Y Combinator-backed Crew raises $2.3m to launch first all-in-one recruiting CRM

Y Combinator-backed Crew raises $2.3m to launch first all-in-one recruiting CRM

Published: 14-02-2023 09:26:00 | By: Pie Kamau | hits: 3505 | Tags:

After 18 months of restricted beta access, Crew, a Parisian all-in-one recruiting CRM for teams solution, announced the launch of its product in self-serve and a $2.3 million seed funding round through a strategic approach. The funding round was led by prominent US and French seed-stage funds such as Rebel, Secret, and Kima, who believe in the startup's growth potential in Europe and the US.

Launched out eFounders in September 2020, Crew later joined Y Combinator’s accelerator program to launch its first version of the product. Crew is now used by 100 active companies, representing 1000 monthly active users. These companies have added more than 100,000 talents and hired 800 talents on Crew in 2022.

Amine Skalli, CEO and Co-founder, Crew: “The war for talent means that companies are no longer willing to simply wait for candidates to come to them. The vast majority of talent, especially great ones, are not actively looking for work, and by targeting only the active job seekers, companies are closing themselves off to a huge pool of skilled candidates. Companies must therefore multiply their efforts to source passive candidates, which requires them to resort to new strategies to target a large number of qualified people.”

In addition to these funds, the Crew team has also attracted experienced operator angel investors who bring a wealth of expertise to the table. This includes recruiting experts (Paul Forster co-founder of Indeed), as well as experts in sales (Nicolas Marchais, VP Sales at Spendesk), product (Sam Edelson, ex Director of Product at Airbnb and Christian Reber Co-founder of Pitch, Superlist), research & design (Behzod Sirjani of Slack & Reforge), and tech (Nick Caldwell ex VP Engineering at Twitter & Hubspot and Olivier Bonnet, CTO at BlaBlaCar).

Jared Heyman, Managing Partner, Rebel Fund: “At Rebel, we like the recruiting CRM market due to both its size ($50B+) and ACV ($12k+ per SMB client). Crew has the right team to build a better, more modern ATS since Amine has founded 2 companies in the recruiting field in the past, with a strong product experience, and Ruben was Head of Ops at a leading European Fintech. Their timing is good because while incumbents in this space are building ever more complex tools, mostly for enterprise, nobody is tackling the simpler end of the market as well as Crew.”

Starting today, Crew is available in self-serve with a transparent pricing. While Traditional ATS require a lengthy sales and onboarding process, which takes time to set up and train new users. Crew is the first recruiting tool to offer self-service, with an intuitive interface that allows for easy setup and eliminates the need for training.  Despite offering a high-end product, Crew’s low pricing is made possible by our streamlined sales process and reduced onboarding requirements.

Ruben Gueunoun, Chief Revenue Officer and Co-founder, Crew: “The adoption of CRM (Candidate Relationship Management) technology specifically for recruitment is a growing necessity for companies. For years, they have been building relationships with potential candidates through sourcing, but without a dedicated tool to assist them, similar to a sales and marketing team lacking tools like Salesforce or Hubspot to manage their customer relationships.”

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