Steven Bartel, Angel Investor

Steve Bartel is the Founder and CEO of Gem, an AI‑driven recruiting platform that integrates ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, and talent marketing into one solution. Under his leadership, Gem has partnered with thousands of companies including Google, Anthropic, Airbnb, Stripe, and Coinbase, helping talent teams streamline hiring at scale. Previously, Steve spent nearly five years at Dropbox, where he served as Engineering Manager and later Head of Engineering for Dropbox Paper. He was instrumental in building data pipelines, launching A/B testing tools, and leading hiring efforts that brought hundreds of engineers into the company. His early career included engineering internships at Facebook and Blizzard Entertainment. Steve is also an angel investor, supporting startups in SaaS, developer tools, and enterprise platforms. His recent investments include Tesseral (data infrastructure), Gentrace (AI evaluation tools), The New Club (community platform), and OneSchema (data collaboration), reflecting his focus on companies building next‑generation software solutions.