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Turnkey recruiting invested in your success

       

Turnkey recruiting invested in your success

       

Drive Talent was designed from the ground up to help our companies build world-class teams. Our companies think of it as a custom-tailored solution for full-cycle recruitment.

Advantages
  • 01

    We move fast because we understand the needs, missions, and goals of our companies.

  • 02

    We’re experts at recruiting top talent to markets outside of Silicon Valley.

  • 03

    We win when you win so you won’t find a more aligned recruiting partner.

Team

Annie Lapides • Partner and Head of Talent

People are at the core of Drive's investment strategy, and Annie helped scale Drive's talent network by working with founders to attract the very best teams. Prior to Drive, Annie worked closely with founders at Silicon Valley Bank and Techstars.

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Cara Lawrence • Talent Acquisition Manager

Cara comes to Drive from Russell Tobin, where she scaled teams for startups and large enterprises, including Carta, Bonobos, Warner Media, and The New York Times. An educator at heart, Cara began her career in talent at Teach for America.

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Maria Moore • Senior Technical Recruiter

Maria has spent her career working to scale Engineering teams at multiple tech startups including Root Inc. and CoverMyMeds. Prior to joining the team at Drive, she was responsible for growing the Engineering teams at the startup Vouch Insurance.

Maria Moore

Tim Fuller • Senior Technical Recruiter

Before coming to Drive, Tim spent several years helping scale headcount at companies spanning multiple industries, including French unicorn Doctolib and Google.

Tim Fuller

Kayce Thompson • Talent Acquisition Manager

Kayce comes to Drive after six years working in the Bay Area, where she was in-house at Stitch Fix and Learneo, both high-growth unicorns. Kayce is a strategic talent partner who has helped teams scale from the ground up and expand internationally.

Kayce Thompson
Testimonials

01/05

"So much appreciation for the Drive Talent team. Across the board, everyone is dialed in, high velocity, and operating with an exceptional attention to detail. Over a very efficient 8 week period, our team had the pleasure of meeting 30+ outstanding candidates… All said and done, the Pieces team welcomed three world-class teammates aboard. TL;DR: We couldn't be happier!" - Tsavo Knott, CEO & Co-Founder, Pieces

"We're pretty specific about our ideal candidate and that's not a buzzword/search engine friendly order. Drive took the time to understand and delivered us candidates we're excited about." - Kevin Cotti, CTO, Tesouro

"Drive Talent took the time to truly understand our open roles in the broader context of our business needs. The candidates they identified were on target and well qualified for the position." -Dave Strout, Dir. of Infrastructure and Security, Duality Robotics

"Building the right team is absolutely crucial to the success of any early stage startup and working with Drive Talent felt like having an internal hiring team help us handpick the perfect candidate. They set a high bar with the level of thoughtfulness, expertise, and detail they bring into their partnerships and I'm so thankful we get to work with them time and time again." - Sarah Bernstein, Head of People, Humanly

“What was really attractive to me about working with Drive Talent was the level of proximity Tandem has with the team, understanding our core business model and each moving part that is so crucial to whoever is going to join the team.” - Olivia Weinstock, CEO & Co-Founder, Tandem

PARTNER WITH US

Many of our portfolio companies are looking for great minds to join their teams. If you’re excited about doing the best work of your career, this is a great place to start.