Hired Valley
Doha-based career platform and community that helps professionals, mainly from Kazakhstan and the CIS, reach roles at international employers. GrowthX invested in it in September 2026.
Industry: Career services and hiring platform | Location: Doha, Qatar | Founded: 2023 | Total Funding: USD 500K
About Hired Valley
Hired Valley is a career platform and community based in Doha, Qatar, that helps professionals find roles at international companies. Its website says more than 25,000 specialists have gone through the platform, a figure the company reports itself. Forbes Kazakhstan described it in June 2026 as a career copilot for job seekers from Kazakhstan and the wider CIS region who want positions at large technology companies.
The company is led by Yerkezhan Zholdassova, who is named as its founder. Forbes Kazakhstan reported that she moved to Europe at 18 on an EU grant, and was invited by Astana Hub to launch a career product called Beta Career, whose audience grew into Hired Valley. The article calls her a graduate of Tim Draper's accelerator and a Stanford student. The company's website gives its legal name as Hired Valley LLC, with a registered address in QFC Tower 1, West Bay, Doha, under Qatar Financial Centre licence number 02397.
The website sells paid career programmes, including a monthly club called Hired AI Camp at USD 29, a done-for-you package for resume, LinkedIn profile and job selection at USD 599, and a self-paced Job Offer Guide at USD 49. Forbes described AI tools that monitor job sources, send targeted applications and train candidates for interviews.
Forbes reported that in January 2024 Hired Valley was the only CIS company invited in person to the Career Fair run by Bases at Stanford. The company says it belongs to the NVIDIA Inception programme. The Tech.kz reported that it joined the incubation programme of Qatar Science and Technology Park in autumn 2026 and the Snoonu Startup Factory, which launched in April 2026.
In September 2026 GrowthX, the venture platform founded by Snoonu chief executive Hamad Al-Hajri, put USD 1 million across Hired Valley and Talebhub, with the split not disclosed. The Tech.kz reported Hired Valley's share as a USD 500,000 pre-seed round.
Forbes reported that the company is focused on growing its user base and entering the Gulf market, with a stated goal of proving the model in the global market by the end of 2026.
Leadership
- Yerkezhan Zholdassova, Leader of Hired Valley
- Yerkezhan Zholdassova, Leader of Hired Valley