< 1 week
To first qualified candidate
70+
Companies we've built for
300+
Placements across Israeli tech
"A consumer app startup hired their backend, data, and marketing teams through the same process. 6 roles. One embedded partner."
"An Israeli cybersecurity startup built their entire R&D team with Gifthead. 13 placements in 18 months — from first Software Engineers to AI Engineers to Director of Operations."
"A computer vision AI scaleup hired 14 R&D roles in 14 months — across backend, data, platform, and engineering management."
Three steps.
AI + human judgment at every one
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We map before we source
Before a single name goes into your pipeline, we map the entire relevant talent universe — who exists in this role in Israel, where they work, what they've shipped, and what would actually make them move. AI tools cross-reference LinkedIn, GitHub, conference speaker lists, and more in parallel. What used to take two weeks takes two days
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We reach the ones worth reaching
Our outreach achieves an 87% open rate - not because we send more, but because we send better. AI helps us identify the right moment in a candidate's career and the right message for their specific profile. In a market where every engineer gets 12 LinkedIn messages a week, the one that lands is the one that sounds like it was written for them. Because it was
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A senior recruiter closes what the algorithm can't
The decision to leave a stable job for your startup isn't made by AI. It's made in a conversation - with someone the candidate trusts, who has a track record of honest representation, and who actually understands your company's culture. That's where our team comes in
"I was amazed at the quality of the candidates and the speed of the process - getting great candidates almost immediately saved us a lot of time on interviews, and helped us build a great team very fast"
"Amit Lehavi, Founder & CEO, Qlog"
Senior attention on every client.
Every hire.
Every call
Gifthead was founded by Inbal Horesh Levy, a tech recruiter who spent years watching great companies lose great people to slower processes. The firm is built around one principle: the right hire comes from better intelligence, not more volume.
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Our Talent Club - 120+ independent sourcers embedded across the Israeli tech market - gives us sourcing depth that no in-house team can replicate. Every client works directly with a senior recruiter who knows the market, knows their company, and knows when to push back.
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We've helped build teams at Lusha, Viz.ai, Braavos, Loora, RedAccess, and 70+ other Israeli tech companies - across R&D, Product, Business, and Executive roles. The work we're most proud of isn't the placements - it's the founders who stopped losing sleep over hiring.
