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Growth by Design Talent

Growth by Design Talent (GBD) is a recruiting advisory and search firm built to help highgrowth technology companies scale intentionally and sustainably. Over six years, the team partnered with innovators from earlystage startups through public companies to design talent strategies that enable rapid growth without sacrificing quality, with a consistent focus on building inclusive teams, durable recruiting cultures, operations for scale, and distinctive employer brands. GBD combined executive and augmented search with embedded, ondemand recruiting support, advising clients on resourcing, systems, data, process, and programs while delivering handson training to elevate hiring capabilities across all levels in scaling tech organizations. Their practical approach was supported by original content and tools, including a newsletter for talent leaders with thousands of subscribers and Recruiting Plan, a capacity planning tool purposebuilt for fastgrowing companies. GBDs collaborations spanned many of the most recognizable names in technology, reflecting breadth across software, product, data, and gotomarket organizations. In 2025, GBD announced that it had been acquired by Cursor, whose AIpowered developer platform is rapidly adopted by engineering teams globally; two founding partners and several team members joined Cursor to help build its talent systems and culture from the ground up, while other GBD alumni continue independently with advisory and recruiting work focused on foundational recruiting, process, and strategic guidance. Throughout its journey, GBD remained committed to being a pragmatic, metricsdriven partner that aligns talent priorities to business outcomes, whether leading executive searches, standing up embedded recruiting programs, or diagnosing and optimizing endtoend recruiting operations for technology companies scaling at pace.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtRPOSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

Forward Search

Forward Search is a boutique executive search firm focused on early and growth-stage startups, recognized for moving with speed and precision to help high-growth companies scale faster. With more than 50 years of combined recruiting experience, the team specializes in building leadership benches across three core arenas: Finance (CFO, VP of Finance, VP Strategic Finance, VP FP&A, Controller, and Risk), Go-To-Market (CMO/VP Marketing, CRO/VP Sales, VP Product/Brand Marketing, VP Growth, VP Demand Generation, and VP Business Development), and Operations (CEO/COO, General Manager, VP Operations, VP Customer Operations, VP Business Operations, and VP Revenue Operations). Their portfolio spans category-defining venture-backed brands such as Calm, Intercom, Perplexity, Grammarly, Luma, Airbyte, Instabug, CloudTrucks, SmartNews, Route, and Weights & Biases, among many others. On the Results side, Forward Search has executed rapid, multi-role leadership builds for AI and developer platform companies, including VP-level Go-To-Market and senior finance placements delivered in tight timeframes. The firm partners closely with founders, CEOs, and boards, and is frequently tapped by the portfolio companies of leading venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Lightspeed, FTV Capital, Khosla Ventures, Accel, Index Ventures, and Felicis to fill critical executive and functional leadership roles. Founding Partner Simon Bromwell leads the Go-To-Market practice, bringing deep global search experience across Japan and North America; Founding Partner Fr)ric T!rd leads Finance & Operations, with a background in corporate finance and a decade leading high-performing search teams in Paris, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Directors Andrew Skyta and Amanda Gordon add further depth across VC- and PE-backed enterprises, from enterprise software to consumer brands. Combining a curated network, rigorous assessment, and a hands-on, partner-led model, Forward Search delivers high-caliber permanent and interim leadership that aligns with each clients stage, market, and growth objectives.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomSenior Executives

HQSan Francisco, United States

Atticus Growth Partners

Atticus Growth Partners is a boutique executive search firm based in San Francisco that specializes in building world-class technical and leadership teams for deep tech startups and advanced research organizations. The firm partners with founders operating at the frontier of AI, robotics, systems engineering, and hard techdomains where talent markets are novel, niche, and highly competitiveand brings a specialist, hands-on approach to identifying, engaging, and securing elite candidates. With backgrounds in scaling founder-led companies from stealth to hundreds of employees, the team applies practical operating insight to every search, aligning hiring roadmaps with product milestones, research breakthroughs, and go-to-market priorities. Their expertise spans the full deep tech stack, including models, data platforms, infrastructure, agents, embedded systems, silicon, networking, autonomy, and software, with vertical coverage across defense, automotive, space, manufacturing, and physics-driven innovations. Atticus delivers executive and senior technical placements as well as founding and first-line leadership roles, complemented by advisory projects that refine talent strategy and expand candidate pipelines. Representative outcomes include VP and Director hires across engineering, onboard software, AI platforms, data, and simulation; founding engineers in data, graphics, and core systems; and program leadership within U.S. defense research. Recent work features placements with organizations such as DARPA, Wayve, xAI, True Anomaly, Third Wave Automation, Genesis AI, Cartesia, Cleric, and Cantina, demonstrating strength across both commercial and government ecosystems. Clients cite Atticuss ability to translate ambiguous, technically complex requirements into precise hiring criteria, diversify candidate pools beyond conventional networks, and maintain clear, executive-level communication throughout the process. By combining rigorous market mapping, direct access to top operators and researchers, and a values-driven commitment to quality, Atticus Growth Partners helps deep tech leaders hire faster and smarter, turning ambitious missions into high-performing teams.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceIndustrial MachineryElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQSan Francisco, United States

Vivid Recruitment

Vivid Recruitment is a boutique Australian recruitment consultancy focused on the built environment, providing a clear and simple service to clients and candidates across Architecture, Engineering, Planning and Construction. Founded in 2020 and based in Melbourne and Ballarat, the firm supports hiring needs nationwide with an active presence across Geelong, Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, the Gold Coast and Brisbane. The team brings more than two decades of dedicated recruiting experience and a practical ethos that values relationships, market knowledge and straightforward delivery over gimmicks. Vivid Recruitment specialises across six key areas: Architecture and Interior Design, Urban Design and Planning, Engineering, Commercial Construction, Residential Construction and Business Support. Their coverage spans multidisciplinary architecture studios and interior practices, urban planning and design consultancies, and engineering firms from boutique specialists through to multinational consultancies. Within engineering, they recruit building services (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and fire), civil and structural, ESD and sustainability, and niche disciplines such as acoustics. For construction and property, they support commercial and residential project delivery functions as well as core business support roles that keep firms running smoothly. Services include permanent recruitment for growth and replacement hires, and retained search for confidential or business critical mandates where deeper market mapping, targeted outreach and structured shortlists are required. For candidates, the firm provides job search support, resume submission and job alerts, along with open communication around role fit, flexibility and career progression. For clients, Vivid offers a transparent process, tailored shortlists and access to a wide network built across years in sector-specific recruiting. The firm also shares practical insights through blogs, resources and salary guides that reflect current hiring conditions in architecture, engineering, planning and construction. Whether building a team or planning a career move, Vivid Recruitment aims to cut through noise and deliver results with discipline, speed and genuine care for long term outcomes.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionConsumer Goods ManufacturingIndustrial MachineryChemical Manufacturing

HQMelbourne, Australia

HK Recruiting

HK Recruiting is a women-owned executive and professional recruitment firm founded in 2017 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving clients nationwide across the biotech, life science, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. Led by Managing Partner and Executive Recruiter Helen Kurtz alongside a seasoned team that includes Partner and Executive Recruiter Christina Staubus and Executive Recruiter Katie Lu, the firm brings more than 40 years of combined life sciences experience to every search, with team backgrounds ranging from bench scientists to technical sales professionals. This deep scientific literacy enables HK Recruiting to understand nuanced role requirements, evaluate transferable skills with precision, and communicate credibly with both hiring teams and candidates. The firm recruits at all levelsfrom entry-level hires to senior executivesusing a consultative, targeted approach: conducting in-depth discovery with clients; mapping ideal candidate profiles; proactively sourcing and engaging prospects; and presenting fully vetted shortlists accompanied by comprehensive candidate reporting that includes career history and compensation specifics. Known for a people-first philosophy and meticulous attention to detail, HK Recruiting prioritizes transparent communication, smooth interview orchestration (including panel coordination), and thoughtful offer negotiation to ensure a positive experience for all parties. Their track record includes building high-performing teams and placing leaders acknowledged by testimonials from senior stakeholders at organizations such as Agilent Technologies, Benchling, and BD Biosciences. Whether the need is a critical executive hire or multiple specialized additions across R&D, product, marketing, or commercial functions, HK Recruiting blends scientific expertise with disciplined search methodology to deliver on-target talent quickly and reliably, supported by an active opportunities portal and a nationwide network that keeps pace with the rapidly evolving life sciences market.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsMental Health CareVeterinaryHealthcare & Life Sciences

HQSan Francisco, United States

Hello Generalist

Hello Generalist (HG) is a specialist recruitment and talent platform that helps early-stage startups and growth companies access fractional, part-time, and advisory operators across core business functions. Designed for teams that need impact without the constraints of a full-time hire, HG partners 1:1 with founders and hiring managers to scope the role, calibrate budget and time commitment, and quickly deliver a short list of deeply qualified candidatestypically within 35 business days. Clients meet highly vetted operators with proven startup experience across BizOps and data, chief of staff, customer success, finance, growth, marketing, operations, people ops and HR, product, and project management, then move straight to interviews and offers while HG manages the paperwork. Engagement models include Advisors (seasoned leaders providing 15 hours per week), and fractional or part-time contracts (typically 530 hours per week, ongoing), with startup-friendly contracts, clear deliverables, and ACH payroll handled end to end so founders can get right to work. Built by startup veterans, HG blends hundreds of data points with a human touch to scope roles accurately and match candidates who are available, aligned to the brief, and within budget; nearly all customers hire from their first five intros. The operator community is carefully curated through an application, a screening call, and a 90-minute onboarding workshop to define offerings and build standout profiles, after which HG hand-matches them to exclusive contract opportunities and ensures on-time payment. In addition to single hires, HG supports multi-hire team builds with reduced fees, and offers a simple conversion path to full-time for a flat $10,000 fee when theres a great mutual fit. Trusted by operators with backgrounds at companies such as Airbnb, Google, Uber, PayPal, Box, General Assembly, and HelloFresh, HG makes flexible hiring the easy choice for startups, enterprises, and PE/VC firms alike.

Contract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtPayrolling/EORSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceE-commerceLuxury GoodsBanking

HQSan Francisco, United States

Found By Inc.

Found By Inc. is a boutique talent agency and executive search firm specialized in design that partners with companies from seed stage to Fortune 500 to build high-performing, diverse design organizations. Founded and led by CEO and Executive Recruiter Laura Huntingwho helped scale Airbnbs design organization from fewer than 60 to 600 and previously recruited for LinkedInthe firm brings deep, hands-on expertise in identifying, attracting, and hiring world-class design leaders. Found Bys clients include category-defining brands such as Airbnb, Zillow, Square, Yahoo, Nike, Calendly, GoodRx, Pinterest, Duolingo, Squarespace, Medallion Arts, Render, Open, Tango, Wisq, Nextdoor, Hinge, and Monarch. The firm delivers a tailored mix of recruiting and advisory services centered on partnership, transparency, and continuous feedback. Core offerings span design leadership and executive search; supplemental design recruiting and sourcing; and comprehensive recruiting strategy, including creating design hiring playbooks, developing competency-based structured interviewing, building specialized interview tracks for leadership and niche roles, crafting exceptional candidate experiences, strengthening design brand and events strategies, refining closing strategies, and advancing diversity initiatives. Found By also advises on organization designleveling and career frameworks, resource allocation, and team ratiosand provides recruiting mentorship and development through advising design recruiting leaders on team structure, recruiter and sourcer allocation, goal setting, and delivering mentorship and training for recruiting teams, alongside building hiring and capacity plans. The team includes Director and Executive Recruiter Chloe Harlig, who scaled Squarespaces product design and creative organizations from 15 to 250 and established creative recruiting foundations at Droga5. Guided by a quality-over-quantity philosophy and a trusted, referral-driven network within the design community, Found By invests in understanding each clients challenges and tailoring strategies and processes to match. The result is a rigorous, relationship-led approach that consistently delivers exceptional design leadership and sustainable team growth.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAdvertisingJournalismGraphic Design

HQSan Francisco, United States

Compound Talent

Compound Talent is a boutique recruitment agency dedicated to helping startups navigate critical growth stages by delivering high-impact engineering hires. Formed from a decade of hands-on experience hiring software engineers in the most competitive environments, the firm blends deep technical understanding with a high-touch, founder-led approach. Its core focus spans two complementary fronts: engineering leadership searches, covering roles from Tech Lead through Director, and precise delivery across both traditional and niche engineering positions required to scale modern product teams. Compound Talent maintains an on-demand pipeline by continuously engaging with software engineers who are open to new opportunities, enabling faster shortlists and higher-quality matches without sacrificing rigor. The team partners closely with founders and hiring managers to clarify role scope, calibrate profiles, map the market, and build targeted outreach strategies, while emphasizing candidate experience, transparent communication, and data-driven process checkpoints from intake to offer. Whether the objective is to land a pivotal technical leader, add senior individual contributors to accelerate delivery, or fill specialized roles essential to growth, Compound Talent prioritizes outcomes that are meaningful for both clients and candidatesplacing engineers into environments that support long-term career progression and enabling startups to reach product and scaling milestones. The agencys model is built for startup realities: agile search execution, thoughtful storytelling to attract top talent, and diligent qualification to reduce risk at hire. With a relentless focus on quality, speed, and fit, Compound Talent serves as a strategic recruitment partner that helps venture-backed and high-growth companies compound their progress through the people they hire.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

ORI-Global

ORI-Global is a boutique yet mighty recruitment partner delivering RPO, Recruitment as a Service (RAAS), and selective contingency and retained search to organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 1000 enterprises. With more than 25 years of recruiting and executive search experience and leadership roots at firms such as Deloitte, Kforce, and Riviera Partners, the company blends seasoned headhunters with a technology-enabled, data-driven delivery model to maximize quality candidate generation while reducing time-to-hire and cost-per-hire. ORI-Globals Parthenon approach and comprehensive business model break down each search into high-impact activities led by a senior recruiter and amplified by an offshore research and data team that works 100% behind the scenes through the recruiters accounts. This integrated team handles list building, data management, applicant coding, scripted multi-channel outreach, scheduling, and sequential follow-ups, allowing the lead recruiter to focus on intake, pitch development, targeted sourcing, screening, matching, stakeholder collaboration, and closing. The firm emphasizes constant and repetitive training, activity analytics, and benchmarking to continuously improve outcomes and scale resources with demand. ORI-Globals Technology & Virtual Strategies expertise ensures clients benefit from state-of-the-art recruiting tools and remote workflows, creating a seamless candidate and hiring manager experience. The team recruits across technology, product, marketing, sales, finance, and accounting roles, and client testimonials highlight successful delivery of high-caliber software development talent, enterprise software implementation consultants and project managers (often Big 4 caliber), as well as product, training, support, and technical support professionals across multiple U.S. locations. Known for being on target and creative, ORI-Global builds dedicated recruiting teams that integrate with client culture and processes, iterating messaging to overcome early objections and drive higher offer acceptance. Headquartered in California and serving the Bay Area, Southern California, and nationwide RPO engagements, ORI-Global provides a scalable, measurable recruiting engine designed to fuel sustained growth.

RPOPermanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Human Resources

HQSan Francisco, United States

Kaliba

Kaliba is an APAC-focused technology recruitment agency that partners with progressive IT vendors to build high-performing technology, go-to-market, and leadership teams across Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and beyond. Founded in 2016, the firm connects experienced and next-gen IT sales and tech professionals with growth-minded software and technology companies, supporting hiring needs from mid level to C-suite. Its practice coverage spans the full tech lifecycle: Create and Build roles such as software engineering, product management, UX, and solution architecture; Sell roles including marketing, sales, pre sales, and customer success; Deploy roles across implementation, project management, testing and QA; Maintain and Optimise across infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, networking, support, and data and analytics; and Lead and Grow with sales leadership, technical leadership, marketing leadership, and C-suite appointments. Kaliba specializes in vendor-side domains including Cyber Security and Infrastructure, FinTech and Payments, CX and Marketing Technology, Data and Analytics, Application Software, and AI and Machine Learning. Clients engage Kaliba for three core talent solutions: permanent recruitment for long term hires, flexible contract recruitment for interim and ongoing needs, and executive search for specialist, senior, and C-suite mandates. Operating as a regional partner with local expertise, the team is known for rigorous search processes, market mapping, and a deep network that spans both technical and go-to-market functions, enabling precise shortlists and accelerated hiring. Candidates benefit from access to exclusive roles with leading software vendors and scale-ups, honest guidance on market conditions and remuneration, and content that supports career decisions across APAC. Kaliba promotes inclusive hiring and transparent communication, and it offers employer resources such as market and remuneration insights to inform workforce planning. The result is a focused, tech-first recruitment partner that consistently builds specialist technology and IT sales teams for ambitious vendors across APAC.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBankingInsuranceInvestment Management

HQMelbourne, Australia

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