How Scene helped Autone

Building founding engineering team to secure Series A

Stage
Pre-seed
Seed
Series A
Series B
Sector
Ecommerce
Skillset
Engineering
GTM

The challenge

Following a €4.5m seed round, Autone were referred to Scene to build engineering capability at pace.

What Scene built

Scene designed the hiring strategy and processes, and executed a five-person team build within eight weeks, surpassing all client expectations on pace and quality.

The outcome

The engineering team became foundational to the business, and their output was pivotal in securing a $17m Series A led by General Catalyst. 100% of the team remain in seat 18 months later.

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The impact

5
Engineering hires made in 8 weeks
$17m
Series A raised less than a year later
100%
Team retention at 18 months

What our clients said

Scene designed the process and then executed on it to perfection. 5 engineering hires within 8 weeks and I can see your impact across the entire company even two years later

Harry Glucksmann Cheslaw
Co-Founder

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