Location: Switzerland + USA

Sector: B2B SaaS / DevTools

Funding: $412M – backed by Advent, Permira, and Insight

Stage: Hypergrowth

A hypergrowth devtools business. Brought in post-raise to replace agency dependence and build a scalable internal hiring engine across Europe and the US.

The Situation

• Internal team at capacity; unable to meet hiring targets

• Leadership needed a scalable talent strategy to support ongoing growth, with projected hiring costs exceeding €2M

• Top talent wasn’t engaging; high mid-process dropouts

• Offer acceptance rates were low

• Brand sentiment in the developer community was declining

Engagement

• Embedded to audit the full hiring and onboarding process

• Reported findings directly to the CEO

• Built a repeatable, in-house sourcing engine; reduced agency reliance by 80%

• Developed a tailored hiring narrative to attract top-tier candidates

• Streamlined onboarding and handed over internal process for scale

Results

• c.€1.5M saved over 2 years by reducing agency use

• Offer acceptance rate consistently near 90%

• Improved reputation in the tech community drove higher inbound engagement

• Hiring scaled across Europe, and the US

• Internal team continued successfully post-handover