Coastal OS

About us

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Our Mission

We empower the world's best VC-backed startups with elite talent.

We empower the world's best VC-backed startups with elite, uniquely-suited, zero-to-one talent that extends boundaries and delivers wins.

We're a boutique team of startup-obsessed recruiters and former founders with 25+ years of 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, Y Combinator, The Cannon Project, Khosla Ventures, Foundation Capital, Sequoia, Founders Fund, Delphi Digital, and Lux Capital. See Founder Testimonials.

1,000+
technical hires
50+
VC partners
25+
years recruiting and founder experience
Seed to IPO
focus

Selected clients

Ambitious companies. Exceptional people.

Selected VC partners

Connected to the world's leading startup communities.

Our investor network

  • Lightspeed
  • Andreessen Horowitz
  • The Cannon Project
  • Khosla Ventures
  • Foundation Capital
  • Sequoia
  • Founders Fund
  • Delphi Digital
  • Lux Capital