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title: HackerRank Widens Global Reach With Infusion From Japan's Recruit
description: Japan's Recruit is investing $7.5 million in HackerRank to help make the world more flat by empowering companies to find top talent based on skill.
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# [HackerRank Widens Global Reach With Infusion From Japan's Recruit](https://pages.hackerrank.com/blog/hackerrank-widens-global-reach-with-infusion-from-japans-recruit)

 Written by [Guest Contributor](https://pages.hackerrank.com/blog/author/guest-contributor) | Mar 13, 2025 3:47:22 PM

[HackerRank](https://www.hackerrank.com/), a fast-growing Palo Alto, Calif., company that helps corporations find top technical talent, is widening its global reach by attracting a $7.5 million infusion from the venture-capital arm of a major Japanese human-resources company, Recruit Holdings.  
 HackerRank is best-known for its [online coding contests](https://www.hackerrank.com/contests), which attract thousands of engineers from around the world. Top-performing contestants are highly in demand for corporate jobs. HackerRank collects placement fees from companies such as Amazon, Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase and Wal-Mart, in return for identifying these coding stars and opening the way for corporate recruiters to pursue them.

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