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title: Case Studies | How Startups Save 70% on Recruiting | Funded.club
description: See how startups like Digital Science (€511k saved) and Supernova (€210k saved) built world-class teams with Funded.club's fixed-fee recruiting. Real results, real savings.
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# How Startups Build Great Teams (and save hundreds of thousands)

[Funded.club](https://funded.club/) is a fixed-fee recruitment partner for startups. Our customers save 60-70% compared to commission-based agencies. Digital Science saved €511,000 over 3 years. Supernova (YC W19) saved €210,000. We deliver first candidates in 7 days with 100% placement success since 2019.

We don't just talk about fixed-fee recruiting — we prove it works.

Here's how real startups scaled their teams with [Funded.club](https://funded.club/).

![supenova-master-logo-positive-rgb](https://funded.club/hubfs/supenova-master-logo-positive-rgb.png)

### Supernova (YC W19) — €210,000 Saved Over 4 Years

Design Systems / SaaS | Product, Engineering, Sales, ContentFrom post-YC to market leader. Built out the entire team and eliminated the need for an internal recruiting function.→ Read the full story

![digital](https://funded.club/hubfs/fundedlogo/digital.jpg)

### Digital Science — €511,000 Saved Over 3 Years

Scientific Research & Publishing | 30+ hires across sales, data, marketing, leadershipAveraged 35-day time-to-hire across multiple countries while saving over half a million vs traditional agencies.→ Read the full story

![wetravel](https://funded.club/hubfs/fundedlogo/wetravel.jpg)

### WeTravel — Multi-Year Partnership Through COVID & Beyond

Travel Tech / Fintech | Engineering, Sales, Finance, Marketing (global)From Senior DevOps Engineers to Financial Controllers — talent found across US, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America.→ Read the full story

![locally-logo-2022](https://funded.club/hubfs/locally-logo-2022.png)

### Locally — Surgical Hires for a Growing Team

Local Commerce / Tech | Multiple key rolesClose collaboration with founders, dedicated recruiters per search, and first candidates in 7 days.→ Read the full story

## Our Results

![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.47.56](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.47.56.png)

#### 27

Avg days to hire

![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.48.04](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.48.04.png)

#### 100%

Project success rate

![Screenshot 2024-06-06 at 08.47.42-1](https://funded.club/hubfs/Screenshot%202024-06-06%20at%2008.47.42-1.png)

#### 72%

Reduced hiring costs

![Rocket Black](https://funded.club/hubfs/Rocket%20Black.png)

#### 880

Hours saved (hiring team)

## Ready to be the next case study? Fixed fees start at $4,900 per hire. No percentages, no surprises.

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### How Funded.club Can Help You

- Determine and define project scope and objectives
- Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner
- Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements
- Track project costs in order to meet budget
- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan
- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress

![img-prof](https://funded.club/hs-fs/hubfs/funded-images2022/img-prof.png?width=500&height=500&name=img-prof.png)

## Ray Gibson, CEO & Founder

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###### We support \> 300 startup and scale-up teams from San Francisco to Sydney. Including... :)

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## Testimonials

"Funded.club was absolutely an integral piece of our process to find-test-hire people for our company lately. This not only saved us quite literally munltiple months of work in pre-screenings, but also efficient in finding candidates that we basically removed the need for a recruitment team altogether. this allowed us to focus resources on more critical things that every company should be doing, like building the product!"

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## Jiří Třečák

### CEO & HEAD OF TECHNOLOGYSUPERNOVA(Y COMBINATOR ALUMNI W19)

"Working with Funded.club has been a wonderful experience. The staff is highly experienced, saved us tons of time and are results driven. All of it is a fraction of traditional recruitment agency costs. Highly recommended for fast-growing startups and scale-ups!"

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## Johannnes Koeppel

### CO-FOUNDER & CEOWETRAVEL

"We were struggling to find the right person for our senior dev role and so got in touch with Funded.Club. They quickly found candidates that fitted with our requirements and culture and we were able to fill the position. Thanks to Emma for your effort which saved us lots of time and cost."

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## Tony Stanley

### PEOPLE AND OPERATIONS MANAGERMSUPPLY, NEW ZEALAND

"At Tesseract.io we are constantly looking for talents to join our ever-growing team. The Funded.Club team has helped tremendously in our hiring process. In addition to the responsiveness, they provide weekly summaries throughout the hiring progress. Candidates presented were pre-screened and of good quality. Candidates start streaming in very quickly after our kick-off meeting, usually within the same week. They've helped us with multiple technical positions that we previously struggled to fill. We will definitely use them for future hires. "

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## Colin Lee

### CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERTESSERACT.IO, SINGAPORE

"We worked with Bulent and Funded.club to successfully recruit a Senior Software Engineer. Bulent advised us on the brief, provided valuable insights on salary ranges and then worked diligently to provide us with an excellent shortlist of candidates. Bulent is a great communicator and provided straightforward advice which helped us rapidly conclude our search confident we had the best candidate in the market for our brief."

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## Julian Thorne

### CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Sub(x)

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