Hirebase helps Web3 teams hire qualified contributors
in days, not months — without recruiters.
78% of Web3 founders say hiring is their #1 bottleneck. Hirebase closes hires in 5 days — no recruiter fees, no CVs that lie.
Problem + Why Now
Web3 teams spend 8–12 weeks filling a single technical role. LinkedIn and AngelList don't verify Solidity, Rust, Move, or DeFi knowledge — they check tenure, not capability. DAOs and startups burn $30k–$50k per placement on recruiter fees or settle for weak hires.
Three shifts make this urgent:
Web3 headcount grew 42% YoY — yet 78% of founders still call hiring their #1 bottleneck (Messari, 2025).
Centralized talent networks collapsed — credible builders are off traditional job boards.
On-chain identity (ENS, verifiable credentials, attestations) now makes skill verification possible.
Hirebase is the first platform to wire all three together.
Solution
Skills-verified hiring for Web3 — end to end.
- Verified assessments: Candidates solve real on-chain challenges — smart-contract audits, protocol tests, domain-specific problems — before their profile goes live.
- Swipe-to-hire pipeline: Teams browse pre-vetted talent, message directly, and close hires inside 5 days.
- Zero recruiter fees: No markups, no placement percentages. Flat subscriptions from $99/month.
No competitor bridges skill assessment, direct hiring, and on-chain verification in one product.
Traction — KPIs (100% organic — zero paid acquisition)
$4,200
Monthly Recurring Revenue
92%
Net Revenue Retention
5 days
Avg Time-to-Hire (vs 8–12 wk)
Growth is word-of-mouth through the BasedAI, Warden Protocol, and Zeroclaw ecosystems — onboarding portfolio companies onto Hirebase.
Competitive Wedge + TAM
$4.2B TAM — Web3-native hiring across protocols, DeFi, L1/L2 infrastructure, DAOs, and venture studios. 2.1M active Web3 developers globally (Electric Capital, 2025), growing 25% annually. Beachhead: 12,000+ funded Web3 teams hiring 3–6 technical roles per year.
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LinkedIn / AngelList |
Guild.xyz / Gitcoin |
Hirebase |
| Skill verification |
✕ Tenure-based |
△ Token-gated |
✓ On-chain challenges |
| Talent pipeline |
✓ Generalist |
✕ Discovery only |
✓ End-to-end hiring |
| Web3-native |
✕ No Solidity/Rust |
△ Partial |
✓ Built for Web3 |
| Cost |
✕ $30k–$50k/placement |
△ Free (limited) |
✓ $99–$299/mo flat |
Hirebase wins because we own the verification layer — a candidate's score is earned by solving real challenges on-chain. No competitor wires all three.
Team + Fundraising Ask
Max Nabokov — Founder. Built and shipped 30+ Web3 products as founder of EQ Lab (est. 2017, 36 engineers). Deep expertise in DeFi, smart contracts (Solidity, Rust, Move), and crypto infrastructure. Contributor to Zeroclaw. Hiring is the problem Max has spent a decade solving for his own teams.
EQ Lab's engineering bench serves as Hirebase's initial talent supply and technical moat — the same team that built 30+ Web3 products is building this one.
Raising $750,000 — pre-seed SAFE with MFN terms
Engineering hires$360k
Go-to-market$180k
Infrastructure$90k
Runway buffer$120k
Milestones: 200 paying teams · $25k MRR · expansion into AI/ML infra & ZK-proof teams