Entelo
by Entelo, Inc.
Entelo was a recruiting automation and talent intelligence platform that helped employers discover candidates, enrich profiles, manage outreach, and support diversity sourcing. Rival Gem acquired the company in 2022.
Acquisition Details
Gem announced its acquisition of Entelo in August 2022. Entelo’s former homepage now redirects to Gem, and Gem positioned the transaction as an integration of Entelo’s technology and team into its talent engagement platform.
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📅 Timeline
Entelo founded
Jon Bischke and John McGrath founded Entelo in San Francisco to build technology for candidate discovery and recruiting.
Entelo raises $20 million Series C
Entelo announced a $20 million Series C led by U.S. Venture Partners, bringing its reported total funding to $32 million.
Entelo introduces recruiting automation platform
Entelo announced a recruiting automation platform combining candidate sourcing, email outreach, analytics, and workflow capabilities.
Gem acquires Entelo
Recruiting platform Gem announced that it had acquired Entelo, adding Entelo’s search, sourcing, and candidate-engagement capabilities to Gem’s product portfolio.
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❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What was Entelo used for?
Entelo was used by recruiting teams to search for prospective candidates, enrich candidate profiles, automate outreach, analyze recruiting activity, and support diversity-focused sourcing.
Is Entelo still available as a standalone recruiting platform?
No standalone Entelo service is currently promoted. Gem acquired Entelo in August 2022, and entelo.com redirects to Gem’s website.
Who acquired Entelo?
Gem, a talent engagement and recruiting platform company, acquired Entelo in August 2022. Financial terms were not publicly disclosed in Gem’s announcement.
Who founded Entelo?
Entelo was co-founded in 2011 by Jon Bischke and John McGrath. Bischke served as the company’s chief executive.
What are alternatives to Entelo?
The supplied catalogue does not contain direct recruiting-sourcing replacements. Adjacent options include Gong for revenue hiring and conversation intelligence, Perplexity AI for research, and Browse AI for web-data monitoring; none is a like-for-like Entelo substitute.