请问HN:在哪里可以找到欧洲的风险投资基金或投资者?
首先做个前言:我目前位于塞尔维亚的贝尔格莱德,正在寻找潜在投资者来支持我正在进行的项目。
我知道一些地方,比如 OpenVC(https://www.openvc.app),但我并不认识有过相关经验的人。我真的不确定除了 ElevenFund、SouthCentral Ventures 和其他几个机构外,是否还有人投资过来自塞尔维亚的项目。
对于那些想知道为什么不寻找本地投资的人来说:除了当前的政治动荡,这里的投资环境并不太令人鼓舞——在某些情况下,你需要为投资让出很大一部分股权,而这笔投资往往不足以覆盖年度成本。
关于这个项目:我来自人力资源领域,在当前的环境下,找工作真的很困难。很多候选人申请,同时很多职位的申请人数过多,导致大多数申请甚至都没有被查看。这反过来又使找工作变得更加困难。
传统的申请跟踪系统(ATS)就像一个黑洞,你只能把简历扔进去,寄希望于能有好的结果。随着人工智能的加入来分析和筛选简历,情况变得更糟。此外,许多ATS充斥着大多数人要么不使用,要么根本不知道如何使用的功能。
被一家公司拒绝不应该是找工作的终点,而应该只是一个开始,直到找到合适的工作为止。
这个想法是将被拒绝的申请者(在他们同意的情况下)与其他寻找相同人才的公司连接起来。这可以缩短招聘时间,从而为公司节省成本,同时也能减少求职者找工作的时间,因为系统会像约会应用一样将他们与潜在公司匹配。随着时间的推移,这也可以减少对招聘机构的依赖。
随着越来越多的人使用ATS,数据库将变得更大,从而提高匹配的质量。这里的人工智能可以用于更好的匹配和建立更好的推荐系统,同时确保有人工审核每一个匹配、简历等。
我已经构建了一个最小可行产品(MVP),展示了它的功能,目前正在与朋友合作,使其达到可供他人使用的状态。我研究了产品市场契合度(PMF)以及它在当前市场中的适应性。至于盈利模式,除了典型的按座位/套餐收费的订阅模式外,我还有其他想法。
我希望听到更多关于我该如何在这方面继续前进以及下一步该去哪里,因为在塞尔维亚寻找投资就像在大海捞针。
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To make a preface first: I am currently located in Belgrade, Serbia and I am trying to see where I could find potential investor for the project I am working on.<p>I know the places such as OpenVC https://www.openvc.app/, but I do not know anyone that had any experience with it. I am really not sure if anyone has invested in projects from Serbia outside ElevenFund, SouthCentral Ventures and few more.<p>For someone wondering why not to look for local investments: Aside from the current political turmoil, the investment here is not that encouraging - you give away a large percent of equity for the investment that is not enough to cover yearly costs in some cases.<p>About the project: I come from the HR field, and in current climate finding job is really hard. A lot of candidates apply, and at the same time a lot of positions are saturated with applications, that most of the time are not even viewed. This in turn makes finding job even harder.<p>The traditional ATS model feels like black hole where you just throw your resume and hope for the best. With the addition of AI to analyze and pick resumes it gets even worse. Additionally, a lot of them are saturated with features which most people either don't use or know how to use at all.<p>Getting rejected from one company shouldn't be the end of the road when searching for job, it should be just the start until it is finished and concludes with hiring somewhere.<p>The idea itself is to connect applicants (with their consent) that have been rejected, with other companies that are looking for same profiles. This cuts Time To Hire saving the costs for company on the one side, and at the same time it cuts the time for people to find a job, since the system matches them with potential companies in a similar way like dating apps. It can also reduce reliance on hiring agencies as time goes by.<p>As more people use the ATS the database will get bigger, thus the quality of the matches will get better. The AI here can be used for better matchmaking and building better recommendation system, while making sure that there is human behind the feels to check every match, resume and so on.<p>I have already built an MVP that shows how it would function, and am currently in the process of working out with friend in making it to be in usable state for others. I've researched PMF (Product Market Fit) and how it fits in current market. As for the monetization I have additional ideas aside for the typical subscription payed per seat/package.<p>I am open to hearing more on how should I proceed in this regards and where to go next really because finding investment from Serbia seems like looking to find a needle in a haystack.