KIMARU Talent

KIMARU Talent is a specialized recruitment agency based in San Diego that provides high-touch recruitment services for gaming studios and tech startups. The name 'Kimaru' is a Japanese verb meaning 'to decide (a victory)', reflecting their mission to help clients and candidates make winning decisions for their businesses and careers.

KIMARU Talent offers specialized and agile recruitment services to VC-backed game studios and tech startups, with partnerships centered around integrity. They truly believe that business growth and success begins with recruitment and take pride in their work. With expertise in startup recruitment, they often partner with Founders and Executives before they even have an internal recruitment team, growing their partnership as the company scales.

The agency partners with tech companies ranging from Series-A startups to public companies, offering a comprehensive suite of recruitment solutions including Container Search, Retained Search, Contingent Search, and Recruitment Operations Consultation. Their approach is thoughtful and mission-critical, understanding that they serve not just as recruiters but as story tellers, dream sellers, culture advocates, and trusted confidants.

Founded by Rumiko Matsumoto, who has nearly a decade of experience recruiting for startups in the mobile app, gaming, and ad-tech industries, KIMARU Talent brings deep industry expertise to every engagement. Having partnered with reputable VCs, investors, and serial entrepreneurs, the founder has served as a trusted recruitment partner for hundreds of startups throughout the years, most recently leading Talent Acquisition at Sensor Tower where she scaled headcount by 5x.