Kalibrr

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

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

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. 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. 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. 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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