The startup operates an employment marketplace that connects startups and small businesses with vetted freelance sales professionals, facilitating quick access to talent for both part-time and full-time roles. This platform addresses the challenge of finding experienced sales personnel, enabling businesses to efficiently scale their sales efforts and drive growth.
Funding
$620K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Startups and small businesses often struggle to find experienced sales professionals, leading to inefficient scaling of sales efforts and hindered growth. Traditional hiring processes can be slow, expensive, and risky, with a high potential for mismatches in skills and cultural fit.
Solution
Activated Scale operates a curated marketplace connecting startups and scale-ups with vetted, US-based sales professionals available for fractional, contract-to-hire, and full-time roles. The platform streamlines the hiring process, providing access to talent with proven track records selling to similar buyers and at comparable Average Contract Values (ACVs). Activated Scale de-risks sales hiring by enabling businesses to test talent through initial contract periods, assessing both skills and cultural alignment before making long-term commitments. This approach allows companies to quickly increase sales capacity, optimize their go-to-market strategy, and achieve faster revenue growth without the overhead and risk associated with traditional full-time hires.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes startups and scale-ups in the B2B sector, particularly SaaS companies, looking to efficiently scale their sales efforts and de-risk the hiring process.
Features
- Access to a network of pre-vetted US-based sales professionals, including SDRs, Account Executives, and Sales VPs.
- Vetting process includes review of past experience, a pitch video assessment, and an interview with a subject matter expert.
- Flexible hiring models: fractional, contract-to-hire, and full-time placements.
- Matching algorithm that considers experience selling to similar buyer personas and ACVs.
- Streamlined onboarding process, connecting companies with talent in 7 days or less.
- Option to hire fractional talent as full-time employees after an initial contract period.
- Support throughout the engagement, including recommendations for sales tools and metrics.