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= Techloop.io =

Techloop.io is an IT recruitment website founded in 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. Techloop is an IT recruitment marketplace which where IT professionals receive job offers directly from hiring companies, as oppose to the traditional approach of candidates applying for jobs themselves. Techloop.io is currently active in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with its main offices based in Prague.

Background
Techloop was founded in 2015 by João Duarte, Paul Cooper and Andrew Elliott in Prague, Czech Republic. After spending years working the IT recruitment industry, the trio believed that the industry was in need of disruption in the same way the taxi industry had been disrupted by Uber or accommodation by Airbnb. They had noticed the difficulties in finding quality candidates to fill software development and other IT roles and noticed that talented IT professionals were no longer receptive to traditional IT recruitment agency methods, nor were they using jobs portals or LinkedIn.

Differences from traditional recruitment practices
Techloop is different from traditional job portals in the following ways:
 * Companies pitch offers directly to candidates, rather than the other way around.
 * Candidates can remain anonymous until they are communicating with a company.
 * Candidates receive a 500EUR bonus if they receive a job through Techlop.io.
 * Candidates know the proposed salary range from the outset.
 * Hiring companies have a dedicated profile page, on which they can showcase their office spaces, company values, mission and technology.

Rockaway Ventures Investment
In January 2017 it was announced that Techloop had received seed investment from Czech-based venture capitalist firm, Rockaway Ventures.

The investment was designed primarily to allow Techloop to scale and expand into further territories in the CEE region.