Doostang takes $3.5M for elite-focused job site
Doostang, a Silicon Valley company that seeks to hook up highly qualified people with high-end employers, has raised $3.5 million in a round led by Shasta Ventures.
Doostang is in a very crowded industry. It is filled job-oriented sites like TheLadders, a job board for six-figure salaries and up, and more specialized job boards on multitudes of niche-oriented Web sites. Also, sites like LinkedIn are gaining currency among highly networked people – who ask their friends to give… Continue Reading
The job problem — too much noise
The number of new job-focused companies is overwhelming.
The latest is Zubka.com, a new European company that pays people for referring suitable job candidates for listings on its site. Here’s your chance to win $3,600 for referring a Java architect for a job in Florida.
However, Zubka is just the latest in a barrage of companies doing similar things (H3.com, BountyJobs, and Blue Chip Expert). The opportunity is significant because no one company dominates the multi-billion-dollar… Continue Reading
Doostang, an invite-only job board site
Doostang, a Palo Alto start-up invitation that lets people share job information with their friends, said it has raised about $250,000 in seed financing, VentureWire reports (sub required).
It was “friends and family” round, and names of investors were undisclosed. The company was co-founded by Mareza Larizadeh, who worked previously at ePlanet Ventures, and Pavel Krapivin.