• RealMatch Scores $4.7M, New CEO For Online Recruitment Ad Network

    Monday, November 15th, 2010

    Robin Wauters is the European Editor of tech blog The Next Web and lead editor of Virtualization.com. He was a senior staff writer at TechCrunch until his departure in February 2012. Aside from his professional blogging activities, he’s an entrepreneur, event organizer, occasional board adviser and angel investor but most importantly an all-round startup champion. Wauters lives and works in... → Learn More

    RealMatch, which operates a distributed recruitment ad network, has secured $4.7 million in second-round funding from Carmel Ventures and previous investor Baytech Venture Capital. The investment will be used to boost sales and marketing efforts in the US.

    In conjunction with the financing round, RealMatch has appointed Marcel Legrand, a former SVP at Monster.com, as its new chief executive officer.

    Founded in 2007, RealMatch runs an online ad network for employment in partnerships with some 1,200 partner job sites. The company has developed adaptive matching technology (dubbed Real-Time Job Matching) that it says allows it significantly increase positive results in matching job seekers to potential employers.

    Employer can post jobs across RealMatch’s distributed partner network free of charge.

    Once the results are in, the advertiser can review the group of matching applicants and resumes for a period of 7 days to adequately evaluate candidates. If they’re pleased, they can purchase the results of the online recruitment effort for a fee. Hence, RealMatch refers to its model as ‘pay-per-performance’.

    Marcel Legrand, who will serve as RealMatch’s new CEO, comes from Monster.com where he served in various senior positions including SVP Product Development and SVP Strategy
    and Corporate Development.

    Company: Realmatch
    Website: realmatch.com
    Funding: $4.7M

    Realmatch brings touch competition to the job search space as it lets employers and applicants find their true job match. The company’s match making technology replaces keyword technology so job seekers don’t have to weed through irrelevant job listings and employers don’t have to page through unqualified resumes. The service is completely free and anonymous for the applicant, while employers pay a minimal fee once they find an applicant that meets their criteria. Realmatch also powers the career channel...

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