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About Start Wise Hires

We're a founder-led recruitment agency built specifically for early-stage and scaling startups in the tech space.

We’ve been in your shoes. We know the chaos of hiring when it’s just you and your cofounder, scrambling to build a product and a team at the same time. That’s why Start Wise Hires exists to help you hire with clarity, structure, and a plan.

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Built by a Founder. For Founders.

We’ve helped startups hire their first engineers, PMs, and even CTOs across AI, ML, FinTech, BioTech, and SaaS often in under 30 days. No bloated processes. No confusing pricing. Just real support, from people who’ve actually done this.

Our Core Team

Founder Start Wise Hires

Alona Groza

Founder/CEO

With more than 15 years of experience in tech recruitment, armed with a PHRi™ certificate

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Team Start Wise Hires

Angelina Babaieva

Business Development Team

With 12+ years of experience in Tech and a global background in Sales, Business Development, and Talent Acquisition across North America and Europe

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Digital Merketer Start Wise Hies

Viktoriia Fesenko

Digital Marketing Team

Certified professional with social media sales, expertise in working with advanced technologies such as AI

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Recruitment for Tech Startups

Startup Tech Recruiters

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The team has 10+ years of experience in recruiting top talent for AI, ML, HealthTech, FinTech, SaaS and other Tech Startups in North America and Europe

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Who We Work With

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Early-stage startups (pre-seed to Series A)

AI engineer recruitment

Founders hiring their first engineer or PM

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Companies in AI, FinTech, BioTech, SaaS, and ML

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Remote-first teams across the U.S., Canada, UK, EU

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What Makes Us Different

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We only work with startups

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We speak founder, not HR

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We’ve built teams ourselves, not just filled roles

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We care about retention, not just speed

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We prioritize clarity, not complexity

Our Hiring Philosophy

You’re not failing. You’re just hiring without a plan.

 

We help fix that with real structure, clear communication, and a hiring process that doesn’t suck up all your time.

 

We don’t promise “10X growth.” We help you hire right once, so you don’t have to do it twice.

Where We Hire

U.S. (New York, San Francisco, Austin, Seattle)

UK (London, Manchester)

Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal)

EU (Berlin, Amsterdam, Lisbon, Warsaw)

Remote-ready markets (Ukraine, Poland, Romania, LATAM)

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