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title: Startup Recruiting Pricing | $4,900 Fixed Fee | 100% success since 2019
description: Fixed-fee startup recruiting from $4,900/hire. 100% placement success across 400+ companies. First candidates in 7 days. No commission. No hidden costs.
image: https://funded.club/hubfs/og_image_funded.png
---
[](https://funded.club/)
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- [Hire](https://funded.club/hire)
- [Pricing](https://funded.club/pricing)
- [Find a job](https://funded.club/startupjobs)
- [Case Studies](https://funded.club/case-studies)
- [Locally](https://funded.club/case-studies/locally)
- [Supernova](https://funded.club/case-studies/supernova)
- [Isolocity](https://funded.club/case-studies/isolocity)
- [WeTravel](https://funded.club/case-studies/wetravel)
- [Digital Science](https://funded.club/case-studies/digital-science)
- [Blog](https://funded.club/blog-results)
- [Resources](https://funded.club/resources)
- [Raise Money](https://funded.club/funding)
- [Funding partners](https://funded.club/funding)
- [Predict success](https://signup.predict.ventures/)
- [Growth Planner](https://funded.club/growth-planner)
- [Glossary](https://funded.club/glossary)
- [FAQ](https://funded.club/faq)
- [Contact us](https://funded.club/contact-us)
[Book a call](https://funded.club/contact-us)
- Engagement options:
- [Hiring solutions](https://funded.club/hire)
- [Pay-as-you-go](https://funded.club/pricing)
- Membership plan
## Simple pricing
Startup recruitment pricing at [Funded.club](https://funded.club/): Fixed fees from $4,900 per hire for roles up to $70K, $7,500 for roles up to $110K, and $11,500 for roles up to $150K. Executive search costs $15,900-$21,900. This is 60-70% cheaper than commission-based agencies who charge 20-30% of salary. 100% placement success across 500+ companies since 2019.
Regional pricing in GBP, EUR... [here](https://funded.club/terms-europe)
### Blueprint
Strategy talk
One-time fee $495
- Tailored talent acquisition plan
- Gap assessment
- Sourcing tactics
- Salary benchmarks
- Skills mapping
- 60-90 minute session
- Email report, call recording and transcript
[Get Started](mailto:ray@funded.club)
### Growth
Pay-as-you-go, global hiring for non-executive roles and total compensation less than $150,000
Fixed fees per hire $4,900 (up to $70,000 total compensation)
$7,500 (up to $110,000 total compensation)
$11,500 (up to $150,000 total compensation)
- Full-stack hiring solution
- End-to-end support
- 60-day search commitment
- Dedicated recruiter per search
- Pay a small advance to start each search - may be deferred until shortlist for first-time customers.
[Get Started](https://funded.club/pricing#quote)
### Premium
High salary and executive roles
Fixed fees per hire $15,900 Non-executives hires with $150-190,000 total compensation
$21,900 Executive, co-founder, C-level, and roles with salaries exceeding $190,000 total compensation
- Full-stack hiring solution
- End-to-end support
- 90-day search commitment
- Dedicated recruiter per search
- Leadership oversight and insights
- Additional customisation
- Pay $4-5k advance to start each search - may be deferred until shortlist for first-time customers.
[Get Started](https://funded.club/pricing#quote)
### Member
Join the .club and enjoy all the benefits of full membership
$5,975 Per hire (example for 12 Growth hires paid upfront)
- Custom plans for 6-12 hires over 12 months
- Dedicated recruiters and account manager
- End-to-end support
- Guaranteed project delivery with 30-day money back guarantee
- Free Blueprint session(s)
- Access to funded.club online and in-person events - online
- Insights, knowledge and networking from our .club and startup ecosystem
[Let's talk](https://funded.club/pricing#quote)
# **Tell us your open role(s)**
**We'll reply the same working day with a fixed fee and a timeline to shortlisted candidates.**
No call needed. Ray Gibson replies personally (no AI or automated replies!)
Fixed fee agreed upfront, averaging 6 to 9% of salary.
First screened candidates in 7 days.
We've helped 500+ startups from Seed to Series D across North America, Europe and APAC.
## Prefer to talk directly?
Book a free 15-minute call. We'll map your hiring plan, budget, and timeline — no commitment.
[Book a call](https://meetings.hubspot.com/ray127)
## Startup Recruiting Pricing | Fixed Fees From $4,900
Traditional recruitment agencies charge 20-30% of salary — for a 100,000 hire, that's 25k. Funded.club's fixed fees average just 6-9% of salary, saving startups 60-70% per hire. Our largest customer [saved €511,000 in total recruitment costs.](https://funded.club/case-studies/digital-science)
### How Funded.club Compares to Your Other Options
| Hiring Model | Fee Structure | Cost for $65K role | Cost for $100K role | Speed to shortlist |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Funded.club | Fixed fee per hire | $4,900 | $7,500 - $11,500 | 7 days |
| Commission Agency | 20-25% of salary | $13,000 - $16,250 | $20,000 - $25,000 | 2-4 weeks |
| In-house Recruiter | Salary + benefits + tools | ~$5,000/mo all-in | ~$5,000/mo all-in | 4-8 weeks |
| LinkedIn / Job Boards | Ad spend only | $500 - $2,000 | $500 - $2,000 | Unknown - no guarantee |
\*Commission agency costs based on 20-25% placement fee. In-house recruiter total cost includes salary, benefits, LinkedIn Recruiter ($9,360/yr), and ATS software. Funded.club fees are fixed regardless of salary negotiation outcome.
###### [Deep dive article \>\>\>](https://funded.club/fixed-fee-recruiting)
[](https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/the-best-fixed-fee-recruitment-partners-for-funded-startups-in-2026/)
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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 multiple 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 TECHNOLOGY, SUPERNOVA (Y COMBINATOR ALUMNI W19)
"Funded.club has been instrumental in streamlining our recruitment process. Their expert team has saved us countless hours and their recruiters do a fantastic job at filtering out candidates and bringing us the best talent. We highly recommend partnering with Funded.club."
Read more
## Amanda Tegtmeyer
### President, Axle Eight
"As an early stage, growing business, we need an executive recruiting partner that is both affordable and professional. The team at Funded.club was highly responsive and delivered on their promise of great candidates. I have now utilized them twice and plan on going back as we continue to staff up!"
Read more
## Steve Wasik
### CEO, VKTRY Gear
"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."
Read more
## 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. "
Read more
## Colin Lee
### CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TESSERACT.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."
Read more
## Julian Thorne
### CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, Sub(x)
"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!"
Read more
## Johannnes Koeppel
### CO-FOUNDER & CEO, WETRAVEL
"We keep coming back to Funded.club over and over again, they are affordable yet efficient and have adjusted to our hiring needs regularly!"
Read more
## Andre Lorenceau
### CEO & Founder, Divigas
## Job titles we fill every day:
## Free Growth Planner:
[Calculate your upcoming salary and hiring costs](https://funded.club/growth-planner)
## Startup Recruiting Challenges
"As an entrepreneur, you have a gazillion things to worry about every day - from navigating these uncertain times to developing your product into a scaleable solution and nailing your perfect growth channels. You know that **recruiting for your startup is critical to your success**, but it’s also time-consuming and expensive.
You've placed ads on job boards only to receive many off-target applications. You may have also tried hiring through an agency and had to hide the bill from your investors :) **You feel your time and your hard-won money should be better spent... and you're right!**
At Funded.club, we have the best recruiters in the world using our magic tools to maintain an edge for our startup and scale-up customers and find talent faster. We've grown with our customers over the past 5 years and now have solutions for pay-as-you-go recruiting projects and also Embedded Recruitment under a monthly subscription model.
We are a "club" of founders that have "funded" their ventures through investments or revenues and need to grow their teams efficiently.
Let's talk about how we can help you get back to growing your business!"
## Ray Gibson, CEO & Founder
[Let's Talk](https://funded.club/contact-us)
## If, like us, you believe in rainbows, unicorns,
### 10x developers, and hungry sales hackers come and join our club!
Book a call to receive free growth and hiring tips from startup recruiters with decades of experience.
[Let's talk](https://funded.club/contact-us)
[](https://funded.club)
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## Contact Us
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- [Our team](https://funded.club/fundedteam)
- [Blog](https://funded.club/blog)
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