Spott

AI-native ATS/CRM for recruiting firms

Y CombinatorWinter 2025ActiveB2BRecruiting and TalentSaaSB2BHR TechEnterprise Software

What they do

Problem

Recruiting and staffing firms waste time on manual, clunky, fragmented recruitment platforms that aren’t built for AI-enabled workflows.

Solution

Spott is an AI-native ATS/CRM with integrated AI agents that automate and streamline the end-to-end recruiting workflow in a single platform.

Who it's for

Recruiting and staffing firms that need an ATS/CRM to manage candidates, clients, and placements.

Founders

Manu Vanderveeren

Founder

Co-Founder & COO at Spott. Previously worked at McKinsey on Strategy, Tech DD and HR projects. Background in Finance with internships in IB & PE at Morgan Stanley and CVC. Master's degree in Financial Analysis at LBS

Lander Degreve

Founder

Co-Founder & CEO at Spott. Previously worked at Bain building an AI job match tool and built a GenAI consulting-case interviewer as a side project. Background in Financial Statistics with internship in IB at JPMorgan and Master's degree at Bocconi.

Samuel Smeys

Founder

Co-Founder & CTO at Spott. Previously worked at BCG, building Data & ML pipelines for Recruitment Agencies in the UK, USA, EU with a wide range of industry, experience & staffing type specializations. Background in Mathematical Statistics, Machine Learning & AI. Backend, DevOps & Infra enthusiast. Master's degree in Statistics at LSE.