Founder of a listed tool
Steve Bartel
Co-founder and CEO, Gem, named behind the Gem listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Steve builds
Gem D · Recruiting & applicant tracking
Gem is a recruiting platform from Gem Software, Inc. that combines an applicant tracking system, a candidate CRM, sourcing and scheduling. Agents reach it through three REST APIs with public OpenAPI files, or a hosted MCP server.
Co-founder and CEO, Gem, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Backed by
ICONIQ Greylock Accel Sapphire Ventures Meritech Capital
Questions
Who is Steve Bartel?
Steve Bartel is co-founder and CEO of Gem, which went through Y Combinator in summer 2017. He was an engineering leader at Dropbox, where working closely with the recruiting process showed him how little technology the field used.
What does Gem Software, Inc. make?
Anchor Terminal lists Gem from Gem Software, Inc.. Gem is a recruiting platform from Gem Software, Inc. that combines an applicant tracking system, a candidate CRM, sourcing and scheduling. Agents reach it through three REST APIs with public OpenAPI files, or a hosted MCP server.
Who has invested in Gem Software, Inc.?
The sources our research read name ICONIQ, Greylock, Accel, Sapphire Ventures and Meritech Capital.
How are Steve's tools graded?
Gem is graded D, 53.4 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
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