👥 Portfolio Support

Talent & People

Our goal is to be a valuable resource for your greatest asset — your people. We're dedicated to helping you connect with top talent and providing support for any hiring, HR, and people operations needs as you grow and scale.

Talent Sourcing Process & Tooling Compensation Benchmarks HR Advisory
645 Contacts

Reach out to our team for any talent, recruiting, HR, or people operations questions.

Meredith Tibbals

Meredith Tibbals

Recruiting
Randi Jakubowitz

Randi Jakubowitz

HR & People
How We Can Help

Four areas where the 645 Ventures talent team supports your growth.

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Talent Sourcing

We help add candidates to the top of your recruiting funnel for high-priority roles.

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    Calibrate the ideal candidate Share a job description, 3–5 target companies, 3–5 target LinkedIn profiles, location, and industry preferences.
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    Initial candidate batch We pull 25 candidates for your review. Pending feedback, a second more tailored batch follows.
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    Feedback & ranking Rank candidates 1–5 and explain fit or misfit. The more detail, the better the next batch.
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    Outreach Founder-led outreach performs best, but 645 can assist.
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Process, Resource & Tooling Setup

We assist in vetting, selecting, and rolling out your HR & People tech stack — HRIS, ATS, performance management, and engagement tools.

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    Define needs We help map current problem areas and demo software that could solve them — including modules useful for future scale.
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    Selection Based on your size and stage, we recommend short- and long-term solutions.
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    Implementation We partner as needed to implement and integrate new technologies. View our full list of recommended vendors.
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Compensation Advisory & Benchmarks

We collaborate to review compensation data for new and existing roles.

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    Pave — self-service portal All 645 portfolio companies have access to Pave for on-demand compensation data. Access it here →
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    Market trends discussion After pulling Pave data, we review options together based on current market and compensation trends.
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    Q&A support We're here to answer any questions that arise from your Pave review.
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Talent & HR Advisory

We partner with you on top-of-mind talent and HR questions — handbook creation, org structure, building a best-in-class culture, and more.

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    Understand the organization We learn your current people strategy and support your programs with helpful tools and resources.
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    Brainstorm We meet you where you are — from building process from scratch to scaling an existing people strategy.
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    Recommendations & ongoing support Talent, HR, and benefit recommendations tailored to your problem areas. Regular check-ins available for founders wanting consistent advisory.