Over 30 technical hires in one year

Brainbase is a SaaS startup, working towards its goal of making intellectual property in industry more open, efficient and accessible.
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Recruitment case studies: Brainbase

The story

Founded in 2016, Brainbase is a company aiming to make intellectual property in industry more open, efficient, and accessible. The start-up has raised $15m in funding and is backed by leading investors in San Fransisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Europe. Its client base boasts 50 companies across 10 countries. Among them, you can find well-known companies such as BuzzFeed, BBC Studios, and Sanrio. As of today, Brainbase has its headquarters in Los Angeles and an office in Tallinn, Estonia.

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brainbase.com

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The challenge

Volume technical hiring

After raising $8m in Series A round, Brainbase was set to go through an intense growth phase in Estonia, where they wanted to establish their technology hub. The main challenge of this project was finding candidates with the right technical background, mainly developers with experience in PHP and Angular language. It was also important to distinguish candidates who’d be able to work in a startup environment.
 
 
Brainbase
"We've been able to scale faster and bring top-notch talent to our team thanks to TalentHub."
Sirli Spelman
Sirli S.
People Manager, Brainbase

Hiring process

Technical talent sourcing

Our focus has been on sourcing technical talent from the Polish and Estonian markets. When hunting down talent, it has been key for us to identify candidates who have experience working in high-growth startups.

Once suitable candidates have been tracked down, we’ve conducted screenings to understand their motivations and assess their cultural fit with Brainbase. 

Due to the high hiring volume, most of the time, we have worked on multiple roles at once. We even held a sourcing hackathon at the Brainbase office in Tallinn. Taking into account the busy nature of a high-growth company, we have also assisted founders with tasks to enhance the candidate experience, such as preparing offer documents and advising them with employee onboarding.

 

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The results

30+ technical hires in a year

We’ve helped Brainbase grow their small Tallinn-based team of 6 people to 38 employees. They’ve established their technical base in Estonia, where we’ve hired many key roles, such as the Lead DevOps, Engineer Lead, and Head of Information Security.
 

Improved the candidate experience

We went over and above to ensure Brainbase provided a good recruitment experience to their candidates. Whether it was helping founders send out contracts or contributing to their onboarding plan, we were always ready to assist our client beyond recruiting.
 
 
Recruitment case studies: Brainbase

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Piret Ulm

Piret Ulm

Partner Lead/Recruitment Partner
piret@talenthub.ee