OKWAVE, Inc. Information

OKWAVE created Japan's first Q&A community site, OKWAVE.jp. The origin behind the company name comes from 'Oshiete' (Japanese for 'tell me') and 'Kotaeru‘ ('answer') which outlines the flow of Q&A. The vision of OKWAVE is to foster mutual support among the users withour community. OKWAVE operates subscription services offering celebrity Q&A and it also offers enterprise-class help desk solutions, holding the largest market share in Japan since 2000. OKWAVE became a public company in June 2006 and is listed on the Nagoya Centrex Market (3808:Nagoya). OKWAVE received strategic investments from Rakuten in October, 2007 and from Microsoft in March, 2008.

Website	http://okwave.co.jp
Revenue	$30.6 million
Employees	5 (2 on RocketReach)
Founded	1999
Address	Unosawa Tokyu Bldg 5f 1-19-15 Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Tokyo, JP
Phone	+81 3-6841-7672
Technologies	JavaScript , HTML , Twitter +37 more (view full list)
Industry	Internet, Business Services General, Social/Platform Software, Higher Education, Business Services, Facilities Services
Keywords	Q&A Platform, Question Answering, Online Community, Knowledge Sharing, Information Exchange, Help And Support, Knowledge Base, Digital Forum, Community Forum, Interactive Platform, Web Community, Peer Support, Social Networking, Online Support, Discussion Board, Online Collaboration, Mutual Assistance, Expert Network, Customer Service
Competitors	Meta, Instagram, Rakuten Symphony, NAVER Corp, LINE Corp, JAS, MIXI, Inc, DeNA, GREE, Inc., Yahoo! JAPAN +38 more (view full list)
SIC	SIC Code 73 Companies, SIC Code 738 Companies
NAICS	NAICS Code 56199 Companies, NAICS Code 561990 Companies, NAICS Code 561 Companies, NAICS Code 56 Companies, NAICS Code 5619 Companies