Entelo Explained

Entelo, Inc.
Type:Private Company
Founder:Jon Bischke, John McGrath
Key People:Jon Bischke (CEO, Co-Founder)
Industry:Software as a Service
Products:Envoy, Search, Diversity
Location City:San Francisco (HQ), New York City
Location Country:USA

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harris. Derrick. How Entelo uses data to make your resume passe. GigaOM. GigaOM. 7 July 2014.
  2. Web site: Empson. Rip. Entelo Launches to Help Business Recruit The Best Candidates, Even If They're Not Looking. Techcrunch.com. 2 July 2014.
  3. News: Farr. Christina. Engineers are Hard to Come by! Here's some 'big data' software to the rescue.. 28 May 2014. Venture Beat. 3 October 2013.
  4. News: Anders. George. Entelo's Data Mining Surprise: Second-Chance Job Candidates. 12 June 2014. Forbes.
  5. News: Empson. Rip. Entelo, The Big Data Recruitment Platform Used by Box, Yelp, and Square, Lands $3.5M From Battery and Menlo. 18 June 2014. TechCrunch.
  6. Web site: As Firms Seek Minority Hires, Social-Media Tool May Help. Forbes. 2016-03-16.
  7. Web site: Introducing Entelo Track, the First Email Tool For Recruiters. de Lara. Kathleen. blog.entelo.com. 2016-03-18.
  8. Web site: Recruiting Industry Innovator Entelo Unveils New Solution to Stack Rank Inbound Applicants for Open Jobs. Yahoo Finance. 2016-03-16.
  9. Web site: Entelo Delivers First Mobile App for Inbound Recruiting. 4 October 2016. Marketwired. 11 Nov 2016.
  10. News: Entelo steps up its AI game with $20M Series C. Mannes. John. TechCrunch. 2017-11-20. en.
  11. News: Lee. Thomas. Coding more women and minorities onto tech rosters. 13 June 2014. SFGate.
  12. News: Weber. Lauren. Can This Algorithm Find Hires of a Certain Race?. 18 June 2014. Wall Street Journal.
  13. News: Peck . Don . They're Watching You at Work . 27 October 2019 . The Atlantic . 20 November 2013.