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Steve Bartel

Unicorn founder

CEO & Co-Founder at Gem

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedGem$1.2B · YC

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About

Steve Bartel is the founder and CEO of Gem, an AI-powered recruiting platform that combines applicant tracking, CRM, sourcing, analytics, interview scheduling, and related tools. Before founding Gem, he was an early engineer at Dropbox, where he led engineering teams and focused on recruiting during the company's growth from 25 to 1,500 employees. Gem has raised $150 million from investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, Meritech, and Y Combinator, and its customers include Cisco, Google, OpenAI, Airbnb, and Stripe.

CEO & Co-Founder at GemYC S17

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Gem's investors · 9

AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2021Glasswing VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checksGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checks · since 2021ICONIQSan Francisco · since 2021ICONIQ CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksICONIQ GrowthSan FranciscoSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks · since 2021Teamworthy VenturesNew YorkY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Gem

SBSteven Bartel
Steven BartelFounder/CEO
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Nick BushakCo-Founder & CTO (per Greylock portfolio page; not listed on Gem's current 2026 'About' leadership page)

Experience

  1. GemFounder / CEOcurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Self-employedAngel Investor & Advisorcurrent2012 — present
  3. DropboxEngineering Manager2010 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  4. FacebookSoftware Engineering Intern2010Palo Alto, California
  5. Blizzard EntertainmentSoftware Engineering Intern2009Irvine

Skills & more

Recruiting71Management62Hiring45Analytics15Startups4Leadership3Software Engineering32Python18Distributed Systems12Algorithms11Hadoop5Machine Learning6
+4 moreBig DataScalabilityArtificial IntelligenceSoftware Development

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Steve Bartel?
Steve Bartel is the founder and CEO of Gem, an AI-powered recruiting platform that combines applicant tracking, CRM, sourcing, analytics, interview scheduling, and related tools. Before founding Gem, he was an early engineer at Dropbox, where he led engineering teams and focused on recruiting during the company's growth from 25 to 1,500 employees. Gem has raised $150 million from investors including Accel, Greylock, ICONIQ, Sapphire, Meritech, and Y Combinator, and its customers include Cisco, Google, OpenAI, Airbnb, and Stripe.
Where does Steve Bartel work?
Steve Bartel is CEO & Co-Founder of Gem.
What companies did Steve Bartel found?
Steve Bartel founded Gem.
Where did Steve Bartel go to school?
Steve Bartel studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science).

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology mafia1,221

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Dropbox mafia107

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Drew HoustonCo-Founder and Co-CEOFounded AccoladeKanjun QiuBusiness OperationsFounded Kanjun +2Gautam JayaramanEngineerFounded Onsite Pro +2Anatoly YakovenkoSoftware EngineerFounded Solana +2Adam GrossSVP, Marketing and SalesFounded Personify +1Ivan KiriginProduct ManagerFounded YesGraph +1

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Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology2,000

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of VardaDrew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of Dropbox

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Shared employers

Also worked at Gem14

Cathy GaoPartner at Sapphire VenturesDaniel LevineInvestor at AccelTracy LiuSenior Associate at M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Arnav BimbhetPartner at FirstMark CapitalSruthi RamaswamiPrincipal at Iconiq GrowthMaggie ZhangFounder at Read Bean

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Also worked at Dropbox192

Drew HoustonCo-founder & CEO of DropboxArash FerdowsiCo-founder of DropboxQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystAna AndreescuInvestor at Index VenturesMark GoldbergInvestor at Index VenturesRachel HansenInvestor at Index Ventures

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Also worked at Facebook773

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundChamath PalihapitiyaFounder & CEO of Social CapitalJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalReed HastingsCo-founder of NetflixAndy FangCo-founder & CTO of DoorDashStanley TangCo-founder of DoorDash

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Also worked at Blizzard Entertainment25

Garry HillInvestment at Makers FundGustav RydstedtAdvisor, Infrastructure Software at Verissimo VenturesLirui DingPrincipal at TRANSCENDRobbie Th'ngVice President, Customer Development at Unusual VenturesElaine Di lorioLegal at Samsung NextSeth SivakInvestor at TIRTA Ventures

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