“Gem offers me a tremendous amount of leverage as a founder/CEO. I'm able to apply a high-touch, ultra-personalized approach at scale which is simply game-changing. The response rates for emails sent through Gem are much higher than if the emails were coming from a recruiter.”
Gem for Startups
Hire talent faster with an all-in-one recruiting solution that your team will love
Hiring is your number one priority. That’s why we’re offering Gem for free to early-stage startups. Get sourcing, CRM, and an ATS on one easy-to-use platform. See why our customers rate us 4.8/5 on G2 and why 92% of users find Gem easy to use.
Startups that trusted Gem to fuel their growth
“Before Gem, we were wasting our time on candidates sourced from low-quality channels, such as agencies. With Gem, we were able to target top-tier candidates and hire 2 of the first 5 members of our founding team.”
“Hiring is the #1 priority for every startup once they've raised money, and to do it well you need the right platform. YC companies have consistently raved about Gem, and we recommend it for all companies, whether they're hiring their first employees or at scale.”
“We've tried everything and Gem is the first product to delight our hiring managers and drive adoption across the company. Now, everyone's involved in the hiring process. All of our recruiting efforts are tracked through one central place and our entire company is an extension of the recruiting team!”
“Gem offers me a tremendous amount of leverage as a founder/CEO. I'm able to apply a high-touch, ultra-personalized approach at scale which is simply game-changing. The response rates for emails sent through Gem are much higher than if the emails were coming from a recruiter.”
“Before Gem, we were wasting our time on candidates sourced from low-quality channels, such as agencies. With Gem, we were able to target top-tier candidates and hire 2 of the first 5 members of our founding team.”
“Hiring is the #1 priority for every startup once they've raised money, and to do it well you need the right platform. YC companies have consistently raved about Gem, and we recommend it for all companies, whether they're hiring their first employees or at scale.”
“We've tried everything and Gem is the first product to delight our hiring managers and drive adoption across the company. Now, everyone's involved in the hiring process. All of our recruiting efforts are tracked through one central place and our entire company is an extension of the recruiting team!”
Manage all your recruiting on one platform
Gem offers sourcing, CRM, ATS, and analytics in one solution so you can focus on hiring the best talent without context-switching between systems.
Source passive talent 5x faster
Instantly add candidates from LinkedIn, Indeed, and over 20 other sites with just a single click.
2x response rates with personalized outreach
Automate and personalize your message across multiple communication channels with AI-assisted personalization.
Proactively build pipelines for future roles
Easily add candidates to your CRM and let Gem automatically refresh their data so you have the latest context when it’s time to recruit.
Get insight on recruiting with easy-to-use analytics
Start with our preset templates or easily create your own dashboard reports to monitor recruiting activity and identify areas for improvement.
Resources built for startups
How to hire for startups
Startup hiring is hard and it's difficult to know where to start. Gem has collaborated with top talent partners and founders to open source a "How to Hire for Startups" guide filled with resources including: playbooks, step-by-step instructions, and templates.
See Gem in action
Watch a 3-minute demo video from our Head of Partnerships on how startups leverage Gem.
Watch the demoTalent Talk: Startup hiring 101
Gem & Unshackled VC discuss best practices (and what to avoid) of hiring as an early stage founder.
Watch the videoStartup hiring guide
A hiring playbook for startups with step-by-step instructions, best practices and templates.
Get the guide“One of the hardest parts of recruiting your early team is knowing where to begin. Gem's open source resources for startup hiring are a big help for founders who want to build the right foundation and get off to a strong start. We recommend them day 1 to every new founder in the Accel portfolio.”
Peter Clarke
Talent Partner at Accel
Get Gem free for your portfolio
Enable your companies to hire like the best, for free.
Terms & Conditions: Offer valid for new Gem customers only. Eligible companies must be incorporated within the past three (3) years, and have received no greater than five million ($5MM) (USD) in venture funding. Not valid for staffing and/or recruiting firms. Companies that exhibit excessive usage may be subject to usage limits, but we will make a commercially reasonable effort to resolve any such issues. Gem reserves the right to modify or adjust this program at any time.