DNX

From my student days, I was deeply inspired by the energy and conviction of entrepreneurs, and I knew I wanted to become one myself. When it came time to start a company, I wanted to take on the largest social challenge I could find. The construction industry is said to be Japan’s greatest industrial challenge — a 50 trillion yen market with the lowest labor productivity in the country, and yet no digital leader to drive it forward. If no one else was going to step up, we decided we would. Spending three years deeply immersed in the construction industry, building relationships and contributing to the people whose faces we could picture — that is the foundation on which ANDPAD stands today. Our relationship with DNX began at Series A. When it comes to growing from ARR of 1 billion to 10 billion yen, I genuinely believe there is no one with more experience and insight than Kurabayashi-san. Far beyond discussions of SaaS metrics, he has been someone we can turn to for advice on building our organization, refining our sales approach, and learning from other companies’ experiences in granular detail.