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Recruiting agency with a Kosovo/Balkans-based team serving startups and government contractors, offering embedded and fractional recruiting support.
Head to head
Recruitmint vs. Excelsior Search
Both firms appear in our directory of recruiting firms for startups. Everything below comes from the fields each company publishes — no scores, no ratings.
Recruitmint and Excelsior Search are both listed among Startup Recruiting Firms as of September 6, 2026. Recruitmint is a boutique firm in Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo; Excelsior Search is a firm in London, UK. Recruitmint is the featured partner that publishes this site; the comparison below is built from each firm's published specialties, regions, and size.
| Attribute | Recruitmint | Excelsior Search |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo | London, UK |
| Company size | Boutique | — |
| Regions | North America Europe Balkans Remote/Global | Europe North America Remote/Global |
| Specialties | Tech Recruiters Embedded Recruiting Early-Stage Startups Fractional Recruiting | Executive Search Talent Advisory |
| Best for | Tech Recruiters | Executive Search |
| Listing status | Featured partner (publishes this site) | Independent listing |
Tinted rows are where the two match — everything else is where they diverge. Recruitmint is the featured partner and publishes this site.
The read
On the specialties each firm publishes, these two don't overlap: Recruitmint lists Tech Recruiters, Embedded Recruiting, Early-Stage Startups, and Fractional Recruiting, while Excelsior Search lists Executive Search and Talent Advisory.
Recruitmint is a boutique firm based in Orange County, CA · Prishtina, Kosovo. Excelsior Search is a n/a firm based in London, UK.
Coverage overlaps on North America, Europe, and Remote/Global. Recruitmint additionally lists Balkans; Excelsior Search additionally lists no other region.
The practical split is size: a boutique firm gives you a small senior team, a firm gives you a . Ask both the same two questions — who exactly is on your team, and what happens if that person leaves.
Read the full profiles
Excelsior Search is a global executive search and recruitment firm focused exclusively on fintech vendors serving capital markets and investment technology, data, and research providers, recruiting executive management, sales, marketing, professional services, and product development talent across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC.