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Recent Hires, References
& a Market Read

Flip through our recent placements and client feedback, plus our quick takes on the talent market.

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H1 2026 Highlights

Featured placements

A glimpse into the first functional and founder-adjacent leaders we placed across early-to-mid stage companies in SaaS, AI, and Fintech.

Our approach to Executive search

AI · Insurtech

Founding Product Manager (×2)

Qumis · Legal document analysis

Attorney-trained AI that helps insurance professionals analyze, compare, and understand commercial P&C policies.

American Family Ventures · Grand Ventures · Alumni Ventures

Placement · Founding Product Manager

"It was an exceptional experience — thanks."

Shiv Sinha
Co-Founder & CTO, Qumis
Legaltech

Chief Revenue Officer

StructureFlow · Data visualization software

Creates intelligent, living diagrams that map complex legal and financial structures so dealmakers can see how everything connects.

FINTOP Capital · Venrex · Founders Factory
Healthtech

Head of Finance & Operations

Metopio · Enterprise health database

Data analytics tools that turn complex health data into clear insights for organizations navigating community health challenges.

MATH Venture Partners · Plymouth Growth · Sandalphon Capital
Fintech

Vice President of Sales,
Head of Revenue Operations

Highbeam · Banking for brands

Modern banking and AI-powered financial intelligence built specifically for consumer brands.

Mayfield · FirstMark · Two Sigma Ventures
Martech

Head of Engineering,
Director of Customer Success

Trajektory · Sponsorship analytics

A holistic sponsorship measurement platform that captures the full value of partnerships across digital and non-digital channels.

Alumni Ventures · TechOperators · Mudita Venture Partners

Placement · Head of Engineering

"Generally speaking very happy with the search, good mix of candidates."

Alex Kerr
Co-Founder & CEO, Trajektory
Generative AI

Head of Marketing,
Enterprise Account Executive

Threekit · AI sales agent

An AI sales agent that turns customer and product requirements into valid, configured proposals for manufacturers in seconds.

Salesforce Ventures · ServiceNow Ventures · Shasta Ventures

Placement · Head of Marketing

"Overall, I'd give the experience a 3 — exceptional. You guys nailed it on every front and made the process super easy. Chris is a very strong hire!"

Marc Uible
Vice President, Threekit
Dev Tools

Founding Enterprise Account Executive

BotCity · Python + AI governance

Enterprise governance for Python and AI at scale — monitoring executions, orchestrating automations, and generating compliance insights.

Y Combinator · SoftBank · Astella
Consumer · EdTech

Head of Product

Shortform · Learning subscriptions

A subscription learning platform with in-depth summaries and guides for thousands of nonfiction books, podcasts, and articles.

Bootstrapped

Placement · Head of Product

"Main evaluation has to be about results, and on that we had good outcomes — two hireable candidates we felt were exceptionally good matches for us. That we achieved this is the lion's share of how I feel about the search."

Allen Cheng
Co-Founder, Shortform
AI · Security

Regional Sales Director,
Sales Engineer

Nightfall AI · AI data security

An AI-native data loss prevention platform that stops data leaks and exfiltration across SaaS, AI apps, and endpoints.

Bain Capital Ventures · Venrock · Pear VC
Voice AI

Head of Talent

Deepgram · Speech & voice APIs

Enterprise voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and real-time voice agents, built for scale.

Y Combinator · Tiger Global · Madrona
AI · HRtech

Director of Business Development

Pelgo · AI career support

AI-powered career support that guides people through their job-transition journey.

645 Ventures · Flybridge · Primary Venture Partners
Marketplace

Commercial Leader

Whop · Creator marketplace

A platform and marketplace where creators discover communities, build businesses, and unlock new income streams.

Insight Partners · Bain Capital Ventures · SignalFire

Market Pulse

The State of the Talent Market

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