
Sales
Walking alongside challenger companies, proposing financial solutions that propel their growth
The Tension We Navigate
Balancing "rational judgment safeguarded by AI and technology" with "passionate decision-making that uses a human eye to recognize a challenger's potential and turn the exception into reality."
For us, as a provider of financial services, credit assessment, fraud prevention, and payment systems are the very foundation of our business. The AI and logic developed by UPSIDER make precise judgments about "where we can take risks and where we must protect," and that rational framework supports the business. But AI has its limits. Beyond the cases that the logic rejects, there are true challengers. For example, when an advertising agency says, "We could grow if only we could run more ads," AI cannot read the strength of the business model behind those numbers or the resolve of the person leading it. The work of UPSIDER Sales is to articulate, in human terms, "why UPSIDER should take on this customer's risk," and to set the system in motion. We don't act on emotion; we approve the "exception" only after designing the conditions, the monitoring, and the exit. Reason protects safety, but it does not create change. Growth always begins with the "exception." Rather than treating AI and human judgment as a trade-off, we place the fullest trust in the precision of reason while using a human eye to recognize the potential that lies beyond it. That is our reason for being.
Meet the Sales team
What We Do
With "the growth of our customers and of UPSIDER" as our guiding principle, we take responsibility for every part of the sales effort. Concretely, this spans every area essential to growth: proposing UPSIDER to companies that don't yet know us, customer success work that helps existing customers get the most out of our services, support that ensures our service is used correctly as infrastructure, and credit management. What we value most is feeding back into the business the firsthand information we gather on the front lines with customers. Everything about UPSIDER's business and its features is born from the voice of the customer. Guided by the belief that "a business can only grow from the voice of its customers," delivering the real challenges we uncover in the field back into the company, and evolving the service itself, is one of our most important jobs.
Why We Exist
To break down the unfair barrier of "you can't even try." The business world runs on reason and logic. Rational judgment, supported by systems, protects businesses and brings stability to society. But there are challengers whom reason alone cannot save: leaders who have no track record yet but a genuine will, and operators blocked by a wall of funding just short of growth. Our reason for being is to pick up the voices of such people on the front lines, to design the case for "why UPSIDER should take on this risk," and to set the system in motion. We place the fullest trust in the precision of reason while using a human eye to recognize the potential that lies beyond it. We give a push to the challengers that technology overlooks, and we move the growth of our customers and of society forward. That is how we define the front-line work of sales.
How We Work
We stand close to our customers and go to exhaustive lengths to gather the firsthand information that can only be obtained in the field: the business model, cash flow, market environment, and the will of the leader. Understanding the context behind the numbers more deeply than anyone else is the starting point for everything. We don't lean on emotional arguments; we make our move only after digging up the rational evidence. This is what we are committed to.
Work Style
We make no compromises when it comes to investing the budget needed to deepen our connections with customers.
Team Culture & Events
Once a month, we hold a wrap-up meeting (a retrospective for the entire department).
Who We're Looking For
Someone proactive, who wants to pick up the loose balls that no one else is chasing.
Our Future Vision
We want to define a new form of sales organization that coexists with AI.
Key Members
From the Team

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Engineering
Delivering new financial experiences by balancing speed and reliability
Data
Building next-generation AI credit models, ML infrastructure, and data platforms
Credit
Credit assessment and risk control that fuse the power of people and AI
Legal
Scheme design for new businesses and partnerships, drafting and reviewing contracts and terms, handling financial-industry regulations, and debt recovery through legal proceedings
Risk & Compliance
Building and operating offense-minded risk management and compliance
Internal Audit
Building and operating the internal audit framework
Accounting & Corporate Planning
Building the finance and accounting foundation that supports challenges toward the future
People & Recruitment
Organizational development, recruitment, and culture-building
PR
Articulating the philosophy of challenge, continually sparking enthusiasm and empathy across society
Business Development
Cultivating new seeds from nothing to create growth
Support
Driving the evolution of customer experience by changing how things work, starting from the user's voice
Marketing
Brand building, lead generation, and growth initiatives
Capital
ベンチャーデットファンド「UPSIDER BLUE DREAM Fund」の運営等