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Lever (YC S12) — Talent acquisition suite that combines ATS + talent CRM

Lever is one of the most recognized brands in talent acquisition software for high growth companies. We enable teams to post jobs, source, interview, and hire top talent.

Lever is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Talent Acquisition Suite that combines ATS + Talent CRM. The founders listed are Nate Smith (Founder/CEO/CTO), Sarah Nahm (Founder/CEO), Brian Noguchi (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 4, 2012).

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New accelerator entry · 2012-05-04 · the record

Summer 2012
batch
225
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchSummer 2012
Announced2012-05-04
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size225
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Recruiting and Talent
SectorsSaaS, Human Resources, Talent Acquisition
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Partly Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.lever.co/
Founded2012

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Lever is one of the most recognized brands in talent acquisition software for high growth companies. We enable teams to post jobs, source, interview, and hire top talent. We've combined ATS & CRM into a single platform, Lever TRM. Our Talent Acquisition Suite also includes tools for recruitment marketing and analytics: Lever Nurture, Lever Advanced Analytics, and Lever Data Warehouse Sync. Our customers include Netflix, KPMG, Spotify, Talend, Cirque du Soleil, and over 5000 other customers. Lever has raised $123 million in funding from Apax Digital, Adam Street Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, and Y Combinator among others. With an overall gender ratio of 50:50, Lever is also fiercely committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion. For more information, visit https://www.lever.co/.

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