The hidden startup job market, made legible.
The roles business-background people actually want (Founders Associate, BizOps, Strategy, Chief of Staff) hide inside the applicant-tracking systems of venture-backed companies. uptayn reads them straight from the source and grades each one against your CV.
uptayn = up + attain.
The name is up + attain: rise into the role you're aiming for. That's the whole job, moving you up into the operator, BizOps, strategy, finance or growth seat you actually want at a venture-backed startup, and being honest about the fit along the way.
From scattered ATS pages to one graded feed.
Four steps run between a company posting a role and it landing, scored, on your feed. None of them ask anything of you except your CV.
Read the source every night
We follow the careers pages of the venture firms and startups we track straight into their applicant-tracking systems: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable, Personio, Recruitee. The raw posting, not a LinkedIn repost or a stale 'actively hiring' badge.
Sort every role into a track
A precise rule pass handles the obvious titles; a language model reads the rest. So 'Founding GTM' lands next to 'Chief of Staff', not next to 'Senior C++ Engineer'. Twenty-one tracks, kept honest.
Grade it against your CV
Upload your CV once. Every live role gets a personalised fit score that weighs your background, seniority, location and what you actually want, and an honest 'skip this one' when the fit isn't there.
Draft and track in one place
Save a role to your tracker, get a cover-letter draft you'd actually send, and let Buddy watch your inbox for replies. One calm page, no spreadsheet.
Built like a straight advisor, not a job board.
The hidden market, made legible
The roles business-background people want hide inside company ATS pages, where LinkedIn never properly indexes them. We surface them directly from the source.
Honest fit, honest skip
A fit score that tells you to skip a role is worth more than one that flatters every posting. Buddy is built to be a straight advisor, not a hype machine.
Quiet by default
No tracking pixels, no LinkedIn login, no spam outreach. Your CV is sanitised in your browser before anything is analysed. Just roles and your background.
Pick a path and see it live.
Each track maps to a slice of the live feed. Tap one to browse real, open roles right now, no account needed.
Six role families we classify and grade, not a generic job board.
Founders Associate / Special Projects
Early career, often straight from grad school. 0-3 years.
BizOps · Operating Associate
Generalist analytics + execution. Open to grads. 0-5 years.
Strategy
Strategy / corp-dev. Grads to ex-consulting. 0-6 years.
Chief of Staff
Founder-adjacent senior IC. Usually 4+ years.
Investment Analyst / Associate
VC / investing. Entry possible (internships). 0-5 years.
Business Development · Partnerships
Outbound + dealmaking. Entry to senior. 0-6 years.
A fit score that's allowed to say no.
Most job sites reward you for applying everywhere. uptayn does the opposite: it reads the requirements of every role and your real background, then tells you where you genuinely fit, and where you'd be wasting an afternoon.
Seniority, location, language, employment type and the shape of the role all feed the score. When a role asks for years you don't have yet, it says so, and shows you the honest stretch picks separately.
- + Strategy & ops experience matches the core of the role
- + Berlin, on-site, exactly your preference
- ~ Asks for German; yours is conversational
Made for business backgrounds breaking into startups.
- Recent business graduates chasing their first operator seat
- Engineers pivoting into operating and product roles
- Consultants and bankers moving into startups
- Second-job operators hunting their next venture-backed role
Your search, your data, your pace.
See your matches.
Browse the live feed without an account, or sign in and upload your CV to grade every role against you. Free to start, quiet by design.