Welcome back to Top Startups! Despite the hiring freeze across Big Tech, there are many well-funded startups with lean teams that are still actively hiring.ย
Before we dive in, Iโve negotiated over $1M in total comp ๐คฏ on behalf of people joining startups. Here are my tips, scripts, and mistakes to avoid.
Now back to our regular programming. Any of these catch your eye, let me know and I can intro you ๐:
Pogo | FinTech / Data | ๐ธ $15M Seed from 20VC, Founders of Honey & Carta | 30 employees
What they do: Helping everyday consumers earn and save by unlocking power of their data
What I like: Very fast growth โ used by hundreds of thousands of families to save millions of dollars so far; engagement on par with Snapchat & Twitter; 4.9 stars across 28K reviews; more details in their TechCrunch feature
Primer | Education SaaS | ๐ธ $15M Series A from Founders Fund | 20 employees
What they do: Building online clubs for kids to explore their curiosities
What I like: Tradโl education has a terrible reputation for fostering curiosity; thereโs a huge blossoming of alternative education coming esp. as more tech & crypto yuppies have kids; Primer is starting with online clubs and expanding into micro-schools with a promising team from MIT, Harvard, Google
Watershed | Sustainability | ๐ธ $70M Series B from Sequoia, Kleiner at $1B valuation | 100 employees
What they do: Building software that helps companies reduce carbon footprint in weeks, not years
What I like: Giving companies out-of-the-box solution to measure and reduce carbon emissions by buying clean power, funding carbon removal; attracted the whoโs who of customers from Stripe to Airbnb and Figma; designed to be sticky because letโs face it, carbon neutral is a forever journey
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