Where Recruiters Become Founders
Founded in 2007 as a generalist recruitment firm, HCCR has evolved into a venture studio focused on building high-impact, founder-led companies in the talent space.
Headquartered in Tokyo and active across APAC, we’ve successfully built and spun out high-impact brands like MESHD, Katalyzer, and ZooKeep - each grounded in domain expertise and designed to solve meaningful hiring challenges across DeepTech, chemicals, infrastructure, and beyond.
We’ve lived the recruiter-to-founder journey ourselves - and now we help others do it better. Our mission is to empower seasoned recruiters and talent professionals to build the next generation of high-performance, founder-led talent businesses.
Message from the Representative Director
At HCCR, we believe the future of talent won’t simply be hired - it will be built. We’ve lived the recruiter-to-founder journey ourselves. In building MESHD, ZooKeep, and Katalyzer, we experienced first-hand what it takes to move from top recruiter to business owner - and the operational, financial, and strategic hurdles that come with it.
HCCR began as a general recruitment firm, but we quickly realized our biggest impact would come from helping others make that same leap - supporting proven recruiters to build firms of their own, with fewer trade-offs and greater clarity. We provide the platform we wish we’d had starting out - capital, infrastructure, and hard-won playbooks - backed by mentorship from people who are in the trenches with us every day.
Not detached advisors turning up for quarterly check-ins, but operators actively running recruitment platforms and dealing with the same challenges in real time. We’re not here to create copy-paste firms. We back original thinkers with the conviction to build talent businesses that solve real problems and stand the test of time. If you’re ready to make the leap, we’re here to help you do it faster, sharper, and with lasting impact.
Sean Travers
Representative Director, HCCR
Our Mission
To support talent leaders on the path from bold ideas to thriving ventures. We provide the capital, infrastructure, and strategic partnership needed to scale with clarity and conviction.
Our Philosophy
Real impact doesn’t come from doing everything - it comes from going deep. That’s why we back focused, founder-led businesses that solve real hiring problems. No fluff, no inflated headcounts. Just strategy, execution, and growth.