Nulab is a team of fun-spirited creators dedicated to creating software the improves team collaboration. With each application and feature we release, we aim to make the lives of teams better.
Since its founding in Fukuoka, Japan in 2004, Nulab has developed three collaborative apps — Backlog, Cacoo, and Typetalk. We’ve also expanded across the globe with offices in Amsterdam, New York City, Kyoto, Singapore, and Tokyo.
The name ‘Nulab’ is a hybrid of the words ‘null’ and ‘laboratory.’ In computer programming, null is an undefined value. We believe that great ideas can be built from scratch.
NULL + LAB = NULAB
NU History
Masanori Hashimoto, CEO, and Shinsuke Tabata, CMO, met in 2002 through a java community called Mobster. Through the community, they would develop a number of open-source software including a wiki engine, a bug tracking system — the initial framework for Backlog — an application launcher, and a code generator.
Inspired by how seeing the positive effects great collaboration can have on a product and team, they decided to start Nulab to create products that would make team’s lives easier.
Over 4 million users across 190+ countries.
NU Values
Be forward-thinking
Always look for “nu” stuff to create.
Make users happy
Listen. Improve. Repeat.
Collaborate to the core
We use our products around the clock.
Trust the team
The Nulaber next to you will always do their best.
Milestones & Achievements
- 2004
- now
Offices
Nulab is a global company with six offices across Japan, the US, Singapore, and the Netherlands.
Fukuoka (HQ)1-8-6 Daimyo, Chuo-ku,
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
New York262 Bowery,
New York, NY 10012
TokyoDaiwa Jinbocho Building 2F,
3-2-3 Jimbocho Kanda
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto2-360, Tsukinuke, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
AmsterdamWeesperstraat 61-105
Amsterdam 1018VN
Singapore51, Changi Business Park Central 2,
#02-06, The Signature,
Singapore 486066
Fukuoka (HQ)
1-8-6 Daimyo, Chuo-ku,
Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
New York
262 Bowery,
New York, NY 10012
Tokyo
Daiwa Jinbocho Building 2F,
3-2-3 Jimbocho Kanda
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto
2-360, Tsukinuke, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
Amsterdam
Weesperstraat 61-105
Amsterdam 1018VN
Singapore
51, Changi Business Park Central 2,
#02-06, The Signature,
Singapore 486066
NuSpace
Singapore is the home of NuSpace—a unique community space that offers startups and developers a place where they can come together to work on digital projects, attend tech events, enroll in seminars, and get questions answered about Nulab apps—for free.
Explore NuSpace