Entelo

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Entelo, Inc.
TypePrivate Company
Industry Software as a Service
FounderJon Bischke, John McGrath
Headquarters
San Francisco (HQ), New York City
,
USA
Key people
Jon Bischke (CEO, Co-Founder)
ProductsEnvoy, Search, Diversity
Website www.entelo.com

Entelo, Inc. is a privately held technology company located in San Francisco, California. Entelo offers a SaaS platform used by recruiters and hiring managers to find potential employees.

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History

Entelo was founded in May 2011 and launched in October 2012 with an undisclosed amount of seed funding. [1] [2] Initially, Entelo offered two products: Search, which allowed recruiters to browse over 300 million social profiles using standard Boolean search, and Sonar, a predictive algorithm used to determine which candidates were most likely to leave their current job. [3] In June 2013, Entelo announced $3.5 million in Series A funding, led by Battery Ventures and Menlo Ventures. [4] [5]

Entelo launched its Diversity product in April 2014, allowing recruiters to source candidates from underrepresented groups based on gender, ethnicity, and veteran status. [6] Its email tracking and outreach tool, Track, was released in January 2015. [7] The company launched a candidate-ranking analytics solution called Stack in October 2015 [8] and followed up with a mobile companion to Stack in October 2016. [9] In June 2017, Entelo raised $20 million Series C round of funding led by U.S. Venture Partners with Battery Ventures, Shasta Venture and Correlation Ventures. [10]

Products

Diversity: When paired with Search, allows recruiters to locate candidates of under-represented groups. [11] [12]

They have used algorithms to find pick up on programmers who may be looking for a new place to work. [13]

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