Overview
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VU Talent Partners is the search platform from VU Venture Partners — the only modular recruiting and advisory firm purpose-built for the venture ecosystem. We help founders scale teams that deliver outcomes.
Our Value Pillars
VU Talent Partners is the search platform from VU Venture Partners — the only modular recruiting and advisory firm purpose-built for the venture ecosystem. We help founders scale teams that deliver outcomes.
Modular
Modular engagements built for velocity and signal
Trusted
Trusted by founders, operators, & Investors
Designed
Designed for startups — not stuck in legacy models
A platform-first recruiting firm delivers value like a product — not just a service. It’s scalable, modular, data-rich, and integrated across our Venture ecosystem — giving founders more control, more leverage, and better outcomes at every stage of growth.
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Backed By
Designed to deliver outcomes, not just headcount.
Unlike traditional firms, gig recruiters, or generic job boards, our recruiting platform offers a smarter, more efficient approach to hiring. We deliver faster insights and higher precision through intelligent systems designed to streamline the talent acquisition process. Built to scale alongside your growth, our platform supports your hiring needs from Seed stage through Series B and beyond.
How We Work
Modular Retained Search
Strategic Advisory &
Hiring Infrastructure
Talent Partner-as-a-Service
Founder Enablement & Workflow/Tool ImplementationWho We Help
FOR FOUNDERS
What Founders Get:
We offer embedded search with operator-level insight to help you make your first critical hires. Our team sets up your talent infrastructure—scorecards, ATS configuration, and async communications—to ensure a streamlined recruiting process. We also support reverse recruiting, crafting outbound scripts to attract top candidates and drive inbound interest.
You’ll gain access to our investor network for warm referrals, along with compensation benchmarking and equity banding to keep offers competitive. We provide advisory support to help you build a scalable, high-functioning talent engine from the start.
Common Roles We Fill:
Founding GTM (RevOps, AE, Growth), Founding Product or Engineering, BizOps / Chief of Staff, Executive: VP/Head of…
FOR VCS & PARTNERS
For Portfolio Companies
We provide modular, low-friction support to help portfolio companies hire faster and more effectively. Our close collaboration with investors and founders adds built-in signal and trust. Rather than just pushing resumes, we help establish talent systems and structure that scale.
For Your Firm
We place high-caliber investors at the Associate and Principal levels and build pipeline through our connection with Venture University. Our strategic headhunting supports fund team growth, while our partnership model spans fund-wide advisory, embedded talent support, and aligned referrals across the ecosystem.
FOR CANDIDATES / JOB SEEKERS
Whether you’re a founder-type operator, rising exec, or aspiring investor — we help you plug into a curated network of early-stage opportunities across startups and funds in our ecosystem.
What We Offer Candidates:
Access to exclusive roles at VC-backed startups across GTM, Ops, Product, and Exec functions
Webinars, Workshops, and tools to break into tech
Reverse recruiting: we help proactively match you to aligned teams and founders
Venture career pathing: break into VC through our Venture University pipeline
Who We’re Looking For:
Builders, operators, and generalists ready for impact
Execs looking to scale new ventures
Aspiring investors (Analyst/Associate track)
Repeat founders between ventures
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About Us
Our Team
J. Skyler FernandesPartner
Alfredo MercedesHead of Talent & Platform
Jenna FernandesOperating Partner
PART OF THE VU ECOSYSTEM
VU Venture Partners is a global venture capital fund and part of the broader Venture University ecosystem. With over $100M+ in assets under management, VU Venture Partners backs early- stage, market-defining companies across sectors including AI, defense tech, climate, fintech, SaaS, and healthcare.
