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Will Laufer
Co-Founder & CEO
Will Laufer co-founded Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule) in 2017 to automate the manual process of interview scheduling for talent teams. The company was acquired by Calendly in September 2022.
Prelude is a recruiting and interview scheduling automation platform for talent teams. It streamlines interview scheduling, candidate coordination, and recruiting workflows, reducing manual effort for HR and recruiting operations.
Prelude is a recruiting and interview scheduling automation platform for talent teams. It streamlines interview scheduling, candidate coordination, and recruiting workflows, reducing manual effort for HR and recruiting operations.
Founded in 2017 in San Francisco by Will Laufer and Alexander Soto to fix the broken, manual process of scheduling interviews at scale. Originally called Interview Schedule, the company raised a $1.2M seed round in 2021 and was acquired by Calendly in September 2022.
Calendly, the $3B+ scheduling platform, acquired Prelude to expand into the enterprise recruiting market. The acquisition brings Prelude's interview coordination capabilities into the Calendly product ecosystem.
Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule) recognized in the Society for Human Resource Management vendor directory as a leading interview scheduling and recruiting automation platform.
Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule) raised a $1.2M seed round to expand its interview scheduling automation platform for talent teams.
Prelude integrated with Zoom to enable seamless virtual interview scheduling, allowing talent teams to automatically generate video conference links when booking interviews through the platform.
The company formerly known as Interview Schedule rebrands to Prelude, reflecting its expanded platform capabilities beyond simple interview scheduling to full recruiting workflow automation.
Co-Founder & CEO
Will Laufer co-founded Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule) in 2017 to automate the manual process of interview scheduling for talent teams. The company was acquired by Calendly in September 2022.
Co-Founder
Alexander Soto co-founded Prelude (formerly Interview Schedule), a recruiting and interview scheduling automation platform for talent teams.
$1.2M raised total
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PRELUDE SYSTEMS INC · IRVINE, CA
FY 2025
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