1,000+
technical hiresWelcome to Coastal
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Coastal RecruitingThe startup talent networkCoastal Builds Winning Teams
World-class
zero-to-one talent.
Coastal places the engineers who build the product and the GTM talent who take it to market, for top venture-backed startups from seed through IPO
Great teams start with the right people.
- 1,000+
- technical hires
- 50+
- VC partners
- 100+
- years of combined recruiting experience
Where would you like to go?
In good company
Ambitious companies. Exceptional people.
For Companies
As former founders, we understand the stakes.
Our white-glove recruitment service helps you scale fast while securing top-tier talent because those early hires are among the most important you'll ever make.
- Founder-friendly calibration
- Niche engineering, product, and GTM searches
- Offer strategy and close support
Selected clients
Ambitious companies. Exceptional people.
For Candidates
We prioritize your career goals.
We prioritize your career goals, matching you with opportunities that fit your skills and aspirations while providing personalized support throughout the entire process — from interview prep to post-hire follow-up.
- Mission and role calibration
- Interview and offer guidance
- High-trust startup introductions
For VC Partners
Trusted portfolio hiring support for elite early-stage investors.
We partner with elite early-stage investors to support mission-critical portfolio hiring, foster trusted intros, and build world-class talent benches that include everything from 10x engineers to advisory boards.
- Portfolio hiring support
- Executive AI Advisory Talent Platform
- Trusted talent and founder intros
Selected VC partners
Connected to the world's leading startup communities.
Success stories
Stories from the Coastal network.
Hear from founders, candidates and venture partners about building teams and careers with Coastal.
Coastal's Mission
Coastal builds winning teams
Vision
Thousands of winning teams, built by Coastal
We're a boutique team of startup-obsessed recruiters and former founders with 100+ years of combined recruiting experience in building elite, world-beating teams. For the past five years, we've exclusively focused on serving hyper-growth, VC-backed startups from their earliest stages, successfully placing more than 1,000 technical candidates at leading startups in this time. Our partners include more than 50 of the world's elite early stage investors, including Lightspeed, Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sequoia, Founders Fund, and Lux Capital. See Founder Testimonials.
50+
VC partners100+
years of combined recruiting experienceSeed to IPO
focusThe Coastal Values
- Win together.
- Integrity.
- Stay curious.
- Short memory, long game.
- Celebrate loudly.
- Don't need to be right, want to win.
Let's Get In Touch
Tell us what you are building, hiring, or hoping to find next.
Great teams and great careers begin with a conversation. Tell us about your next chapter, and we'll take it from there.
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