Kalibrr

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Kalibrr
Kalibrr Logo.png
Type of site
Job search engine
Available inEnglish
Founded2012; 10 years ago (2012)
Headquarters
Makati
,
Philippines
Area servedPhilippines and Indonesia
Founder(s)
  • Paul Rivera
  • Dexter Ligot-Gordon
  • Danny Castonguay
CEOPaul Rivera
URLwww.kalibrr.com
Launched2013; 9 years ago (2013)

Kalibrr is an employment website by Philippine company Kalibrr Technology Ventures, Inc. which is based in Makati.

History[]

Kalibrr was launched in 2013. The company behind the platform was founded by Paul Rivera, a former Google employee and Open Access BPO executive, and Dexter Ligot-Gordon, a former US government employee in California.[1][2] Danny Castonguay is also a co-founder of the company established in 2012, but left in 2013.[3] Kalibrr was launched to take advantage of the growth of the Business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in the Philippines. It was funded by Kickstart, a capital venture by Globe Telecom from 2012 to 2013 and also received financial support from Y Combinator, Wavemaker, Omidyar Network and Patamar Capital.[1][2]

Kalibrr partnered with Thai employment platform GetLinks in June 2020 which increased the number of jobseekers on the latter from 1 million to 5 million. The partnership also gave GetLinks access to the Indonesian and Philippine market and expanded its customer base from 10,000 to 25,000 companies.[4]

In 2021, Kalibrr was among the four Philippine companies to be listed in Forbes Asia's "100 to Watch" list.[5]

Features[]

Kalibrr caters to jobseekers based in the Philippines and Indonesia.[5] Jobseekers had to sign up and create an account to be able to use Kalibrr.[6]The platform also devises artificial intelligence (AI).[2][5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Rodriguez, Jon Carlos (18 April 2015). "Why 2 Pinoys left US to start a tech company in PH". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (21 March 2021). "Kalibrr founder joins ranks of WEF leaders". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  3. ^ "[B-SIDE Podcast] Flying blind: Making the case for a surveillance and monitoring system". BusinessWorld. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  4. ^ Setboonsarng, Chayut (9 July 2020). "Thai tech hiring startup GetLinks gets revenue boost from pandemic layoffs". Reuters. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Dumlao-Abadilla, Doris (11 August 2021). "4 PH startups among Forbes' '100 to watch'". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  6. ^ Barriedo, Victor Jr. (29 June 2013). "Talking Kalibrr with CEO Paul Rivera". Rappler. Retrieved 17 September 2021.


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