Sultan Murad Saidov is a co-founder of Beamery, the London talent acquisition and talent management software company. He co-founded it in 2013 with his brother Abakar Saidov and Michael Paterson. It began as Seed.Jobs and joined the AngelPad accelerator.
Saidov studied politics, philosophy and economics at the University of Oxford. At Beamery he served as president for many years. In April 2025 he became CEO and Abakar Saidov became executive chairman.
The company first won small recruiting agencies, then moved to large employers. VMware signed in 2016, followed by Meta. Beamery raised a $28m Series B in 2018, a $138m Series C in 2021 and a $50m Series D in 2022 at a $1bn valuation.
The business also faced cuts. Beamery laid off about 12% of staff in January 2023 and about 25% in November 2023. It is unlisted.