Coastal Current - Weekly Candidate Spotlight, in 30 seconds

For those new, welcome to the Coastal Current. Every week, we share profiles of the top engineering and BD candidates actively in-market for startup opportunities. 

Grab time HERE or respond directly to this email to learn more about the below:

Founding Engineer - Saas/Fintech

• Key Experience: 10+ years of experience building his own start-up in SaaS space, leading infra and security - Golang and Python 

• Notable Accomplishment #1: Built revenue to $20m ARR prior to selling company last year

• Notable Accomplishment #2: CS from MIT 

Applied ML Engineer - AI

• Key Experience: 7+ years of experience, including recent experience at DeepMind

• Notable Accomplishment #1: Prior to DeepMind, worked at multiple startups - leading ML

• Education: CS degree from CMU

Head of Sales - Web3

• Key Experience: 7+ years with last 3 leading top GTM team in Web3 

• Notable Accomplishment #1: #1 Producer at one of the top Web3 startups

• Notable Accomplishment #2: Built out GTM org while still over-exceeding Quota

Disclaimer All candidates are looking to join early-stage startups, with the desire to work with a team, mission and vision that most aligns with their own. 

We asked, and Carta’s insights team delivered. This week, Carta reported the previous 6 months of pre-seed financing rounds < $1M. Interesting to see the median post-money val cap ~ $7M 👀

Interested in learning more? Reply to this email or grab time HERE to dive in. 

Until next time 🫡

The Coastal Team