- Business
- freee K.K. (Ticker: FREKF) provides cloud-based accounting, HR, and business management software solutions designed to automate administrative tasks for small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan. The company offers core products including freee会計 (cloud accounting software for invoicing, expense tracking, and financial reporting), freee人事労務 (HR and payroll management platform for employee onboarding, attendance tracking, and compliance), freee経費精算 (expense reimbursement and approval system), and freee定款作成 (articles of incorporation creation service); additional services encompass freee銀行 (digital banking integration), freeeカレンダー (shared scheduling tool), and API-based integrations for e-commerce and inventory management. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, freee K.K. primarily serves SMEs, freelancers, and startups across Japan, with expanding operations into Southeast Asia through strategic partnerships. In the last two years, the company completed a major funding round in 2024 raising approximately 14.5 billion yen led by investors including MUFG Innovation Partners and Salesforce Ventures to fuel AI enhancements and international growth; it also acquired Money Forward's competing accounting user base in a 2023 asset transfer deal to consolidate market share, launched AI-powered predictive analytics features in freee会計 during 2025, and formed a strategic alliance with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group for seamless banking-SaaS integration targeting 1 million users by 2026.