KIMARU Talent
Recruitment firm founded in 2020 providing full-cycle hiring for VC-backed game studios and tech startups in gaming, ad-tech, Web3 and SaaS.
KIMARU Talent is a recruitment firm founded in 2020 that provides full-cycle hiring services for venture-capital-backed game studios and tech startups. Its work spans the entire recruitment process, from job description creation and interview process design to offer negotiation and reference checks. The firm operates globally and works directly with VCs, founders and executives rather than through intermediate channels.
The company focuses on talent acquisition in gaming, ad-tech, Web3, SaaS and mobile applications. Its founder, Rumiko Matsumoto, was formerly the Talent Acquisition lead at Sensor Tower, where she built the recruitment function from scratch, hired the global leadership team and oversaw a five-fold increase in headcount. She has close to a decade of startup recruiting experience across mobile apps, gaming and ad-tech.
The name "Kimaru" is a Japanese verb meaning "to decide (a victory)" - a reference to the founders' view that each strong hire moves a company closer to its next win.