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opportunities at breakout startups, early teams hiring, and co-founder searches
✨ Hey there this is a free edition of next play’s newsletter, where we share under-the-radar opportunities to help you figure out what’s next in your journey.
Two companies (one early stage and one growth stage) emailed us last week because they recently hired people from the next play network. If you are in the midst of a job search (or even just casually thinking about what’s next), this is your message to keep going. Reach out hi@nextplay.so if there’s more we can do to be helpful — we hope you have a great end to 2024 🙂.
Co-founders / people to jam with:
Oliver previously founded Antimetal and was also an early engineer at Census (now Series B Sequoia/a16z company). He’s looking for collaborators as he explores enterprise-AI use cases. You can reach out here: oliver@withmesa.com.
Manar was a software engineer at Grammarly for the past 6.5 years. He’s thinking about b2b ideas and looking for a co-founder (who is kind and gritty). You can reach out here: safi.manar@gmail.com.
An anonymous founder is building a product that eliminates friction associated with cross-border investing. The founder has previously started a fintech company and also worked in venture capital. He is looking to build a “navy seals” quality founding team (and is looking for a co-founder/CTO). You can email hi@nextplay.so and we’ll try to connect if it’s a fit.
David previously was a GTM/product leader at Duolingo and Google. He also worked at a healthcare venture studio where he launched 3 companies. He’s looking for a collaborator to brainstorm ideas. You can reach out here: dkornberg+nextplay@gmail.com.
Shan was an early employee and the chief of staff at Clutch, where he led supply growth to a $100m+ annual revenue business. He also wrote the UberEats playbook for alcohol delivery and was responsible for launching many markets in South America. His family has a business in HVAC, and he’s interested in finding people who are interested in building businesses in home services and property maintenance. You can reach out here: shan@getgrowjoe.com.
Steven previously worked on Uber Grocery and before that at Instacart. He’s interested in building a solution in the digital ad platform space (”retail media networks”) and looking for a co-founder. You can reach out here: stevenmiller@viryai.com.
Early teams:
An anonymous company is looking for people (background in business development or sales or venture capital or consulting or finance) who want to work hard with very high performance-based upside. Industry is startup recruiting and the job involves getting in front of and talking to talented job-seekers. Option to start part-time.” You can reach out: hi@nextplay.so with a blurb about you and your Linkedin and we’ll try to connect you.
Rachel from Kanary is building a fast and free way to fight digital stalking and doxxing. They are hiring founding team members, especially a product engineer. You can learn more here and reach out here: rachel@kanary.com.
Omnea is building a purchasing management platform that gives employees one place to make requests, manage approvals, and automate all renewals. They recently raised $20m from firms like Accel and First Round. They are hiring founding team members, including a customer success manager, account executive, and commercial associate. You can learn more and apply here.
Kian from Nucleus Genomics is building an all-in-one DNA health test. He’s looking for someone who can just “get shit done.” You can reach out here.
Offer from Arya is building an AI concierge to help couples have healthier and happier relationships. Their revenue has 10x’d this year, and they are looking for a growth product manager. You can learn more here and reach out here: offer@arya.fyi.
Manjot from Resonate helps small businesses convert new customers from missed calls. They closed $1m in pilots in the last month and are growing 70% MoM. They are hiring founding team members, especially a full stack engineer. You can reach out here: manji@resonateapp.com.
Bryce from Lenny Learning is building an ai-powered platform to help schools address their students’ behavioral health challenges. They’ve grown 4x annually over the past two years. They are hiring a founding partnerships lead. You can learn more and apply here.
Karan from Cartesia is building a platform to make running AI models cheaper. They just raised a round from Index Ventures are now hiring for every role. You can learn more and apply here.
Anastasia from Carina is looking for a founding UX engineer/game designer to build and rapidly prototype engaging math puzzle games. Think Wordle-style games with delightful interactions and clean UI. You can reach out here: anastasia.Miliano@carina.fund.
Uri from Brandlight is building a platform to help brands optimize their results on AI search engines. They just raised a round and are hiring for founding team positions: principal engineer, product designer, researcher, and more. You can reach out here: uri@brandlight.ai.
Sully.ai is an ai agent for healthcare organizations. They are hiring for sales and engineering. You can learn more and apply here.
Baran from Flagright is building an AI-native AML compliance platform for fintechs & banks. They are hiring in product operations, solutions engineering, and software engineering. You can learn more and apply here.
Scaling startups:
Ben from Moxie is building a platform to help entrepreneurs launch and grow their own aesthetics business. They are hiring a senior business analyst. You can learn more here and reach out here: ben@joinmoxie.com.
Craftwork is building a digital-native home painting franchise. They have grown revenue 3x annually for the past two years. They are hiring a full stack product engineer. You can learn more and apply here.
Jonathon from AirGarage is building a platform that automates the operations of parking lots and parking garages. They already operate 250+ parking lots and are growing quickly as they raised from firms like a16z and Founders Fund. They are hiring a partner success manager. You can learn more and apply here.
Sarah from Cargado is hiring for nearly every role (product, engineering, sales, operations). They are building the world’s first invite-only load board for cross-border Mexico freight. Their founders are freight industry veterans. You can learn more here and reach out here: jobs@cargado.com.
Andrew from Numeric is building a next generation accounting platform. They have raised $38 million over the past 6 months. They are hiring founding team members in GTM and engineering. You can learn more here and reach out: talent@numeric.io.
Celine from Loyal is building a clinical-stage veterinary medicine company developing drugs intended to extend the lifespan and healthspan of dogs. They are hiring a senior product manager. You can learn more and apply here.
Cuddy from BRM is hiring a growth marketing lead. They are building an ai-powered purchasing platform that helps companies find and manage their tools. You can learn more and apply here.
Sam from PermitFlow is building a permitting platform for builders (like real estate developers and contractors). They are hiring for nearly every position (analytics, SDR, engineering, etc.). You can learn more and apply here.
Varun from Enterpret is building a customer intelligence platform for product development teams. They just raised a Series A. They are now hiring for several GTM roles, including sales engineering, people ops and business ops. You can learn more and apply here.
Adi from Revv is hiring sales and product people. They are building AI powered tools for the auto repair industry. You can learn more and apply here.
Tressia from Stepful is building an online training platform for healthcare jobs. They are hiring for nearly every role. You can learn more and apply here.
ScreenMeet is building a secure and remote screensharing platform. They recently raised a Series B and are hiring a marketer and a sales manager. You can learn more and apply here.
Are you hiring? Or know of any interesting opportunities? Send us an email: hi@nextplay.so.
Investing and other:
An anonymous founder who angel invests in companies on the side is looking for a part-time investment associate. It will be like 10-hours a month to help with deals and they will get a cut of carry. You can fill out this short form to apply.
Ilya from Matrix Ventures is hiring junior member to join the investments team. You can learn more here and reach out here: scott@matrix.vc.
a16z is hiring a partner. You can learn more and apply here.
Adam and Dick from 01 Advisors are hiring an associate. You can learn more and apply here.
Note:
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