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- First prototype shipped within 4 months
- VP Eng hired in Q2, ex-Atlassian
- 5 eng across 6 months, all from AU scaleups
- 3 GTM hires: 2 AE from Go1, 1 CS lead from Culture Amp
- Tier 1 Australian VC leads
- Hires sourced from 14 different scaleups in 2 years
- Less than 10% attrition over the last 12 months
- 4 of 12 open roles are senior+
- Avg tenure 2.4y across the team
- 3 engineers hired from top Australian scaleups
- First PM and first CS hire onboarded
- Major Australian VC leads, with angel investors
- First enterprise customer signed Q4
- 12 hires across eng and GTM in 9 months
- First US hires from top-tier US scaleups
- US-led round, Australian VC follows on
- 2 enterprise partnerships announced
- First prototype shipped within 4 months
- 3 engineers hired from top Australian scaleups
- First PM and first CS hire onboarded
- Major Australian VC leads, with angel investors
- First enterprise customer signed Q4
- VP Eng hired in Q2, ex-Atlassian
- 5 eng across 6 months, all from AU scaleups
- 3 GTM hires: 2 AE from Go1, 1 CS lead from Culture Amp
- Tier 1 Australian VC leads
- 12 hires across eng and GTM in 9 months
- First US hires from top-tier US scaleups
- US-led round, Australian VC follows on
- 2 enterprise partnerships announced
- Hires sourced from 14 different scaleups in 2 years
- Less than 10% attrition over the last 12 months
- 4 of 12 open roles are senior+
- Avg tenure 2.4y across the team
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Deeply enriched profiles for everyone who's worked at a startup or scaleup, searchable in natural language. Describe who you need and see high-fit candidates in minutes.
Senior backend engineers in Sydney who've worked at a fintech that scaled past Series B
Narrow to anyone who's actually rebuilt a payments core — not integration work, the ledger itself
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