Hirebase.
Hirebase helps Web3 teams hire qualified contributors in days, not months — without recruiters.
Problem
Web3 teams spend 8–12 weeks filling a single technical role. Traditional platforms don't filter for Solidity, Rust, Move, or DeFi domain knowledge. Startups burn through runway on recruiter fees ($30k–$50k per placement) or settle for weak hires because the talent pool is opaque and verification-free.
Solution
Hirebase is a skills-verified hiring platform for Web3. Candidates complete real on-chain assessments — smart-contract challenges, protocol audits — before their profile is visible. Teams swipe through pre-vetted talent and close hires inside 5 days. No recruiter fees. No CVs that lie.
Why Now
Three shifts create the window: Web3 headcount grew 42% YoY, yet 78% of founders say hiring is their #1 bottleneck (Messari, 2025). Centralized talent networks are collapsing. On-chain identity infrastructure — ENS, verifiable credentials, attestations — now makes skill verification possible for the first time. Hirebase is the first platform to wire all three together.
Traction
$4,200
Monthly Recurring Revenue
100% from subscriptions
38
Paying Teams
$110/team/month avg
18%
Month-over-Month Growth
Organic, no paid acquisition
92%
Net Revenue Retention
Monthly cohort retention
5 days
Avg. Time-to-Hire
vs. 8–12 week industry avg
Growth is driven entirely by word-of-mouth — teams in the BasedAI, Warden Protocol, and Zeroclaw ecosystems onboard their portfolio companies. We have not spent a dollar on marketing.
Market
$4.2B
TAM — Web3-native hiring across protocols, DeFi, L1/L2 infra, DAOs, and venture studios
2.1M active Web3 developers worldwide (Electric Capital, 2025) · 12,000+ funded teams hiring 3–6 roles/year
Pricing
Explorer
$99
/team/month
Growth
$299
/team/month
Enterprise
Custom
Dedicated pipeline
Paying teams self-select into Growth within 3 months.
Team
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 the Zeroclaw ecosystem and lead architect of a TRON-based self-custody signing platform.
EQ Lab's engineering bench serves as Hirebase's initial talent supply and technical moat.
Raising $750,000
Pre-seed SAFE · MFN terms
Engineering (2 FTE)
$360k
Go-to-Market (1 FTE)
$180k
Infrastructure
$90k
Runway Buffer (12mo)
$120k
→ Unlocks: 200 paying teams · $25k MRR · Expansion into adjacent technical verticals