Apollo Technical is an engineering, IT, and supply-chain recruiting firm with offices across the US Southeast, Texas, and the Midwest, placing candidates from startups through Fortune 500 companies in specialties spanning software engineering, controls engineering, and renewable energy.
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Large Startup Recruiting Firms
7 of the 95 recruiting firms for startups we track are large firms. Featured partner first, then alphabetical.
7 of the 95 recruiting firms for startups tracked on Startup Recruiting Firms are large firms, as of October 14, 2026. The featured partner, Recruitmint, is pinned first when it qualifies; every other row is alphabetical, unpaid, and drawn from public information.
Size ranges from boutique shops of a handful of recruiters to large, multi-office search firms. Boutique firms tend to give founders more direct access to the person actually sourcing candidates; larger firms bring more bench depth and simultaneous search capacity.
Which recruiting firms for startups are large firms?
Advertiser disclosureFeatured partner pinned first and labelled; every other company is listed alphabetically. No paid placement.
| Company | Headquarters | Specialties | Size | Best for | Website |
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Apollo Technical
North America
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Large | Engineering Recruiting | Visit | |
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Hunt Club
North America
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Chicago, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Riviera Partners
North America, Europe
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San Francisco, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Scion Staffing
North America
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San Francisco, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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SPMB
North America
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San Francisco, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Stanton Chase
North America, Europe
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Baltimore, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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True Search
North America, Europe
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New York, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit |
All 7 listed
7 shownHunt Club is a Chicago executive search and talent advisory firm, founded in 2014. It finds leaders for high-growth VC- and PE-backed companies (Series A-C included) through expert referrals and AI-assisted relationship mapping.
Riviera Partners is a technology-focused executive search and talent advisory firm placing leadership in product management, software engineering, AI/ML/data, security, and design, working with venture-backed companies from seed stage through scale.
Scion Staffing is a San Francisco-headquartered temporary staffing, contingency search, and executive recruitment firm that has served Bay Area employers since 2006, including startups and technology companies alongside finance, healthcare, nonprofit, and other sectors.
SPMB is an executive search firm that recruits C-level executives and board members for technology, consumer, and health companies, ranging from early-stage startups to established public companies.
Stanton Chase is a large, Baltimore-based global executive search and leadership consulting firm, founded in 1990. Its startups-and-scale-ups practice recruits C-level and board talent for Series A-D venture-backed and private equity-owned companies.
True Search is a New York-headquartered global retained executive search firm with offices across six continents, recruiting C-suite and board talent for venture capital- and private equity-backed companies as well as mid-to-large-cap organizations.
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