We’re excited to have Gautam Sinha and Divya Chethan, co-founders of CBREX, with our host Anjali Sosale, Partner at WaterBridge Ventures, on Season 4 Episode 2 of That One Idea!
CBREX orchestrates enterprise talent acquisition by digitizing and automating recruitment agency partnerships globally. It enables companies to hire niche and specialised talent at an unforeseen speed and scale, even for roles open across geographies, at benchmark-defying price points.
Gautam is a 2X entrepreneur, having built TVA Infotech to become India's largest IT recruiting company. TVA was acquired by Allegis Global Services in 2008. He served as the CEO of the combined entity, before branching out to start CBREX in 2015.
Divya started her career at TVA Infotech, eventually rising to become the Head of Internal Talent Acquisition at the Allegis Group. She leverages her rich experience to spearhead all product developments at CBREX.
Key Moments in the episode:
(00:00): Welcoming Gautam and Divya, co-founders of CBREX to S04 E02 of That One Idea podcast
(01:10): Recruiters then and now - from manual tracking to AI-based matchmaking
(04:20): Helping clients with agency-led hiring, vs going directly to candidates
(07:10): Making recruitment platforms become magically fungible
(11:04): Hiring in Barcelona, from Mexico
(14:01): C-TALK streamlines coordination with multiple agencies
(15:57): Talent is the most important constraint, after capital
(19:00): CBREX - an ally to TAs
(22:24): Upgrading suppliers to embrace tech and get access to high-profile recruiting
(30:55): Evaluating a candidate using C-Screen
(33:55): Launching C-Lightning - Hire at scale and speed!
(35:00): Power of the platform triumphs over individual vendors
(36:31): Audacious plans for 2025
Relevant Links:
WaterBridge Ventures: https://www.waterbridge.vc/
CBREX: https://www.cbr.exchange/
LinkedIn Profiles:
Gautam Sinha: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gautamtva/
Divya Chethan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyachethan/
Anjali Sosale: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pinkamma/
WaterBridge Ventures: www.linkedin.com/company/waterbridgeventures
You can also listen to this podcast on
Youtube: https://youtu.be/xpLRs0JetWE