Partner With Us – Early Stage

Foundational Hires for
Early-Stage Startup Success

Setting the stage for long-term growth.

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Your Talent Partner for Early-Stage Recruiting

Build the right team from the start.

At the pre-seed and seed stages, your first hires will make or break the future of your startup. They define the direction of your product development and set the foundation for your company culture. A single wrong hire can create costly delays and can lead to serious setbacks for your growth. It is crucial to get these early decisions right.

We connect startups with top-tier talent and help you build a strong foundation for growth and long-term success.

Hire Top Talent

Broaden Your Network

Gain access to our extensive talent pool, filled with high-caliber candidates who are eager to join visionary startups.

Focus On Growth

We’ve worked with dozens of early stage companies and we’ve filled most roles with 5 candidates or less.

Hire Top Candidates

We’ve worked with dozens of early stage companies and we’ve filled most roles with 5 candidates or less.

Talent We Deliver:

  • Top academic backgrounds
  • Startup and Big Tech Expertise
  • The drive and tenacity required to succeed at an early stage company
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How We Can Help

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We supported Catio, a pre-seed startup, in hiring a Founding Full-Stack Engineer who aligned perfectly with their technical needs and company vision.

Read our success stories to see how our partnership created meaningful impact and drove real results. Learn more about the value we delivered and the difference it made.

We placed 33 engineers and engineering managers, with a submittal to interview rate of 90%+ 

Cypress.io – series B, developer tooling

We were referred to them by a VC placed a diverse Data Engineer in less than 6 weeks, after only presenting 7 candidates. We also placed an ML Engineer with them recently.  

Rialtic – series A, healthcare

We placed a Full Stack Engineer (Engineer #3) in less than 4 weeks, after only presenting 2 candidates 

Catio – seed stage, developer tooling/cloud

We were referred to them by another Founder and placed a Founding Full Stack Engineer (employee #5) after only presenting 6 candidates 

Aurora Nova – stealth, space communication

We filled a Backend Engineering role after submitting just 6 candidates. Impressed with the results, Orca retained us to fill additional positions, ultimately replacing their other recruiting partners. 

Orca – series A, decentralized finance/blockchain

Contact Us

Kofi Group has helped 100+ startups hiring software and machine learning engineers. We fill most of the roles we recruit with 5 or less candidates presented.

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