Entelo Inc.

Entelo Inc.

Entelo was founded in 2008 by Jon Bischke, a serial entrepreneur who previously built and sold the education software company LearnOutLoud. The firm operated as a venture-backed technology company, not a family office or investment vehicle — it raised at least $17.6M in disclosed venture funding from backers including Battery Ventures and Menlo Ventures (per Crunchbase, 2022). The company's core product was a recruiting platform that combined sourcing, engagement, and analytics to help enterprise HR teams find both active applicants and passive candidates. Entelo's strategy centered on AI-powered candidate matching across an embedded database of over 750M professional profiles. The platform offered sourcing, personalized outreach, tracking, and analytics in one system. Geographically, Entelo served primarily North American enterprises, with disclosed clients including large technology and financial firms. The company did not invest capital or manage assets; it sold software subscriptions. Entelo was acquired by Rival Technologies in 2022 for an undisclosed sum (per TechCrunch, February 2022). Rival, a provider of talent acquisition software, folded Entelo's technology into its own Recruit platform. The combined product now operates under the Rival brand, supporting over 750M candidate profiles. No further operational updates specific to Entelo as a separate entity have been published since. Entelo's structural differentiator was its data-first approach to recruiting at a time when most applicant tracking systems relied on job-posting responses. The company claimed its machine learning models could identify "hidden talent" — candidates not actively job-seeking — by analyzing profile data, engagement patterns, and skills matching. This positioned Entelo as a pioneer in AI recruiting software, though it never became a standalone public company.