About Sixley
Hiring Should Be Built on Trust
We're building the intelligence layer that makes network-based hiring visible, measurable, and actionable for every organisation.
Our Thesis
Human Network Intelligence
The power of AI working your networks.
The best hires come from people who know people. Every organisation sits on a vast network of trust — employees, alumni, partners who've seen great work. But this intelligence is invisible. It lives in heads, not systems.
Sixley makes this invisible network intelligence visible, measurable, and actionable. Our AI orchestrates the network. Humans provide the signal. Every recommendation strengthens the graph. Every hire makes the system smarter.
The Team
A focused team building the future of trust-based hiring.
Paul Naha-Biswas
CEO & Founder
Built & sold Boclips (£70m exit). Cambridge. Serial entrepreneur. 15 years in ed-tech & SaaS.
Bevan Sheridan
Commercial
Built & sold Newsflare (£30m exit). Deep in marketplace businesses and B2B go-to-market.
Rob Fanshawe
Product, Change, Operations
Built Fnality to Series C (£232m raised). Serial entrepreneur. Talent specialist. Trust architect.
Nick Trim
Technology
Darktrace (£7bn exit). AI infrastructure at scale. Enterprise deployments.
Backing & Guidance
Advisors & Investors
Advisory Board
Katie Newton
Darktrace early employee, $7bn IPO
Abakar Saidov
CEO of Beamery, $800m HR tech platform
Mark Brooker
BT Group, champion & sponsor
Angel Investors
CEO Zellis (UK’s largest HR tech)
Ex-CEO BT Retail
Ex-CMO Sky
Partners at Korn Ferry & Odgers
£808k raised to date · BT: Client + £250k investment · 100% angel / strategic capital
Enterprise Traction
Backed by Real Revenue
Sixley has earned the trust of major enterprises with real contracts and real investment.
BT Group
£250K equity investment + £250K contract
Strategic partnership with the UK’s largest telecoms provider, validating Sixley’s enterprise readiness across a 250K+ employee network.
NEC
£120K contract
Multi-region deployment across EMEA operations, demonstrating Sixley’s ability to scale trust-scored hiring across borders.
Pipeline includes Wiser, KPMG, Fidelity, Clifford Chance, Zellis, and Schneider Electric.
What We Believe
Four principles that guide everything we build.
Trust
Trust is the foundation of great hiring. We build systems that surface, measure, and reward trust — because credibility should be earned, not assumed.
Transparency
Every recommendation has a provenance chain. Every score has an explanation. We believe hiring decisions should be auditable, explainable, and fair.
Intelligence
Human Network Intelligence combines the pattern recognition of AI with the irreplaceable judgement of people who know people. Neither alone is enough.
Simplicity
Complex problems deserve simple interfaces. We obsess over removing friction so that activating a network, recommending a candidate, and hiring with confidence feels effortless.
Interested in Joining Us?
Whether you're a potential team member, investor, or partner, we'd love to hear from you.