The Crooz, InterWorks, MyNavi, Sega Sammy and Vector-backed IT human resources provider could raise up to $21m in its initial public offering.

Japan-based specialised staffing service Branding Engineer listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Mothers Market on Tuesday, enabling corporates Crooz, InterWorks, MyNavi, Sega Sammy and Vector to exit.

The company’s shares were priced at ¥490 ($4.56) each and the offering could raise approximately $20.7m, including the greenshoe option.

Branding Engineer was founded in 2013 and runs multiple job search platforms and training schemes geared toward IT professionals. It most recently secured an undisclosed of funding from recruitment firm InterWorks in January…

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Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.