Bram Medina

1 appearance on the record.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Higherport raised $500K from angel investors and a venture fund
“Then we brought on a number of investors and formals and also a venture capital fund that were raised half a million dollars.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 14:53 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool

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Insight
Medina: Traditional agencies cannot rapidly scale hiring without recruiter marketplace bundling
“The amount of people on your payroll just limits how scalable your solution is. And most companies would call us and say, listen, I need a team of 10 engineers and I need them within two months. That is not something that any agency can easily, easily can do. …”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 5:03 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Opinion
Medina: Higherport can 10x to 15x revenue with current infrastructure
“With the current infrastructure and team that we have, we can do 10 times, 15 times the revenue that we do right now.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 10:49 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Disclosure
Medina: Recruiters receive over 80% of Higherport placement fees
“Over 80%.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 3:25 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Medina: Over 60% of Higherport's 104 recruiters are active weekly
“So right now, let's say amount of recruiters that are Active from those 104 is over 60%. And the amount of recruiters proposing is around 30%. And that is already with the size that we are today, which is relatively small as 30 companies that are on the platfo…”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 11:59 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Medina: Higherport has placed close to 20 candidates since launch
“I think it would be. Close to 20.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 12:59 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Medina: Higherport is growing 30% to 50% quarter-over-quarter
“So if you look at our growth right now, it's between 30, 50% quarter and quarter.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 13:14 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Disclosure
Higherport is targeting a €2M funding round
“We are going to raise the two million euros.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 16:32 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Insight
Medina: VC portfolio access matters more than fundraising valuation
“I think the most important factor is to get VCs on board that open doors that have a portfolio of companies that we can plug the solution in. I think all those factors are much more important than only the valuation.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 16:42 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Disclosure
Medina: SaaS generates roughly 10% of Higherport's revenue
“Currently it's a small percentage from SaaS. It's about 10%.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 2:23 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Higherport generated €16,000 in gross revenue last month
“Let's see last month was a 16 K. Okay.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 8:27 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Higherport completed four candidate placements last month with minimal SaaS revenue
“Yeah, no, this is a four placements and going up and the SAS part is really, really small at this point in time.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 8:43 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Disclosure
Higherport plans European expansion in 2023 backed by new funding
“And then, 2023, we will go abroad to Europe. I'm also preparing a funding round in the next months to make that possible.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 14:35 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool
Assertion Supported
Higherport raised $500K from angel investors and a venture fund
“Then we brought on a number of investors and formals and also a venture capital fund that were raised half a million dollars.”
Bram Medina Jun 1, 2022 ▶ 14:53 3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
3 co-founders own 33% each of new recruiting marketplace and SaaS tool Jun 1, 2022 9m
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