Ashby
Ashby sells hiring software to companies scaling their teams. It has raised $120M, most recently in a Series D round in 2025, and employs 505 people.
The growth story
Ashby grew from 41 to 505 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $120M along the way, most recently a Series D in July 2025.
About
Ashby provides software to manage hiring processes for companies experiencing rapid growth. Its customers include Snowflake, Reddit, and Notion, who use it to streamline recruiting workflows.
The company has raised $120M across multiple funding rounds, with its Series D closing in 2025. It employs 505 people, though its recent headcount growth rate is not disclosed.
Founders and leadership
Ashby's largest function is sales, which accounts for 71 employees. The company is led by a team that includes investors like Elad Gil and Alkeon Capital.
The Ashby org chart
Benjamin Encz (CEO & Co-Founder) leads 60 mapped leaders with 8 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Customer Success and Support 97 (+76% YoY), Engineering 90 (+45% YoY), Sales 90 (+76% YoY), Information Technology 34 (+127% YoY), Human Resources 29 (+142% YoY), Operations 28 (+87% YoY).
Talent flow
Ashby recruits heavily from HubSpot, which accounts for 28 hires, followed by Greenhouse Software and Microsoft. Alumni have gone on to join companies like Sierra and HyperGrowth Partners.
Most common previous employers of Ashby staff: HubSpot (28), Greenhouse Software (9), Microsoft (8), LinkedIn (8), Salesforce (7), Google (6). Former Ashby employees most often moved to Sierra (2), HyperGrowth Partners (1), Scrunch (1), Plain (1), RecOps Collective (1), Assembled (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Ashby mafia
Ashby alumni have founded three companies, including Polytomic, which employs 11 people, and Colma and Griot Labs, each with one founder.
3Ghalib Suleiman, was Software Engineer until 2019Joel Reske, was Software Engineer until 2025Ravan C., was Product Operations until 2026Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 5% search, 33% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Ashby: Leadership (199), Customer Service (171), Microsoft Office (154), Communication (139), Microsoft Excel (135), Public Speaking (129), Sales (123), Project Management (122).
Where the team actually sits
Ashby people are concentrated in California, United States (35), Colorado, United States (15), England, United Kingdom (14), United States (14).
Search footprint
Ashby attracts about 29,770 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $142K a month if bought through ads. It gained 7,523 ranking keywords and lost 5,368 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.50 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Ashby has 505 employees as of September 2026.
Ashby has raised $120M in total, most recently a Series D round in July 2025.
Ashby was founded in 2018 by Benjamin Encz, Abhik Pramanik.
Benjamin Encz (CEO & Co-Founder) sits at the top of Ashby's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Ashby staff are HubSpot (28 people), Greenhouse Software (9 people), Microsoft (8 people).
Former Ashby employees most often move to Sierra (2), HyperGrowth Partners (1), Scrunch (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Ashby, including Polytomic, Colma, Griot Labs.
Ashby attracts about 29,770 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $142K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Ashby staff are Leadership, Customer Service, Microsoft Office, Communication, Microsoft Excel.
Ashby staff are concentrated in California, United States (35), Colorado, United States (15), England, United Kingdom (14).
Ashby has about 97 people in Customer Success and Support, up 76% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Ashby has about 90 people in Engineering, up 45% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 293 current and 81 former Ashby profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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