Funded.club is a fully decentralized team of consultants and recruiters from diverse backgrounds around the world. We encourage our team members to plan their own work schedules around family time and their life passions - not the other way around - and to seek meaning in all that they do.

Sustainability Goal: 
In a fast-changing world of compounding crises, Funded.club is actively working towards to supporting a customer base comprising at least 50% social businesses, sustainability solutions and good causes by June 2021. We aim to bring the best possible talent to these organizations to help them grow efficiently and increase their positive impact on our collective future.

Team Culture: ​
We are gradually evolving into self-organizing teams in 2021 with a modern, "Teal" work culture as described in "Reinventing Organizations" by Frederic Laloux. If this sounds exciting, join us!
(And no, the images below do not represent a hierarchy! :)

Ray Gibson
Founder + US & Canada sales
ray@funded.club
20 years senior management in HR/recruiting, retail, hospitality, technology. 7 years building startups.
​Ray is our first point of contact with founders and VCs for North America and provides oversight and strategic direction to Funded.club's recruiting and funding projects.

Sasha Marley
Regional Director, EMEA
sasha@funded.club
Sasha is an Angel investor, entrepreneur and startup recruiting expert. She has been effective in recruiting and sales for 20+ years and has a true passion for building teams across Europe.

CJ Mhatre
Business Partner, APAC
​cj@funded.club
CJ is a New Zealander living in Singapore with his family for over 15 years. He is an entrepreneur, mentor and sales leader who has invested decades building and growing fintech businesses across APAC.

Kristy Stafford
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Based in Chicago, Kristy has vast experience scaling teams in startup environments -  focused on growth to leverage results and retain the best talent. Kristy prides herself on her personal connections and a unique recruiting style. Years of successful branding and marketing experience have provided her with this versatile skillset.

Mary Jane Silverio
Senior Recruiter, Global
Highly effective and inspiring HR/talent expert with diverse, multi-industry experience gained from partnering with Fortune companies and fast-growing startups in North America, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

Jaclyn Hogan
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Jaclyn is an innovative and effective leader in Talent Acquisition with extensive experience in leveraging employer branding, full-cycle recruiting, developing training programs, and special projects. With more than 8 years of experience, she’s supported global brands such as McDonald's, Publicis Media, Jones Lang Lasalle, Amazon, and General Growth Properties. 

Matty Lowney
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Highly experienced recruiting professional based in Nashville, Tennessee. Matt has specific success in a range of technology hires including Health tech.

Cheri Easley
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Based in Denver, Cheri has more than 10 years experience recruiting and attracting quality talent. Her expertise is in IT and Executive roles, as well as diverse talent acquisition experience in Sales, Healthcare, and Restoration/Construction.

Jyl McLaughlin
Senior Recruiter, ​Americas
Jyl has a vast amount of experience as a Career Specialist and Talent Partner. She has been preparing candidates for their job search and marketing them to employers for more than 20 years. As a talent partner, Jyl has worked for several years sourcing and recruiting candidates with recruiting firms. She brings a fresh perspective to Funded.club on candidate sourcing, screening and matching.

Jeff Miller
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Working from Brooklyn, New York, Jeff runs complex searches for niche candidate skillsets. He takes great pride in maintaining a collaborative, transparent approach to recruiting with all parties.

Deepa Unny
Senior Recruiter, Americas
Deepa brings great expertise in technology recruiting for multiple domains and was Talent Manager for NYU before joining Funded.club in 2021.

Lucy Milanova
Senior Recruiter, EMEA
Results-driven recruitment specialist with proven success hiring across Central, Eastern and Western Europe. Lucy is also a certified careers and transformation coach.

Rupert Kinder
Senior Recruiter, EMEA
Rupert led his own recruiting firm prior to joining Funded.club and covers a wide range of roles and skillsets from IT to finance, HR and operations.

Andrew Morss
​Senior Recruiter, EMEA
Andy works across roles in engineering, energy and technology with a highly consultative approach. Andy particularly enjoys senior management and niche requirements that require a pro-active approach and deep understanding of candidate markets.

Sarah Lay
Senior Recruiter, ​EMEA
Sarah is a market insights driven recruiting specialist working remotely from the UK for the rest of Europe. Sarah has a flair for sourcing and qualifying sales and marketing talent.

Olga Ursula
Senior Recruiter, EMEA
Olga is a recruiter with a huge passion for productivity, technology and great human interaction. Olga offers a clear recruiting process where every Funded.club client is heard and supported and every candidate is respected and cared for.

Lucy Mackenzie
Senior Recruiter, EMEA
Lucy brings 20+ years of experience in recruiting to our team and is highly focused on getting great results, quickly. Lucy holds the record for fastest placement for a full-time permanent hire from Funded.club at just 6 days from kick-off call to accepted offer.

Chris O'Grady
​Senior Recruiter, EMEA, APAC
Chris has a wealth of experience helping startups and scale-ups across EMEA and APAC grow and enter new markets. He is adept at sourcing top talent for both commercial and technical roles and brings a tenacious, success-oriented approach. He has a consistent record of delivery against demanding deadlines.

Jun Zhe Lee
Recruiter, APAC
​Highly self-motivated and result-oriented recruitment specialist with proven experience across APAC. JZ provides advice and recruits for all talent levels to help them reach their career goals and supporting the companies by attracting the talents that bring value and grow with them.

Emma Reavell
Recruiter, APAC
Based in Melbourne, Australia, Emma is a HR partner and recruiter with heart. Emma is a resourceful headhunter who also has the experience (National Australia Bank, Ericsson, NetApp...) to guide leaders of fast-growing businesses on their journey.

Siddarth Sharma
Social Media Manager
If you've noticed our regular posts on Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter etc, that's all Sid's work! 

Nenad Dojcinovski
Business Development
Experienced in B2B sales, sales development, partnerships, and specialized in implementing innovative sales strategies to create and build relationships with key decision makers.

Szabolcs Farkas
Investor readiness coach
​Lean business consultant, product development trainer and agile coach with full-stack programming background.

Melina Papadopoulos
Investor readiness coach
​Marketing and branding expert with a talent for aligning customer segments and messaging with business strategy. Founder of "Spark Your Brand", a marketing consultancy and agency, and "Lead Mindfully" that helps founders realize greater wellbeing, flow and fulfilment in their lives and careers.

Hans Spaan
Investor readiness coach
​Financial strategist who gets to the nitty gritty of startup finances and fundraising. Holding supervisory and advisory board functions and formerly acting as CEO and CCO of multiple organizations. Gained profound experience in business transformation, business restructuring and strategy formulation. 

Andrea Cocchi
Investor readiness coach
​Value proposition and lean validation expert who coaches startups from raw fundamentals through to successful funding.

Michael Koenka
​Pitch coach
​Awesome pitch consultant who helps professionals find what matters to them, shape and articulate it into a clear business offer, and empower them to credibly and reliably influence anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Michael Diederich
Pitch coach
Experienced theatre and improv actor / director with a unique talent for coaching entrepreneurs in pitching and presentations.

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