Quild #83: Searchlight

Automating candidate references

Apr 19, 2022

This is the Quild daily, highlighting one early-stage startup building the future of work that has statistically significant signals of becoming a unicorn.

Searchlight offers a Predictive Talent Platform that measures and improves Quality of Hire by connecting candidate reference and self-assessment data to post-hire outcomes. Real-time insights enable continuous learning to hire and retain the right people. Searchlight is on a people-first mission to make hiring win-win for everyone by understanding talent better.

Founders: Anna (CTO), Kerry (CEO)

Signals:

Top university alumni
- Both Anna and Kerry graduated from Stanford University (BS, MS)
Fast team growth
- Grew 2x YoY to 18 employees
- Hiring a lot across the board
Midas list investor
- Founders Fund led series A
- Accel led seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn