StepStone - About the company
StepStone is an acquired company based in Dusseldorf (Germany), founded in 1996. It operates as a Job Board in Europe. StepStone has raised $22M in funding. The company has 203 active competitors, including 8 funded and 14 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like LinkedIn, Glassdoor and XING.
Company Details
Stepstone is a multi-lingual European Job board and also includes other job board companies like Jobsite, TotalJobs and Saongroup. It allows recruiters to post jobs on their portal, search for relevant candidates for outbound hiring and also run promotional campaigns(email and branding) for hiring via the job board. Also provides feature for salary comparison for candidates. Some of the clients include Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, Deloitte and Daimler. It claims to have over 43000 clients and posts 290000 jobs per month including its child companies in UK. It was acquired in 2008 by Axel Springer. It was earning a total revenues of EUR 123.5 M prior to acquisition.
- Website
- stepstone.com
- Social
- Email ID
- *****@stepstone.com
- Phone Number
- +49 **********
- Registered Address
- Axel-Springer-Straße 65 10969 Berlin
Key Metrics
Founded Year
1996
Location
Dusseldorf, Germany
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$22M in 1 round
Latest Funding Round
Investors
Ranked
3rd among 203 active competitors
Employee Count
448 as on Jul 14, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by Jobindex (Mar 03, 2014)
Legal entities associated with StepStone
StepStone is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
StepStone GmbH CIN: HRB129324B , Germany, Active | May 15, 2006 | - | - |
StepStone's acquisition details
StepStone got acquired by Jobindex on Mar 03, 2014.
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StepStone's funding and investors
StepStone has raised a total funding of $22M over 1 round. StepStone has 6 institutional investors.
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StepStone's founders and board of directors
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StepStone has 448 employees as of Jul 24. Here is StepStone's employee count trend over the years:
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StepStone's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of StepStone include LinkedIn, Glassdoor and XING. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of StepStone, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
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1st | LinkedIn 2002, Sunnyvale (United States), Acquired | Network of resources for professional networking, job searching, and skill development | $144M | 88/100 | |
2nd |  Glassdoor 2007, San Francisco (United States), Acquired | Anonymous employee reviews and job search portal | $202M | 78/100 | |
3rd | Job Board in Europe | $22M | 66/100 | ||
4th | Social recruiting platform for professionals | - | 66/100 | ||
5th |  Adzuna 2011, London (United Kingdom), Seed | Aggregator of job postings and provider of job search tools | $283K | 63/100 | |
6th |  Talent.com 2019, Montreal (Canada), Series C | Online job board platform for the multi industry | $160M | 62/100 | |
7th | Job board platform for multi industry | $11.8M | 57/100 | ||
8th | Cloud-based recruitment platform for passive candidates | $59M | 51/100 | ||
9th | Platform connecting job seekers with companies, foregoing traditional cover letters | $13M | 44/100 | ||
10th | Online job board platform for multi-industry | $14.1M | 39/100 |
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StepStone's Investments and acquisitions
StepStone has made 7 investments in companies including Immuta and LibLab. StepStone has also acquired 15 companies including Mya and Cammio.Here is the list of investments & acquisitions:
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Filter this listDate of Investment/Acquisition | Type | Company Name | Founded Year | Location |
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Jun 08, 2022 | Investments | 2015 | Boston (United States) | |
Jun 02, 2022 | Investments | 2022 | Austin (United States) | |
May 17, 2022 | Investments | 2019 | Tel Aviv (Israel) |
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News related to StepStone
Filter this listMedia has covered StepStone for 1 event in last 1 year.
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Nerdio Secures $500 Million in Series C Investment from General Atlantic at $1 Billion+ ValuationGlobeNewswire•Mar 18, 2025•Nerdio, General Atlantic, Lead Edge Capital, StepStone.de and 11 others
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Valor Capital makes partial sale of fundFusoes & Aquisicoes•Aug 25, 2022•StepStone, Valor Capital Group
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Conversus StepStone Private Venture and Growth Fund (CSPRING) LaunchedGlobeNewswire•Aug 11, 2022•StepStone
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Citigroup hires Deutsche Bank veteran Patrick Frowein in senior dealmaking rolereporterwings.com•Jun 27, 2022•Citi, StepStone, Frowein Beteiligungs, Deutsche Bank
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MaC Venture Capital Raises $203M In Second FundSocalTECH•Jun 27, 2022•MaC Venture Capital, Fairview Capital, George Kaiser Family Foundation, Goldman Sachs and 5 others
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LibLab raises $42M to launch its ‘SDK-as-a-service’ platformTechCrunch+•Jun 08, 2022•LibLab, Zeev Ventures, StepStone, Rainfall Ventures and 1 other
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Immuta Raises $100 Million in Series E FundingIntel Capital•Jun 08, 2022•Immuta, NightDragon, Snowflake, Dell Technologies Capital and 18 others
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StepStone Group Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2022 ResultsGlobeNewswire•May 26, 2022•StepStone
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