We Built Vela Because We Were Tired of Watching Good Recruiters Drown in Admin
Staffing agencies lose deals to inconsistent follow-up, not lack of talent. Vela fixes the execution gap that even the best CRMs can't solve.
The Problem We're Solving
In early 2025, we spoke to 100’s of Staffing Businesses. The same pattern emerged everywhere:
New leads go cold after first contact. Recruiters intend to follow up, but active placements take priority. By the time they circle back, competitors have won.
Follow-up sequences don't happen. Everyone knows it takes 5-12 touches to engage a prospect. Nobody has time to execute those touches consistently.
CRM data goes stale. Contacts change jobs, emails bounce, and targeting gets worse over time. Cleaning data manually is the task that never gets done.
These aren't technology problems. They're execution problems. Recruiters know what to do, they just can't scale themselves to do it all. That's where Vela comes in.
Who We Are
Vela was founded by recruitment professionals who've spent decades on both sides of the desk, running teams, placing candidates, and building the technology that's supposed to make it all easier.
We know your reality: you intend to follow up with that warm lead, but an urgent placement takes priority. You want to nurture dormant relationships, but your CRM is full of stale data you'll never have time to clean. You understand that consistency wins deals, but you can't clone yourself.
We built Vela because we lived this problem. Not as software developers who think they understand recruitment, but as practitioners who got tired of watching execution gaps cost good agencies winnable business.
Our mission is simple: handle the repetitive work that keeps slipping, so recruiters can focus on what they're actually good at, building relationships and closing deals.
What Makes Vela Different
We Are Built For Staffing Agencies, Not Generic Sales Teams
Scout understands recruitment-specific signals: hiring activity, funding rounds, and expansion announcements. Pulse knows how to nurture relationships that might not hire for 6-12 months. This isn't repurposed sales automation.
Zero-Touch Integration Is Non-Negotiable
If you need custom fields, tags, or IT involvement to use Vela, we've failed. Our agents work with standard ATS fields.
We Show Our Math
When we say "35% more discovery calls," we show you exactly how we calculated it. When we claim "4x reply rates," we'll walk you through the methodology. We're not interested in hype; we're interested in measurable ROI.
Agents Act, They Don't Just Analyse
Most "AI tools" give you dashboards and insights. Vela actually sends the emails, updates the records, and books the meetings. We believe data without action is just more noise.
Our Values
Data is useless without action.
If it’s not easy, it won’t get used.
Our agents learn, adapt, and get better every day.
Tools must work in the flow of work.