Overview

OUTCOMES, NOT HEADCOUNT

Modular recruiting and talent advisory purpose-built for venture-scale startups

WHY WE EXIST

We exist to transform hiring from legacy systems, misaligned retainers, slow timelines, and bloated fees into a better way: as a platform-first recruiting firm designed to deliver value like a product, not just a service. It’s scalable, modular, data-rich, and integrated across our venture ecosystem — giving founders and investors a flywheel approach, more control, more leverage, and better outcomes at every stage of growth.

Modular

Modular engagements built for velocity and signal

Trusted

Trusted by startups, not stuck in legacy models

Designed

Designed by investors, founders, and recruiters

number-counter

Mar 11, 2019

25of startups fail because they hired the wrong team.

Source: CB Insights

Mar 11, 2019

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

Source: Startup Genome

Mar 11, 2019

11of new hires actually perform at a high level.

Source: Leadership IQ

Mar 11, 2019

Our Ecosystem

What We Do

A PLATFORM-BUILT, MODULAR RECRUITING EXPERIENCE

Modular Retained Search

Modern search that adapts to your needs.

We combine the rigor of search with startup agility. Our modular model lets you pay by role, need, or urgency — so you only pay for what you need, when you need it.

Strategic Advisory

Build your systems and hiring infrastructure before you scale.

From scorecard design to ATS setup to compensation frameworks, we help founders build the internal talent engine needed to attract and close top-tier talent.

Talent Partner as a Service

An embedded extension of your team.

We act as your internal recruiting partner, running full-cycle searches, building process infrastructure, and giving you strategic support without the overhead of a full-time hire.

Founder Enablement

Automation & Tool Implementation -Get leverage through automation.

We implement lightweight tooling to streamline your outbound, track candidate signals, and automate your process — freeing up time while keeping your hiring process high-touch and high-conversion.

Who We Help

FOUNDERS + VCS

What Founders + VCs Get:

Embedded retained or success-fee search with operator-level insight to make first critical hires
HR infrastructure set-up: scorecards, ATS setup, async workflows and automations
Reverse recruiting: outbound scripts + inbound messaging to build your talent engine
Access to investor network for warm referrals from Venture University and VU Venture Partners
Comp benchmarking + equity banding via our
proprietary data and insights
Advisory and subscription based in-house talent lead to support for a scalable talent engine

Common Roles We Fill:

Founding Product or Engineering
VP/Head-level executives
Founding GTM (RevOps, AE, Growth)

For Investors:

Exclusive partnership with curated access to our ecosystem and on-demand/monthly candidate pipeline
Headhunting for investors (Associate/Principal)
Sourcing pipeline via Venture University
Ecosystem-wide subscription based embedded recruiting + advisory