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Lyngby, Denmark
[Hatena](http://www.hatena.ne.jp) is a Japanese web services company with offices in Kyoto and Tokyo. The site of the same name is especially popular among Japan's heavy web users. [Hatena USA](http://hatena.com/) was established in Los Altos, California, in 2007. In Japan, Hatena operates a number of different services, including Hatena Bookmark (Japan's biggest social bookmarking service), Hatena Diary (a blogging platform), Hatena Question (a Q&A service) and Hatena Fotolife (a photo sharing service).The [American site](http://hatena.com/) is heavily scaled down in comparison and focuses on Hatena Haiku (a platform for short poems) and Flipnote, a drawing service supporting Nintendo's handheld game system DS.
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In 2024, Hatena's revenue reached $1M. The company previously reported $849.5K in 2023. Since its launch in 2001, Hatena has shown consistent revenue growth.
Hatena is a bootstrapped SaaS startup. Founded in 2001, Hatena has grown to $1M in revenue without raising any venture capital or outside funding.
As a self-funded SaaS company, Hatena has built its business with no outside investment.
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We do not have customer count information for Hatena yet.
Hatena employs approximately 5 people as of 2026, up from 3 in 2024.
Hatena generates an estimated $1M in annual revenue.
Hatena was founded by Junya Kondo.
The CEO of Hatena is Junya Kondo.
Hatena is bootstrapped and has not raised outside funding.
Hatena has 5 employees.
Hatena is headquartered in Lyngby, Denmark.
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2024 Revenue
$1M(Est.)
Funding
$0
Team · 2025
5
Founded
2001
| Year | Milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hatena Hit $1m revenue in October 2024 | Estimated |
| 2023 | Hatena Hit $849.5k revenue in October 2023 | Estimated |
| 2021 | Hatena Hit $707.9k revenue in April 2021 | |
| 2001 | Launched with $0 revenue |
| Year | Milestone | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reached 5 employees (July 2025) | |
| 2024 | Reached 3 employees (October 2024) | |
| 2023 | Reached 3 employees (October 2023) | |
| 2022 | Reached 3 employees (October 2022) | |
| 2021 | Reached 3 employees (December 2021) | |
| 2021 | Reached 11 employees (April 2021) |
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