Sourcing, vetting, and placing top university engineering talent into venture-backed startups.
Thousands of outbound applications. Resume black holes. Automated rejections before a human ever reads your name. We built Forge because the best people shouldn't have to fight the process just to get in the room.
Platforms like LinkedIn and Handshake brought scale to recruiting. But scale created noise. Every qualified candidate looks the same on a job board.
The next generation of placement is built on relationships. Recruiters who actually know the candidates. Founders who trust the source. That's what we're building.
Forge is a curated network where both sides are vetted, every introduction is intentional, and talent is measured by your ability.
We find the most exceptional candidates through our campus network. On-campus Principals identify the strongest engineers at each university — the ones who build, ship, and lead.
Each candidate completes a technical assessment — a live, curated problem set designed to measure real proficiency. No LeetCode grind. No memorization. Just an honest read of what you can do.
Your results become your Player Card, a clear, honest profile of your skills. Founders view them directly. No resume required.
A performance profile built from what you actually did under pressure. Not your GPA. Not your LinkedIn headline.
Founders browse Player Cards. Every trait on the front was earned in the live test, not pulled from a resume.
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Our campus Principals identify candidates who ship things — not just talk about them. A resume is no longer a filter. The filter is what you build when the stakes are real and the clock is running.
Our network is expanding. The standard isn't.
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