the problem:
traditional recruiting wasn’t built for 0 → 1.
4-6 week timelines
to first candidates
no knowledge of your equity or model
generic approach, poor alignment.
they vanish after the invoice
5-10% reply rates
spray and pray outreach
one search at a time
can’t scale across your portfolio
transactional relationships
our process.
from intake to finalist in 7-15 days.
throughout
active stakeholder management throughout. we surface misalignments before they lose you candidates at the offer stage.
calibration
1-2 days
deep intake — your thesis, equity structure, founder psychology, must-haves vs. nice-to-haves. we treat your JD as a starting hypothesis, not a brief.
trust-first, not urgency-first. our sequencing drives 3–6× reply rates on senior profiles.
sourcing
2-3 days
recruiting
screening
ongoing
every candidate pre-screened for culture fit, equity appetite, and stage readiness before you see them. no noise in your pipeline.
start with unicorns (every criterion met), then expand. signal density over volume. we’re not building a list — we’re finding the best.
alignment
outreach
3-5 days
services.
startups +
portfolio firms.
built for:
contingency
CTOs, CEOs, co-founders ᐧ pre-seed through series B ᐧ venture-builder model expertise ᐧ 2 week intake to finalist standard
fractional
embedded recruiting function ᐧ concurrent portfolio searches ᐧ equity calibration + candidate advisory ᐧ founder calibration sessions
advisory
outreach engine + build optimization ᐧ stakeholder alignment consulting ᐧ market mapping + benchmarking ᐧ compensation + equity positioning