Built for startups

Hire in Southeast Asia. Pay a Flat Monthly Fee.

High Five gives startups always-on hiring infrastructure across Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore, with no success fees and no agency markup.

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No success fees
No placement fees
No lock-in
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200+ placements

Qualified professionals placed with top-tier organizations

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2 weeks to first hire

From first contact to signed offer, faster than anyone else

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100+ customers

Trusted by startups and enterprise teams across industries

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92% talent retention rate

Top talent that stays, performs, and grows with your team

What makes High Five different from traditional hiring services?

High Five is a subscription platform, not an agency. Instead of paying 15 to 25% of a hire’s salary as a placement fee, you pay one flat monthly rate. AI agents run the sourcing and screening continuously, and internal recruiters do a final quality check before any candidate reaches you.

How does High Five source candidates for startups?

Autonomous AI agents scan LinkedIn, GitHub, and niche communities simultaneously, covering sourcing channels that manual recruiters cannot match at scale. Candidates are scored against your role requirements automatically. Human expert reviewers then apply judgment before the shortlist reaches you.

The result is a 5-step pipeline that moves from role definition to a qualified shortlist in days, not weeks.

Is this built for early-stage startups without a dedicated HR team?

High Five is built specifically for founders and operators who need to hire without building a recruiting function from scratch. Define your role in minutes, and the system builds the search strategy automatically. There are no complex dashboards or enterprise workflows to navigate.

  • icon No dedicated HR team required
  • icon Integrates into your existing interview process without changing how you work
  • icon System improves candidate quality over time based on your feedback
  • icon One active search slot per subscription keeps scope clear and costs predictable

What does the hiring process look like week to week?

After role setup, High Five runs in the background as always-on hiring infrastructure. You receive pre-screened, shortlisted candidates on a weekly basis. You only meet candidates who are already vetted and high-intent, so your team skips the initial screening calls entirely.

Weekly rhythm:

  • icon AI agents source and screen continuously
  • icon Human reviewers verify quality before delivery
  • icon You receive a shortlist, review profiles, and schedule interviews
  • icon Feedback you provide trains the system for the next round
High Five 5x'd their own meeting conversion rates using a new outbound playbook.

High Five case study, published on highfive.global

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About High Five

High Five is an AI-powered hiring platform built for companies sourcing talent across Southeast Asia. It serves founders, operators, and HR teams at fast-growing startups and scale-ups, including customers such as Hupo, Cinch, Agridence, Nafas, PayMongo, and SkinSeoul.

High Five combines autonomous AI sourcing with human expert review to help employers find qualified candidates on a flat monthly subscription, replacing the traditional agency fee model.

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High Five helps companies hire international remote teams by providing Employer of Record (EOR), payroll management, contractor engagement and Agency of Record services.

High Five helps companies hire international remote teams by providing Employer of Record (EOR), payroll management, contractor engagement and Agency of Record services.

High Five helps companies hire international remote teams by providing Employer of Record (EOR), payroll management, contractor engagement and Agency of Record services.

High Five helps companies hire international remote teams by providing Employer of Record (EOR), payroll management, contractor engagement and Agency of Record services.

High Five helps companies hire international remote teams by providing Employer of Record (EOR), payroll management, contractor engagement and Agency of Record services.