Daversa Partners is an executive search firm that runs leadership searches for high-growth, venture-backed technology companies, with case studies covering companies such as OpenAI, Brex, and Cursor.
Specialty
Series A-C: Startup Recruiting Firms
26 of the 95 recruiting firms for startups we track publish Series A-C as a specialty. Featured partner first, then alphabetical.
26 of the 95 recruiting firms for startups tracked on Startup Recruiting Firms publish Series A-C as a specialty, 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.
Series A-C is a stage tag, not a specialty in the traditional sense — it flags firms that specifically target venture-backed companies between their first priced round and pre-growth-equity scale, as opposed to firms built around later-stage or public-company search. The firms tagged here include large executive search practices with dedicated startup groups, like Stanton Chase and Riviera Partners, and smaller shops built by former startup operators, such as Plenty Search and Recruiting from Scratch, that work almost exclusively at this stage. Some, like GTM Hunters, narrow further to a single function — revenue roles — within the Series A-C range. Working at this stage means recruiters are used to compressed timelines, equity-heavy compensation packages, and hiring managers who are often making their first leadership hire without an internal HR function to lean on. When evaluating a firm here, ask how many of its recent searches were actually at your specific round, not just somewhere in the A-C range, and how it structures compensation guidance for candidates who haven't negotiated equity before.
Which recruiting firms for startups do series a-c?
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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Daversa Partners
North America
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New York, USA | Mid-size | Executive Search | Visit | |
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DRH Search
North America
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA | Boutique | Early-Stage Startups | Visit | |
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Founders Connect
North America
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— | — | Sales Recruiting | Visit | |
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GTM Hunters
Remote/Global
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— | Boutique | Sales Recruiting | Visit | |
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GTM Talent
North America, Europe
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— | Boutique | Executive Search | Visit | |
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High Slope Recruiting
North America, Remote/Global
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— | Boutique | 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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ISG Partners
North America
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— | — | Embedded Recruiting | Visit | |
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LaunchWorks
Europe, North America
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London, UK | Boutique | Sales Recruiting | Visit | |
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Nederlia
Europe
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Barcelona, Spain | Boutique | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Opal Search Partners
North America
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New York, USA | Boutique | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Plenty Search
North America
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New York, USA | Boutique | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Recruiting from Scratch
North America
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New York, USA | Boutique | Tech Recruiters | Visit | |
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Refery
North America
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— | — | Engineering Recruiting | Visit | |
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Rheaction
North America
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San Francisco, USA | Boutique | 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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Sales Talent Inc.
North America
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— | — | Sales Recruiting | Visit | |
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Shields Group Search
North America, Latin America
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New York, USA | Boutique | 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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Talento Consulting AI
North America, Europe
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Los Angeles, USA | Boutique | RPO | Visit | |
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The Search Experience (TSE)
North America, Remote/Global
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San Francisco, USA | Boutique | Early-Stage Startups | Visit | |
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True Search
North America, Europe
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New York, USA | Large | Executive Search | Visit | |
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Turmero Talent
North America
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— | Boutique | Engineering Recruiting | Visit | |
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Your Remote Tech Recruiter
Europe, Remote/Global
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— | Boutique | Fractional Recruiting | Visit | |
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Zytheq
North America
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San Francisco, USA | Boutique | Engineering Recruiting | Visit |
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26 shownDRH Search is a solo-founder recruiting firm connecting talent with venture-backed startups from seed through Series B, placing candidates across software engineering, sales, marketing, GTM, talent acquisition, data science, product, and finance functions.
Founders Connect is a startup recruiting agency for venture-backed teams from pre-seed through Series D, focused on go-to-market roles such as account executives, SDRs, marketing, and revenue operations.
GTM Hunters is a precision recruiting firm exclusively focused on revenue roles for VC-backed SaaS and AI companies from Series A through Series D, placing Account Executives, SDRs, GTM leadership, RevOps, and AI GTM talent.
Boutique executive search firm placing GTM leadership (CRO, CMO, VP Sales, VP Marketing, RevOps, first sellers) for SaaS and tech scale-ups, plus nonprofit executive search, with partners covering North America and EMEA for cross-border searches.
High Slope Recruiting is a founder-led firm placing engineering and executive talent, including staff and principal engineers, ML researchers, and founding technical leads, at Series A-C startups.
Hunt 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.
ISG Partners (Hawn Holdings LLC DBA ISG Partners) is an embedded recruitment firm offering on-demand recruiters, Talent as a Service, to venture-backed startups across Series A, B, and C stages, including technical and AI/ML hiring.
Retained GTM search firm focused on Series A and Series B venture-backed startups, placing enterprise sales/presales, marketing, and C-suite GTM leadership across DevTools, cybersecurity, and AI/ML companies in the US and EMEA.
Nederlia is a venture capital-focused executive search firm specializing in early-stage startups, from seed to Series B, placing C-suite and VP-level leaders across tech hubs in Europe and the UK.
Opal Search Partners is a New York-based boutique executive search and advisory firm placing C-suite, board, and VP leaders in product, engineering, go-to-market, and operations roles for mission-driven, venture-backed startups, using a proprietary candidate-mapping tool called Opal Loupe.
Plenty Search is a boutique New York executive search firm built by former startup operators. It runs leadership searches for Series A-C and early-stage startups, with a smaller caseload per recruiter than traditional retained firms.
Recruiting from Scratch is a technical recruiting firm that pairs software-driven sourcing with recruiters focused on engineering hires, working with companies from seed stage through Series D.
Refery is a startup recruiting network for VC-backed Seed to Series B companies hiring engineering, AI, and go-to-market talent, combining specialist independent recruiters with referrals from founders, operators, and investors.
Rheaction is a boutique recruiting firm headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York and Denver, specializing in design, product, and technical leadership placements for venture-backed startups, including Series A-B companies competing for engineering talent.
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.
Sales Talent Inc. is a software and SaaS sales recruiting firm that headhunts SDRs, account executives, sales leaders, customer success, sales operations and marketing talent in the US and Canada for seed through Series C and PE-funded SaaS companies.
Shields Group Search is a New York City-based executive recruiting firm specializing in startup and scale-up hiring, providing executive and technical talent acquisition for venture-backed companies from Seed through Series C across SaaS, fintech, healthtech, and Web3.
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.
Talento Consulting AI is a Los Angeles-based talent consultancy specializing in go-to-market, product, and engineering hiring for early-stage and high-growth tech startups, offering embedded RPO, hiring sprints, and retained search from seed through pre-IPO, serving LA, San Francisco, New York, and London.
The Search Experience (TSE) is a San Francisco-based startup recruitment agency that partners with venture-backed founders from Seed through Series C to build go-to-market, technical, and design teams, working with companies backed by firms such as Sequoia, Greylock, and SoftBank.
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.
Turmero Talent is a contingency recruiting firm focused only on technical roles, placing backend, platform, infrastructure, DevOps/SRE engineers and engineering managers at seed to Series A startups of roughly 11-50 employees.
Your Remote Tech Recruiter Ltd. is a one-recruiter practice offering fractional, embedded tech recruitment to startups, including post-fundraise teams. Its engagements follow a Review, Embed, Deliver model, and its site features testimonials from Develop Health, Juro, Booksy, and Scott Logic.
Zytheq is a San Francisco Bay Area recruiting firm running engineering, data/AI, product, go-to-market, and executive searches for Series A-D startups and larger tech companies, offering contingency search, retained executive search, and embedded/RPO recruiting out of its San Francisco office.
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Questions buyers ask
How many recruiting firms for startups do Series A-C?
26 of the 95 companies in this directory. The list is compiled from public information and refreshed as companies change.
How is this list ordered?
The featured partner, Recruitmint, which publishes this directory, is pinned first and labelled. Everyone else is alphabetical. Position is not for sale.
Do companies pay to appear on this page?
No. Inclusion is free and unpaid. Recruitmint is the only company with a commercial relationship to this site, and it is disclosed on every page.