The Talent Platform Behind Fast-Growing Startups.

Great startups are built by great people. Talent Connect 365 connects founders with great talent through curated hiring and startup-first recruiting.

Startup opportunities
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From pre-seed to Series D, posted last 90 days

Startup-ready operators
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Vetted profiles, founder-referenced

Hiring partners
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Funded startups actively scaling

Median time to hire
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3.4× faster than industry standard

The ecosystem thesis

Building a Startup Team Takes More Than Filling Open Roles.

The people who thrive in startups aren’t always the ones with the flashiest resumes. They’re the ones who take ownership, solve problems, and keep building.

Ownership beats credentials

Anyone can list responsibilities. We help you find people who’ve owned outcomes and delivered measurable results.

Velocity is a culture, not a perk

The best startup talent knows how to adapt, move quickly, and make an impact. That’s exactly who you’ll find on Talent Connect 365.

The best operators want context, not pitches

Skip the cold introductions. We bring you candidates who’ve already done their homework and are genuinely interested in building with your team.

How it works

Three Steps. Either Side of The Table.

01

Post

Post the role you actually need

Skip the corporate JD template. Tell us what the next 90 days look like, what good looks like, and the stage you’re hiring for.

02

Curate

Get a curated shortlist, not a flood

Within 72 hours, you receive a short, dense list of operators who’ve shipped in your stage. No spray. No keyword-match noise.

03

Ship

Hire. Onboard. Compound.

Close in days, not quarters. Optional EOR, onboarding kits, equity advisory, and 90-day retention check-ins included.

The platform

Built For How Startups Actually Hire.

Stage-aware sourcing

Pre-seed needs different operators than Series C. Our filters know the difference — and so should your pipeline.

Founder-referenced talent

Every profile carries a context signal — who’s vouched, what they shipped, and the failure modes they’ve already burned through.

Distributed-first by default

Hire in 47 countries without setting up an entity. EOR, contracts, payroll, and compliance, handled end-to-end.

72-hour first shortlist

No black box. A real human curator returns 6–10 dense candidates within 3 days of your role going live.

Equity & comp benchmarks

Live data on what your stage actually pays. Stop losing offers because you priced the role last year.

Retention beyond day 90

We follow up. If a placement doesn’t click, we re-engage at no cost. Hiring is the start of the contract, not the end.

Distributed by default

Hire Globally. Without The Entity Tax.

Preserve runway. Access talent your competitors can’t reach. We handle contracts, payroll, compliance, and equity across 47 countries — you focus on shipping.

Build a team that doesn't run out of money before product-market fit.

Most startups don't die from bad ideas. They die from bad burn. Global hiring done right buys you 12 more months of swings.

No entity setup, no incorporation

Hire your first engineer in Berlin tomorrow without opening a German subsidiary.

Equity-friendly contracts

Cross-border ESOP structures that don't burn months in legal review.

Compliance handled, end-to-end

Payroll, taxes, statutory benefits, terminations — you never touch a labor lawyer.

Live opportunities

Roles Worth The Cold Email.

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Post

// agentic infra · YC W26

Founding Engineer

First eng hire after the founding team. Own infra, ship the agent runtime, and define the engineering culture.

$220k–$280k

+ 0.8–1.5% equity

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Mira Health

//digital therapeutics · a16z

AI Product Manager

Lead the next generation of clinical AI products. Work directly with founders and the chief medical officer.

$180k–$230k

+ 0.3–0.6% equity

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Anchor

// fintech infra · Sequoia

Head of Growth

Own GTM, build the growth org from 4 to 20. Report to the CEO. Performance + brand + lifecycle, all on your plate.

$240k–$300k

+ 0.4–0.8% equity

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Parallax

//dev tools · Index Ventures

Founding Product Designer

Define the product, the brand, the marketing site. You’ll be the third hire. Designer-founders preferred.

$160k–$210k

+ 1.0–2.0% equity

Hiring acceleration

Some Hires Need a Specialist On The Bench.

Most roles run themselves through the platform. But when you’re hiring a VP of Engineering, opening a new market, or sourcing a regulated leadership role — you need someone running it for you. Our Talent Connect365 team handles those.

Executive search

VPs, C-suite, founding leadership across functions

GTM hiring

Sales, marketing, and CS leaders who've scaled before

Specialized sourcing

Niche, regulated, and cross-border senior IC roles

Strategic advisory

Comp benchmarking, org design, hiring playbooks

From the operators

Words From People Who
Actually Shipped.

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“We hired two founding engineers in 18 days. The shortlist had four people. We made offers to three. That’s not normal — that’s the platform working.”

Priya Nair

CTO, Loop AI · YC W26

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“I’d been job-searching the standard way for three months. On TC365 I had three founder conversations in a week. Closed at the second.”

Marcus Oyelaran

Eng Lead, ex-Stripe → Mira

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“The EOR layer alone saved us six months of legal. Our German team was operational the same week we signed the contract. Worth every basis point.”

Elena Hartmann

COO, Anchor · Sequoia-backed

FAQ

Questions Answered Straight.

Is Talent Connect 365 only for funded startups?

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

No. We accept pre-seed bootstrapped founders too, but we vet the role and the story. We don’t waste candidates’ time on companies with no clear runway or thesis.

Build with us

The Next Great Startup Is
Being Staffed Right Now.

Whether you’re hiring or being hired, you’re 21 days away from a team that compounds.