About us

Hello. We're Canda.

Find out who we are and where we’re heading.

Canda is in the business of talent.

A perfectly formed community of highly skilled talent partners, employer brand enthusiasts and culture custodians. We get our kicks from working on challenging projects, helping companies we believe in scale and sharing a laugh along the way.

Since 2015, we’ve backed founders of early-stage start-ups looking to make their first hire and CEOs of global scale-ups in need of comprehensive RPO services.

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THE HEADLINES

120+

startups and scaleups partnered so far

We learn something new every project to make the next assignment more effective.

THE HEADLINES

30+

talent and sourcing partners

We have true specialists, working on every area of B2B/C scale ups - from Product, Design, Engineering, Data Science, Marketing, Operations and Sales

THE HEADLINES

£250m+

capital deployed on talent

Grown teams via 3,000+ key hires across many job roles, geographies and experience levels.

THE HEADLINES

90%

of our partners have gone on to secure follow-on funding

Contributing to a whole lot of innovation and change in areas including sustainability, climate change, education, equality, future of work & living, financial literacy, health and safety & security.

Key hires are being made across many job roles, geographies and experience levels.

Engineering
Design
Operations
Data
Sales
HR
Marketing
Finance
Products
Legal
UK
Europe
North America
Intern
Senior
Graduate
Manager
Junior
Director
Associate
Vice President
Mid-Level
President

Value Drivers

What’s in it for you when working with Canda? Besides great hires, we drive value for you in four key areas:

Focus on DE&I

Every great company is made of many. We’re here to honour that. All of our hiring activity is done with your culture and diversity needs in mind.

Access great talent directly

Our model enables you to get straight to the source and reach quality talent with your brand.

Make big savings

We’ll help you save >50% vs. recruitment agency fees and reduce management time spent on hiring whilst you do it.

You’re in control

We’ll work closely with you to keep your brand narrative, process and costs under control throughout our partnership.

The people behind the mission

4 languages spoken

100% remote team

67 Employee NPS

50% female leadership

3 continents spanned

0 carbon footprint

Meet your crewmates

Leadership

Shelley Wright

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Talent

Alley Marsh

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Talent

Beth Rodgers

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Leadership

Sheryl Abrey

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Leadership

Louis Cross

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Talent

Nastassia Franklin

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Talent

Gabi Thomas

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Brand

Jack Ludlam

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Talent

Hannah Burchell

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Leadership

Brad Coombes

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Talent

Ann-Evelyn Clark

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Talent

Craig Simmons

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Talent

David Finlay

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Talent

Claudia Crespin Lopez

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Talent

Ryan Dickie

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Talent

Abian Sosa

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Talent

Rina Maniar

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Talent

Stephanie Ricketts

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Talent

Jordan Matthews

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Talent

Margarida Alfonso

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Talent

Alica Marton

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