VisasQ-Coleman profiled in The Japan Times as expert network platform expands AI-led recruiting

VisasQ, the Tokyo-headquartered expert network that bought New York-based Coleman Research Group in November 2021, was profiled in The Japan Times on 13 August 2025. The piece frames the firm around its core pitch: connecting institutional clients with named industry experts, with custom recruiting turnaround averaging under 24 hours and AI now embedded in the matching workflow.

The combined VisasQ-Coleman roster sits at over 580,000 experts across 190 countries, per company disclosures cited via PR TIMES in October 2023. That positions the platform as the largest Asia-headquartered expert network, with a US-facing arm via Coleman.

The acquisition reshaped the expert network league table four years ago and has been quiet since. Coleman, founded in 2003, was an established mid-tier US player with a buy-side client base when VisasQ acquired it in November 2021. The deal gave VisasQ a US footprint and Coleman a Tokyo parent with deep APAC expert sourcing, particularly across Japanese corporates that competitors have historically struggled to access.

The Japan Times piece itself is light on operating numbers. It positions the platform on mission rather than financials: enabling connections between global decision-makers and named operators with specific industry context. Read alongside the older PR TIMES disclosure, the through-line is geographic scale (190 countries) and the AI-on-matching pitch that every expert network is now running.

The broader context is that buy-side clients have been pushing expert networks on two fronts: faster sourcing and tighter compliance, particularly for cross-border calls. AI matching addresses the first. The second remains a human problem. Watch for VisasQ's H2 FY2026 disclosures (the company files on a Japanese fiscal year ending February) for any commentary on China call volumes and compliance posture, which would be the harder signal underneath the platform pitch.