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How to Actually Get Hired
Who reads applications, which channel gets a reply, and what they screen for.
Don't make these mistakes
Generic enthusiasm about 'AI in finance' or 'the future of investment research.' This team has been solving this problem since 2019, doubled revenue year-on-year, and just closed a $47M Series C. They have heard every version of the pitch. Lead with what you know about their specific product, their specific customers (hedge funds, mutual funds, bulge-bracket research teams), and the specific workflows their platform changes. Show the work before you show the interest.
What gets their attention
The Series C announcement explicitly states the capital will expand the team across engineering, product, and go-to-market. Revenue doubled year-on-year. The milestones Thomas Li named for the next six months in the AlleyWatch interview are specific: deeper dataset coverage, more AI and agent workflow products (Scout specifically named), and expanded integrations. Each translates directly to a hiring profile. Built In currently lists five roles (daloopa.com/careers and builtin.com/company/daloopa/jobs). Email hello@daloopa.com reaches the team directly for roles not yet listed.
Why applying the normal way doesn't work
There's an ATS, but at Daloopa, referrals get priority. Your cold application competes with sourced candidates and internal recommendations.
Who to contact at Daloopa
What to show them
Thomas Li named "Scout" as a specific product Daloopa is investing heavily in: a tool to help customers automate parts of research, modeling, and analysis workflows on top of the data layer. The PM who owns this roadmap sits at the intersection of financial workflows and AI agent behaviour. The job spec on Built In asks for someone who can oversee the roadmap for AI-powered financial products, enhance user experiences, and conduct market research. At a company where the customers are hedge fund analysts and quant researchers, market research means understanding workflows that are genuinely complex. Core skills: Product management for B2B SaaS or financial data products, financial services domain knowledge (buy-side investment research preferred), AI/agentic product experience, roadmap prioritisation, user research with technical domain experts, ability to translate analyst workflow nuance into product requirements Proof of work: Map a specific workflow in equity investment research (earnings model update, sector comparable analysis, or portfolio screening) and write a one-page product brief describing how Daloopa's data layer enables an AI agent to automate it. Include: the data inputs required, the failure modes that occur when data is web-scraped versus source-linked, and what the PM would need to learn to validate whether Scout's current design addresses those failure modes. Specific data point examples (EPS, EBITDA margin with fiscal calendar normalisation issues, etc.) are the proof of domain knowledge.
A cold email that works at Daloopa
What Daloopa screens for
The Series C announcement explicitly states the capital will expand the team across engineering, product, and go-to-market. Revenue doubled year-on-year. The milestones Thomas Li named for the next six months in the AlleyWatch interview are specific: deeper dataset coverage, more AI and agent workflow products (Scout specifically named), and expanded integrations. Each translates directly to a hiring profile. Built In currently lists five roles (daloopa.com/careers and builtin.com/company/daloopa/jobs). Email hello@daloopa.com reaches the team directly for roles not yet listed.
Customize your CV for the Daloopa role. Matching the job description language helps clear ATS filters.
Mistakes that kill applications
Generic CVs stand out at a 50-200-person company — and not in a good way. Fastest path to rejection.
Don't open with what you want. Open with what Daloopa is dealing with right now — Investment research is one of the largest and most data-intensive white-collar workflows in the world, and what you'd do about it.
The wait-and-hope strategy fails. Follow up on day five — response rates roughly double.
Frequently asked questions
How do I apply to Daloopa?
Through the roles on our Daloopa jobs page, or directly to the hiring manager or department lead if you can reach them. At 50-200 people, direct outreach outperforms the form.
Does Daloopa respond to cold emails?
Not enough data yet on Daloopa's cold email response rates.
Who is the hiring manager at Daloopa?
At this size, hiring is usually run by the hiring manager or department lead.
How competitive is it to get hired at Daloopa?
Expect 150-300 applicants in the first two weeks for AI roles at this size. Apply within 72 hours for best odds.
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