Build your U.S. business with the team, structure, and intelligence behind it.
Frontis supports Japanese companies and entrepreneurs building in the U.S. through talent, launch support, and market intelligence. We help with hiring, operational setup, market understanding, and the practical decisions needed to move from idea to execution.
Frontis works across three connected areas: hiring the right people, launching the U.S. business, and understanding the market before and after entry.
Build your path into the U.S. through setup, acquisition, and operational launch.
For entrepreneurs and companies entering the U.S., the challenge is rarely just incorporation. The harder part is choosing the right path, coordinating the right professionals, and building an operating base that can actually function. Frontis supports the practical work around company setup, small business acquisition, E-2 coordination, and early operations.
- U.S. company formation coordination
- Small business acquisition support
- E-2 investor visa coordination
- Banking, tax, vendor, and professional setup
- First local hire and operating structure
- Coordination with attorneys, CPAs, M&A advisors, and business brokers
Hire the people who can run and grow your U.S. business.
Hiring in the U.S. is not just about filling a role. The first local hire often shapes how the organization operates, communicates, and grows. Frontis helps Japanese companies define the role, understand the market, and hire the people who can move the business forward.
- First U.S. hires
- Bilingual professional placement
- Executive and leadership search
- Hiring strategy and org design
- Fractional recruiting / RPO support
- Candidate market mapping
Market for Japanese companies building in the U.S.
Before entering a market or launching a product, companies need a clear view of the landscape. Frontis Intelligence helps Japanese companies understand the U.S. market, hiring environment, competitor landscape, and GTM opportunities through practical research and AI-enabled analysis.
- U.S. market research
- Competitor landscape
- GTM validation
- Customer discovery support
- AI-enabled research and workflow support
Why work with us.
Frontis is led by an operator who has built and run businesses in both Japan and the U.S.
Frontis brings recruiting experience together with the operating perspective needed to build teams that can actually run a U.S. business.
Kenji has acquired a U.S. business, secured an E-2 investor visa, moved his family to the U.S., and built bilingual teams across multiple markets. These are experiences Kenji went through before turning them into Frontis services.
Direct relationships with U.S. immigration attorneys, CPAs, M&A advisors, business brokers, and other operational specialists.
Frontis stays involved beyond the recommendation. Through hiring, setup, research, and the day-to-day work of building a U.S. business.
Kenji has built his career across Japan and the U.S. through investment banking, corporate advisory, recruiting, and his own ventures.
He spent more than eight years in investment banking and corporate advisory, focused on valuation and M&A. He then founded VantagePoint, a recruitment business in Japan, which he built from scratch, grew, and eventually sold.
He later joined JAC Recruitment and served as President of its U.S. subsidiary, leading the launch and expansion of the U.S. business across multiple markets.
Kenji also acquired a U.S. consumer products business, secured an E-2 investor visa, and moved to the U.S. with his family. Through that process, he built both an operating base and a life in the U.S.
Frontis was founded to bring that practical experience to Japanese companies and entrepreneurs building, hiring, launching, and operating in the U.S.
- 01Japanese companies entering or expanding in the U.S.
- 02Japanese U.S. subsidiaries that need hiring or operational support
- 03Entrepreneurs pursuing E-2 investor visas
- 04Individuals or investors acquiring U.S. small businesses
- 05Japanese SaaS, AI, and premium brands testing the U.S. market