville

    Read case study

  • Grow has been a game-changer for our hiring efforts. Their deep local expertise in the region, combined with an embedded recruitment model, helped us scale quickly without compromising on quality. If you’re looking to level up your talent acquisition strategy in APAC, I strongly recommend Grow.

    Ani Malkani, VP of Product at Hopper

    Read case study

  • After meeting with the Grow team, it was clear they were the right partner for the job. Within just a few weeks, they presented us with a slate of highly qualified candidates, enabling us to meet and exceed our hiring goals. Their deep industry connections, strong understanding of our business needs, and ability to build lasting relationships have made them a trusted partner, and we continue to rely on their expertise.

    Melissa Willis, Global Recruiting Ops Leader at Lime

    Read case study

  • Grow was recommended. They addressed our Japan/Korea hiring needs with deep regional understanding. A comprehensive search yielded top-tier candidates, giving us a wide range of exceptional choices.

    Pea Lord-Doyle, Head of Talent at Immutable

    Read case study

  • I've loved working with Grow team. Their embedded resource and RPO model seamlessly integrated with our internal team, and their deep expertise in the Japan and APAC markets helped us secure top talent quickly. We’re proud to call Grow a trusted partner on our growth journey

    Steve Takizawa, Country Manager at Firework Japan

    Read case study

  • GROW built trust as a dependable partner, understanding our culture. They source, screen, and prepare specialist talent. Their retained search model continuously delivers high-quality hires. Results speak for themselves.

    Richard Seldon, Managing Director at Scoville

    Read case study

  • Grow has been a game-changer for our hiring efforts. Their deep local expertise in the region, combined with an embedded recruitment model, helped us scale quickly without compromising on quality. If you’re looking to level up your talent acquisition strategy in APAC, I strongly recommend Grow.

    Ani Malkani, VP of Product at Hopper

    Read case study

  • After meeting with the Grow team, it was clear they were the right partner for the job. Within just a few weeks, they presented us with a slate of highly qualified candidates, enabling us to meet and exceed our hiring goals. Their deep industry connections, strong understanding of our business needs, and ability to build lasting relationships have made them a trusted partner, and we continue to rely on their expertise.

    Melissa Willis, Global Recruiting Ops Leader at Lime

    Read case study

  • Grow was recommended. They addressed our Japan/Korea hiring needs with deep regional understanding. A comprehensive search yielded top-tier candidates, giving us a wide range of exceptional choices.

    Pea Lord-Doyle, Head of Talent at Immutable

    Read case study

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Feel free to connect with us via the contact form, email or LinkedIn.

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Learn how Uber Eats scaled in Japan. Ray shares his journey, the challenges of blitzscaling, and crucial lessons for companies aiming to grow in the Japanese market.

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It was our first time to host a field event for 20+. Lots to learn and lots of improvements to make. We are just getting start on this. Looking forward to hosting the next one!

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