We make hiring feel less like a transaction.
Founded on one idea: the unscalable thing is the only thing worth doing.
“We don't want to be the biggest. We want to be the one you actually trust.”
Upstars started in 2019 with three people and one client.
We didn't have a playbook. We had a belief: that the best hires come from deep understanding, not high volume.
While the industry was scaling with automation and spray-and-pray outreach, we chose to stay small. To know every candidate by name. To call back the same day.
Six years later, we've placed over 9,800 people across 220+ companies. Our recruiters average six years of tenure — in an industry where most burn out in two.
Today, Upstars is a full-service talent and technology consultancy. Permanent hiring, contract staffing, RPO, payroll, tech advisory, executive search — delivered from Bangalore to companies across India, GCC, and Singapore.
By The Numbers • Bangalore & Global Impact
What we believe.
The unscalable thing
- •Phone calls over email blasts
- •Named recruiters per client
- •Deliberate boutique approach
- •Quality-first manual matching
Speed is a feature
- •14-day permanent shortlist
- •72-hour contract deployment
- •Pre-built talent networks
- •Rapid sprint scaling
Skin in the game
- •Zero upfront retainers
- •No exclusivity constraints
- •Automatic replacements
- •Earned placements only
Domain Expertise
- •Hands-on technical vetting
- •Deep stack understanding
- •Architectural awareness
- •Beyond resume keywords
Meet the leadership team
Boutique by choice. Hands-on domain practitioners steering talent acquisition and technology delivery.
Yathish
Chief Executive Officer
Business Leadership + Strategy & Organizational Growth.
Bhanu
Business Development Manager
Thanmay
Operations Manager
Jaishanth J
Growth Product Manager
Dhanush
Associate General Manager
Pranav
Business Development Manager
Meet our staff
Mohamed Paizal
— Tech Lead-Full Stack DeveloperTechnology DepartmentAchievement: Full-Stack Development + Technical Leadership & Product Delivery.
