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Getro

acquired by FindemTechstars '17

Boulder, US · 13 known investors

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Acquired by Findem December 2025 · terms undisclosed — undisclosed · source ↗

Getro is a network-based recruiting platform that helps companies hire faster by leveraging employee referrals and professional networks. The company serves venture capital funds, chambers of commerce, universities, and other organizations seeking to optimize talent sourcing and professional introductions.

Also known as Getro.org · GetroConnect

Founders & leadership

EWEvan Walden
Evan WaldenCEO & Cofounder, Getro (acquired by Findem)2016–2025Evan Walden founded Getro, a talent network platform that powered recruiting for venture capital funds and other organizations, before it was acquired by Findem in November 2025. He previously cofounded ReWork, which was acquired by Koya Partners, and currently works as a Founder in Residence at Findem developing AI recruiting products.

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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Getro operates a network relationship management platform used by venture capital and private equity funds, accelerators, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce and membership organizations. Its core products are branded, automated job boards that collect and organize open roles across a network's portfolio companies, plus tooling for private talent networks and for generating warm introductions. Stated introduction use cases include deal sourcing, deal diligence, fundraising, B2B selling and hiring.

The company describes its aim as helping companies hire faster by surfacing referred candidates from trusted sources, and helping professionals obtain warm introductions to companies they want to work for. In 2022 Getro was preparing to launch GetroConnect, a product that organizes the people in a fund's network and helps investors make the right introduction at the right time. In May 2020 the company launched Getro.org, a free non-profit arm offering job-seeker coaching and connections to a community of 500+ companies that were still hiring, sourced through VC referral partners including Union Square Ventures and Upfront Ventures, in response to more than 60,000 tech layoffs since March of that year.

In December 2025 Findem, an AI talent-decisions platform, announced the acquisition of Getro, positioning Getro's relationship intelligence and network reach alongside Findem's expert-labeled data and agentic infrastructure to launch an "Intelligent Job Post" product.

Founding story

Evan Walden's previous company, ReWork, was a recruiting agency helping people find jobs. Walden and co-founder Raul San N.H. explored how to scale that idea with more technology and spun out the concept for Getro; investors they pitched expressed interest in placing the product on their own websites. Techstars materials also name Maveric Real as a co-founder.

Business model

Getro sells network management and job platform software to organizations that run networks — VC/PE funds, accelerators, economic development organizations and membership groups — which publish network assets such as job boards and use the platform to automate introductions. A free non-profit arm, Getro.org, was offered at no cost to users.

Traction

Over 750 networks, mostly venture funds, as of November 2022; 850+ VCs, EDOs and other community-led businesses as of May 2025; more than 800 networks representing 3.5 million open jobs as cited in December 2025. Everywhere Ventures reported using Getro for its job board with over 500 openings across its 200+ portfolio companies.

Latest developments

On December 4, 2025, Findem announced it had acquired Getro and simultaneously launched its Intelligent Job Post, combining Getro's networks with Findem's Data Labeling Engine and agentic infrastructure; partner agents from Glider AI and RecruitMilitary were included in the launch ecosystem. Evan Walden, CEO of Getro, commented on the combination.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history

Market position

Described in Findem's acquisition announcement as the leading operating system powering more than 800 venture capital, private equity, economic development, chamber of commerce and professional networks worldwide, representing 3.5 million open jobs.

Company leadership cites long experience in the space (over 12 years overall and about six years working specifically with VCs as of 2022), products designed to deliver value without requiring customer effort, a customer success team focused on customer experience, and willingness to test new approaches. Findem highlighted Getro's relationship intelligence and high-trust network reach as the strategic asset.

Technology

The platform aggregates and organizes jobs across a network's companies into publishable, branded job boards and private talent networks, and organizes the people in a network to automate and recommend warm introductions. Post-acquisition, Getro's relationship intelligence feeds Findem's Relationship Signals and autonomous hiring agents.

Go-to-market

Growth came substantially through the venture ecosystem: Techstars network introductions produced the first 100 customers, and partnerships in the VC Platform space, including the VC Platform Community, supported marketing and strategy. Funds that are customers also act as referral partners.

Venture capital and private equity funds, accelerators, economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, professional and membership organizations, along with the portfolio companies, job seekers and professionals within those networks.

Geography

Getro's networks are described as worldwide; co-founder Evan Walden is active in the New York City entrepreneur and investor community, and the acquiring company Findem is based in Redwood City, California.

History

Co-founders Evan Walden and Maveric Real took Getro through the Techstars 2017 program, where Natty Zola in the Boulder office brought them in; the company had limited revenue prior to the accelerator, and Techstars connections fueled introductions to its first 100 customers. Getro launched Getro.org in May 2020. By late 2022 it served over 750 networks and was targeting profitability by year end while preparing GetroConnect. By 2025 it reported 850+ customer organizations, and in December 2025 it was acquired by Findem.

Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Customer networksNov 2022750 networks
Customer organizationsMay 2025850 organizations
Networks poweredDec 2025800 networks
Open jobs across customer networksDec 20253,500,000 jobs

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Dec 2025
Findem acquires Getro

Findem, an AI talent decisions platform based in Redwood City, CA, announced the acquisition of Getro and the launch of its Intelligent Job Post product built in part on Getro's relationship intelligence and networks.

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Nov 2022
GetroConnect preparing to launch

Getro was preparing to launch GetroConnect, a product organizing the people in a fund's network to help investors make introductions at the right time.

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May 2020
Launch of Getro.org non-profit job board

Getro launched Getro.org, a free non-profit arm offering coaching to job seekers and connections to 500+ companies still hiring, sourced through VC referral partners including Union Square Ventures and Upfront Ventures, after more than 60,000 tech layoffs since March 2020.

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Jan 2017
Participated in Techstars accelerator (Boulder)

Getro joined the Techstars 2017 program; connections from the program led to introductions to its first 100 customers.

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Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

▸Research sources · 3

primary sources listed

3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Getro do?
Getro is a network relationship management platform providing job boards and warm introductions for VC, PE and community networks.
Who founded Getro?
Getro was founded by Evan Walden.
Who are Getro's investors?
Getro's investors include Acadian Ventures Management, Llc, Blindspot Ventures Management Co, Embedded Capital, Everywhere Ventures, Matchstick Ventures, Motive Partners, OIF Ventures, Our Innovation Fund and 5 more.
Who acquired Getro?
Getro was acquired by Findem.
Where is Getro headquartered?
Getro is headquartered in Boulder, US.