December 12, 2024
OMRON VENTURES CO., LTD.

OMRON VENTURES CO., LTD. (OVC: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yoshihito Takabu) is pleased to announce that it has invested in HQ Inc. (HQ: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Shoji Sakamoto).

HQ champions the mission of "creating social infrastructure that supports individual own lifestyles through the power of technology.” In line with this mission, HQ is transforming the nature of new employee benefits from “cost” into “investment.”
As part of its initiatives to this end, it has rolled out Cafeteria HQ, a next-generation employee benefits platform, and Remote HQ, a platform for the support of employees’ remote work environments. Through this investment, OVC will explore co-creation by leveraging insights from the Health & Productivity Management Alliance, a key initiative of the Omron Group. With the Alliance’s vision to “revitalize Japanese companies and achieve sustainable health insurance by promoting employee health,” OVC aims to apply these insights to enhance HQ’s new employee benefits initiatives.

According to the 64th Employee Benefits Expenditure Survey released in 2020, many of the non-statutory welfare expenses of Japanese companies are used for housing-related assistance such as home ownership support, life support including shopping and insurance, and recreational activities. Corporate employee benefits systems are being called to transform due to the diversification of needs over time, the increasing complexity of operations, and changes in the fluid working styles of personnel. Against these backgrounds, HQ has developed its next-generation employee benefits platform Cafeteria HQ, designed to meet the needs of both companies and employees and to enhance the productivity of both the organization and individuals.

Composition Ratios of Employee Benefits Expenditure and Non-Statutory Employee Benefits Expenditure
(from the 64th Employee Benefits Expenditure Survey)

Cafeteria HQ is expected to bring significant benefits to companies by aligning with human resource strategies that support employee health promotion and career development. It will also lead to the enhancement of employee satisfaction with services that are individually tailored to their lifestyles and life stages.

Through its investment in HQ, OVC will strengthen the collaboration between the OMRON Group and HQ, supporting initiatives to achieve physical and mental health and enhance the lives of each individual employee.

HQ Inc. Company Profile

Company Name	HQ Inc.
CEO	Shoji Sakamoto
Address	Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
Established	2021
Business Description	Design, development and sales of a next-generation employee benefits platform and a platform for the support of employees’ remote work environments
URL	https://corp.hq-hq.co.jp/