Colare

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Total raised$2.5M
Founded2025
Team size1-10
HQSan Francisco, United States
IndustriesSaaSHR TechAI/MLDeepTechB2B

About Colare

Colare is an end-to-end hiring platform built for hardtech teams in automotive, aerospace, energy, and defense. Its AI-powered simulations reproduce real engineering workflows—from CAD modeling to systems problem solving—to evaluate talent as they actually work, with stack-ranked scoring, built-in scheduling, and industry-specific workflows. The company helps growing teams and enterprise leaders hire faster and more confidently, delivering measurable improvements in quality of hire. Colare maintains a standard 5-day workweek with occasional extra time for urgent needs and a hybrid policy that prefers in-office presence, requiring at least 3 days per week in the office and allowing up to 2 days of remote work.

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Company at a glance

Location
San Francisco, United States
Websitecolare.com
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Founders & Leadership

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Kevin Siju Eappen

Aspiring Computer Engineer/Scientist | Game Developer/Passionate about Coding and Programming | Vibe Coding Cleanup Specialists

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Esther Thomas

Co-Founder @ Colare | Afore FIRU

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Nain Abdi

Building Colare (Hiring!)

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About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Sales & Business Development50%
  • Leadership25%
  • Engineering25%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.University of Toronto
  2. 2.University of Waterloo
  3. 3.National University of Singapore
  4. 4.University of Tokyo

Team Worked At

  • Ford Motor Company
  • Scotiabank

Team Composition

7 people
  • Entrepreneurship2 senior2
  • Business Development1
  • Customer Success and Support1
  • Leadership1 senior1

Culture & values

Culture emphasizes autonomy, speed, creative problem solving, critical thinking, and hungry early-stage builders.

They value people who genuinely enjoy solving hard problems (not just doing tasks).

Work cadence: standard expectation is 5 days/week, with occasional extra time for urgent needs (not a formal every-week 6-day requirement).

Hybrid/in-office: preference for in-office 5 days/week, but flexible.

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