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THE ONLY RECRUITING PLATFORM,
BORN IN VENTURE.

VU Talent Partners is the recruiting and talent platform built inside the Venture University and VU Venture Partners ecosystem — designed for founders who want speed, structure, and precision.

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WHY WE EXIST

Startups don’t fail from product. They fail from people.

VU Talent Partners was built inside venture to fix that — not by adding recruiters, but by providing leaders with a platform that scales with you, not for you.

Signal → System → Execution → Outcome → Feedback

No fluff. No pipeline goals.

Just the infrastructure to scale the right way.

Modular

Modular engagement built for any stage, team, and type.

Embedded

Embedded with startups and VCs across sectors — not stuck in talent blackbox.

Designed

Designed by investors, founders, and operators to move at startup speed.

number-counter

25of startups fail because they hired the wrong team.

Source: CB Insights

75of high-growth startups fail due to premature scaling, often driven by rushed hiring decisions.

Source: Startup Genome

11of new hires actually perform at a high level.

Source: Leadership IQ

Our Ecosystem

How We Work

built to deliver TALENT, not overhead.

Venture-native platform that installs tooling, workflows, and hiring systems before a search launches.

Here’s how modular tiers stack and scale.

Tier 1: Strategic Design

High-signal design for high-leverage roles

We architect your talent software and systems. From triggers, to workflows, a unique offering for our early stage clients.

Built to be repeatable.

Tier 3: GTM & Technical Sprints

Lean execution for critical roles that can’t wait

Run scoped sourcing sprints to fill high-leverage roles.

Built to move fast and close right.

Tier 2: Embedded Partner

Fractional hiring before the chaos hits

Service level agreement (SLAs) to support teams that need a capacity multiplier.

Built to operate without friction.

Tier 4: Full-Stack Search

Retained recruiting layered on working systems

Your recruiter co-pilot. Precision-calibrated. Strategically modeled.

Built to convert the most important roles.

Who We Help

FOUNDERS + VCS

→ Scale with fewer people by accessing better systems

→ Skip bloated retainers and fill with signal-driven precision

→ Tap warm referrals, async recruiting, and modular support

Common Services:

  • Hourly billed sprints

  • Sourcing engine and tech setup (Clay, TechTree, PeopleGPT)

  • Notion based hiring OS

  • Retained search layered on working systems

Common Roles:

  • Founding Team Members

  • Head’s & VP’s

  • GTM / BizOps / Chief of Staff’s

OPERATORS + BUILDERS

→ Work with founders before roles go public

→ Reverse recruiting, prep, Linkedin visibility

→ Match on mindset, not just job titles

Common Support:

  • Interview prep and coaching

  • Founder/operator matching

  • Talent workshops and hiring playbooks

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REFER & EARN

We bridge high-trust founders and high-signal talent across the venture ecosystem.

About Us

OUR TEAM

Alfredo

Founder

Jenna

Operating Partner

J. Skyler

Partner, Portfolio & Network

The Talent Engine Behind the Stack

Center: VU Talent

Search + Talent Access

  • Hiring System Design

    Role clarity, scorecards, compensation bands, and interview plans. Built before we search.

    Embedded People Ops

    Operator-led, async-enabled, and outcome-aligned recruiting execution.

    Automation & Enablement Tools

    Workflows powered by tooling — sourcing, scheduling, and candidate management built for speed.

    Talent Readiness & Ramp

    Access to curated, and calibrated talent bench prepared for immediate impact.

  • Market Benchmarks

    Compensation bands, hiring velocity, conversion data — indexed by stage, function, and peer set.

    Funnel Intelligence

    Real-time visibility into pipeline quality, candidate health, and decision metrics.

    Peer & VC Hiring Patterns

    See what’s working across the market — from top funds to breakout startups.

    Talent Memory

    We track every conversation, metric and feedback loop to surface sharper matches.

  • Warm Access to Talent

    Alumni, operators, investors, and founder networks — built-in and always-on.

    Source of Data: VU Venture Partners

    100’s of startups in the portfolio gives us unmatched access. No blackbox of talent, signal or data.

    Source of Insight: Venture University

    A live, vetted Investor pipeline with over 1000+ alumni at top-tier funds.

    Ecosystem Intelligence

    Each venture investment, cohort graduate, and engagement in across our VU ecosystem sharpens our flywheel.

OUR RESOURCE HUB

Templates, prompts, guides, and tips we leave for every engagement.
Built from our ecosystem.

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