Founders building a better recruiting firm
Rocket started in 2017 after a decade of building companies and being disappointed by traditional recruiters. The mission is the same today: pair elite operators with our software so every search is faster, sharper, and more human.
2017 Year founded
2× Faster time-to-hire
1,000+ Startup hires placed
Our Story
Built from experience
Every Rocket partner has felt the cost of a bad hire. We took those lessons and built a recruiting company that acts like a product team: hypothesis driven, data obsessed, relentless about the experience.
"The team you build is the company you build."
— Vinod Khosla
Founders first
We’ve built companies, run product and engineering, and raised capital. That empathy shows up in every brief, every interview slate, every tough market update.
Our own stack
We built our own AI-powered recruiting platform. Sourcing, screening, workflow. It handles the repetitive work so recruiters can focus on conversations. 200+ signals per candidate, surfaced automatically.
Service over volume
A smaller team, fewer searches per recruiter, deeper context. Every candidate interaction is treated like a brand impression for your company.
Inside Rocket
Meet the team
A few snapshots from the team. Same people you meet on calls, same energy we bring into every search.
Rocket values
Operating principles we live by
01
Integrity
Champion long-term outcomes for clients and candidates. We’ll push back when the brief is off, even if it costs us short-term revenue.
02
Impact
Activity is meaningless without results. We instrument every search so we can see what’s moving the needle.
03
Disagree & commit
Debate is healthy. Once we align, the entire team rows in the same direction.
04
High standards
Great recruiting is detail work. We sweat every candidate touchpoint and every data point in the search.
05
Scientific mindset
Hypotheses, experiments, accountability. We treat every search like a product iteration.
06
Have fun
We do serious work without taking ourselves too seriously. Teams who enjoy the process win more searches.
"What has really impressed me about Rocket is their level of partnership. They're very responsive to feedback and consistently deliver amazing engineering candidates. They kept plugging away at it to find us the perfect fit."
— Grant Lee — COO, Clearbrain
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