Southeast Asia based IT outsourcing team serving Japanese clients

What is for sale

This is a small, Southeast Asia based software development team that builds and maintains business systems for Japanese companies, handling everything from requirements and design through to development and ongoing support. The company has been operating for a few years and has a track record of repeat and ongoing contract work. The parent company is selling the business as part of a review of its overall business portfolio.

Because this is a share transfer, the buyer takes over the company itself along with its contracts, staff and existing setup, rather than having to set up a new entity and re-sign everything.

What is included

• Existing development team (backend/frontend engineers, business analysts, back office staff)
• Ongoing client contracts routed through a Japan based group company window
• Accumulated development know how and operational track record
• Japanese speaking bridge staff for client communication

Strengths (as the seller states them)

• A ready to work development team is already in place, avoiding hiring and set up costs
• Japanese speaking bridge staff allow smooth direct communication with Japanese clients
• Track record of quality and on time delivery across multiple contract development projects
• Ongoing maintenance and support contracts provide repeat business

Wrinkles a careful buyer would ask about

• All new work is received via a Japan based group company acting as the contract window, so buyers should confirm how contracts and client relationships would be handed over
• Seller is open to alternative deal structures (asset transfer or hiring the engineering team only), so the exact scope of what is being transferred needs to be clarified
• Detailed financials (cash, total assets, net assets, interest bearing debt) are not disclosed publicly and require member registration to view
• Business is based overseas, which may add legal and tax complexity for a Japan based buyer
• Interest bearing debt field is marked unknown/not disclosed in the listing

Paying for it

If you stay overseas. No Japanese bank will lend to a new company whose director lives abroad. The realistic stack is your own cash plus asking the owner to take part of the price over 2 to 3 years. That one question is in every Deal Pack.

If you move to Japan. On a visa that lets you run a business, Japan Finance Corporation lends up to ¥72M at about 1 to 2 percent for exactly this. Once you have a Japanese company, the government pays two-thirds of due diligence and registered-broker costs, up to about ¥8M (round 16 closes 6 Nov 2026). The company's existing bank relationship comes with it.

What this listing says. Nothing stated about debts, guarantees or payment terms; the interest bearing debt figure is listed as not disclosed and only viewable after member registration.

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