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Sastra Group

Sastra Group is a boutique recruitment partner built for the pace and ambiguity of early-stage technology companies, helping founders scale faster by matching the right people to the right missions. Focused on emerging tech, the firm supports startups across AI/ML, big data, and cybersecurity, partnering closely with founders, Csuite leaders, and venture investors to headhunt hardtofind individual contributors and executive leaders. Their approach emphasizes speed without sacrificing quality, using a startup-focused Strategic Fit Assessment to balance cultural alignment with technical depth and GTM impact. Whether replacing a key hire, building a brand-new team, or coordinating portfolio-wide hiring for VC firms, Sastra Group streamlines searches end to endshaping role profiles, mapping target markets, proactively sourcing passive talent, and tightly managing the interview process through to offer and acceptance. Testimonials from Series AB cybersecurity clients highlight the firms ability to identify niche talent quickly and keep momentum throughout the process, ensuring a highquality candidate experience and consistent timetohire reduction. The team operates across the US and UK and supports growth at every stage, from first key hires to Csuite and board-level leadership, delivering executive search for visionary leaders as well as permanent placements for high-impact individual contributors in engineering, data, product, and revenue-aligned roles. With deep community ties in the sectors it serves and a commitment to long-term partnership, Sastra Group provides repeatable, startup-savvy hiring execution that scales with clients as they evolvebringing structure, market insight, and disciplined delivery to each search so startups can focus on building products, winning customers, and hitting critical growth milestones.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQSan Francisco, United States

essence international search

essence international search is a specialist recruitment firm dedicated to the fragrance, flavours and ingredients sectors, trusted by a select, international client base for its deep market knowledge and highly targeted search capability. Founded in 2014 and formerly trading as Thompson McHale, the business was established by a recruiter with over 20 years of experience, the last decade focused exclusively on this niche, and has since built an impressive global network of both active and passive talent. Working with top 4 and second-tier houses, large multinationals and independent businesses, the firm delivers bespoke solutions across contingency and retained search, complemented by talent mapping and salary benchmarking to help clients plan, calibrate and secure the right hires. Assignments typically span mid to senior levels and cover a broad functional spectrum including creative (Perfumers and Flavourists), sales and marketing, evaluation and fragrance development, technical, applications, R&D, operations, GC‑MS, consumer insight and regulatory affairs. On retained mandates, essence international compiles comprehensive information packs that articulate the business context, opportunity and detailed job description, alongside person specifications and the behavioural traits required to thrive, ensuring clarity, alignment and a positive candidate experience. The team prides itself on credibility, discretion and a nuanced understanding of the market’s dynamics, from competitive talent landscapes to the cultural attributes that drive long‑term fit, and is adept at engaging passive candidates who are tentatively testing the market. For candidates, the firm focuses on introductions that match career ambitions with organisational culture and progression pathways; for clients, it operates as an extension of their team, offering timely access to a constantly evolving talent pool and delivering shortlists that balance technical expertise with creativity and commercial impact. Recognised as a trusted name in specialist recruitment, essence international combines global reach with a tailored approach to consistently place high‑performing talent where they can make a measurable difference.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer Electronics

HQLeeds, United Kingdom

ESG Recruitment

ESG Recruitment is a specialist recruitment-to-recruitment headhunting firm based in Central London, dedicated to supplying recruitment professionals at all levels to the London recruitment industry. With a core focus on fee-generating 360 consultants, the business supports clients ranging from well-funded start-ups and scaling SMEs to global corporations, delivering the same partnership mindset and service quality regardless of size. ESG prioritizes proactive talent acquisition through targeted headhunting and sustained networking, investing the majority of its time in mapping the market, engaging passive candidates, and curating shortlists of high-caliber recruiters who can immediately add value. The firm’s remit spans graduate trainees, billing consultants, team leaders, and heads of practice through to board-level appointments, ensuring continuity of talent as agencies grow from individual contributors to leadership teams. Testimonials consistently highlight a consultative approach that is attentive, organized, fast to respond, and never pushy, underpinned by professionalism and emotional intelligence. ESG’s leadership team brings depth and continuity to delivery, with CEO and Founder Simon Taylor and Managing Director Richard Daniels working closely with research to sustain a strong pipeline of specialized candidates, supported at the board level by Chairman Jeremy Wright. Whether clients are building new practices, strengthening existing desks, or elevating executive capability, ESG combines market insight with rigorous search methodology to align skills, culture, and performance potential. For recruitment professionals, the firm offers candid career guidance and access to a broad client portfolio, from niche boutiques to multinational brands, ensuring options that match individual ambitions. Anchored by the tagline “Staffing Solutions for the Recruitment Industry,” ESG Recruitment operates as a trusted partner to agencies seeking permanent hires and senior leadership through executive headhunting, leveraging deep network intelligence to deliver consistent hiring outcomes.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementHuman Resources

HQLondon, United Kingdom

Enyo Talent

Enyo Talent is a specialist search partner connecting high-growth businesses with top sales, business development, and marketing talent, operating with a detail-driven approach designed to align people, performance, and growth outcomes. The firm takes time to understand each client’s stage, go-to-market motion, revenue model, and culture, then builds clear success profiles and competency frameworks to target the right candidates with precision. Leveraging focused market research, targeted outreach, and structured interviews, Enyo Talent curates high-quality shortlists and delivers timely hiring recommendations that enable clients to make confident decisions and accelerate revenue. Its boutique model ensures transparent communication and an elevated candidate experience, emphasizing integrity, clear feedback, and long-term career alignment. For clients, Enyo Talent acts as an extension of the brand, representing opportunities credibly, protecting confidentiality, and championing diversity and inclusion throughout the process. For candidates, the team provides candid guidance and career counsel to help them select roles where they can do their best work and progress meaningfully. With a tight functional focus across sales, BD, and marketing, Enyo Talent supports mandates from first commercial hires through leadership appointments, helping startups and scaling organizations build impactful revenue and growth teams. The result is reduced time-to-hire, improved quality-of-hire, and stronger retention across commercial functions. Grounded in measurable process and relationship-led execution, Enyo Talent consistently identifies and places high-performing professionals in roles where they can fuel their careers and deliver significant revenue impact for clients, staying close to both sides of the market to anticipate needs, share actionable insights, and deliver results that help companies conquer challenges, grow faster, and win in their markets.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingAll industriesDigital MarketingContent CreationBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQHarrogate, United Kingdom

Yu Recruitment

Yu Recruitment is a boutique talent partner dedicated to helping start-ups and scale-ups build world-class revenue teams, with a sharp focus on top sales talent for SaaS and AI companies. Operating globally and working in three languages—English, Italian, and Spanish—the firm has recruited from 40+ countries and supported over a thousand successful hires, bringing a pragmatic, founder-led approach to every engagement. Led by consultant Luigi Infante, Yu Recruitment blends deep market understanding with a high-touch, candidate-first process to identify and secure high-performing sales and go-to-market professionals across the revenue organization, from SDRs and AEs to account management, partnerships, sales operations, and sales leadership roles. The company offers flexible solutions spanning permanent recruitment, executive search, and contract options to match the scaling needs and budgets of venture-backed start-ups and high-growth technology businesses. Its approach emphasizes quality over quantity, using structured assessments, thorough briefings, and modern interview intelligence tools, including Metaview, to streamline hiring and improve decision-making for clients and candidates alike. With straightforward self-serve booking links for candidates and clients, Yu Recruitment makes it easy to initiate conversations, clarify requirements, and accelerate time-to-hire without sacrificing fit or experience. The firm’s global reach, multilingual capability, and proven record in SaaS and AI hiring enable it to deliver shortlists quickly, nurture diverse pipelines, and guide founders and revenue leaders on hiring readiness, compensation, and process calibration, ensuring that each placement aligns with growth stage, market, and go-to-market motion. Backed by an active presence on LinkedIn and a growing body of insights on SaaS and sales topics, Yu Recruitment is a trusted, agile partner for technology companies seeking the right people to drive pipeline, close business, and scale revenue sustainably.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomSales & Business Development

HQLeeds, United Kingdom

Exordiom Talent

Exordiom Talent is a modern offshore staffing partner built for AIforward enterprises, combining global talent delivery with embedded automation expertise to help clients scale faster and operate smarter. The company manages recruiting, HR, payroll, and compliance endtoend so clients can focus on execution while offshore professionals integrate like an inhouse team working within the clients time zone. Exordiom builds experienced teams across marketing and growth, AI, data and engineering, presales and postsales, operations and enablement, creative and design, finance and accounting, and customer experience and support, covering roles such as SDRs and AEs, renewals managers, revenue operations analysts, sales operations and Salesforce/HubSpot admins, developers and architects, technical support (L1L3), IT infrastructure, product and UI/UX designers, video editors, performance marketing analysts, procurement coordinators, PMO assistants, QA for support ops, and virtual executive assistants. A distinctive capability is the option to embed an AI engineer in every engagement to analyze workflows, identify automation opportunities, and build agentic systems that learn and improve over timeturning functions into selfimproving engines that compound productivity across tools and processes. This AIaugmentation approach extends from individual teams to multidepartment rollouts, enabling clientsespecially B2B SaaS and technology companiesto reduce cycle times, improve quality, and scale operations with clear metrics and governance. Exordioms model supports flexible engagement structures, from RPOstyle recruiting to direct sourcing with employerofrecord (EOR) coverage and contract staffing for rapid capacity, all underpinned by rigorous vetting, domain fluency in modern GTM and product stacks, and a strong emphasis on data security and compliance. By blending globally vetted talent with practical AI implementation, Exordiom transforms traditional offshoring into a durable growth engine that improves retention, efficiency, and revenue performance while lowering operational risk and cost.

Payrolling/EORRPOContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQSan Francisco, United States

Mavericks Recruiting on Demand

Mavericks Recruiting on Demand is a high-impact recruiting partner trusted by startups through Fortune 500 enterprises to build teams, secure executives, and drive inclusive, diverse workforces. Built by veteran talent leaders and recruiters from companies such as Etsy, Google, Facebook, Square, Nextdoor, Venmo, Braintree and PayPal, the firm blends deep domain expertise with an embedded, white-glove delivery model that feels like an extension of a clients in-house team. Mavericks supports growth across product, engineering, data science, analytics, machine learning, computer vision, infrastructure, bioinformatics, blockchain and web3, as well as research, marketing, sales, go-to-market, people operations, compliance, legal and broader G&A. Its integrated service portfolio includes Embedded Recruiting and Sourcing to run full-desk hiring and build top-of-funnel pipelines, Executive Search for senior leadership needs, and Embedded Coordination and HR to optimize scheduling, onboarding, people operations, team building and wellness. Complementary advisory capabilities span DE&I roadmap design and diverse pipeline creation, compensation, equity and total rewards, and talent infrastructure set-up across HRIS, ATS and recruiting tools. With 50+ team members operating across 17 U.S. states and additional presence in Latin America and Europe, Mavericks has supported 100+ companies in markets including artificial intelligence, ag-tech, fintech, crypto/web3, HR-tech, real estate tech, health-tech, biotech, e-commerce, insur-tech, data/analytics, ad-tech, non-profit, logistics, social and SaaS, contributing to 700+ hires and more than $22M in savings versus traditional agency models. The firms partnership-led ethos is reflected in client outcomes such as rapid scale-ups and marquee leadership placements, and in values centered on loyalty, togetherness, perseverance and execution. Whether a seed-stage startup building from the ground up or a publicly traded company pursuing ambitious capacity plans, Mavericks delivers scalable recruiting engines, measurable analytics, and culturally aligned talent strategies that accelerate hiring velocity and quality simultaneously.

RPOPermanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticals

HQSan Francisco, United States

Clean Power Staffing

Clean Power Staffing is a specialized recruitment partner focused exclusively on the renewable energy economy, connecting companies across solar, wind, battery energy storage, and emerging green technologies with the skilled professionals they need to scale. The firm supports hiring needs spanning engineering, construction, project management, operations and maintenance, environmental compliance, electrical and field technicians, and commercial roles such as sales and business development, aligning each search with the technical and regulatory demands unique to clean energy. Its service model is built around three core offerings: direct placement for permanent hires aimed at building long-term, high-impact teams; contract staffing to deliver flexible, project-based talent for construction peaks, commissioning, and specialized scopes; and payrolling solutions that streamline engagement, onboarding, and compliance for contingent workers. Clean Power Staffing takes a consultative approach that emphasizes industry fluency, disciplined screening, and speed to mobilize, helping utilities, developers, EPCs, OEMs, and energy services providers meet schedules and quality standards while maintaining safety and environmental requirements. With a practical understanding of how modern energy projects are executedspanning pre-construction development through installation, interconnection, and ongoing operationsthe team tailors searches to site conditions, technology stacks, certifications, and geographic constraints, and engages candidates who value purpose-driven work in sustainability. Their process prioritizes transparency, consistent communication, and rigorous vetting, including technical assessments and reference validation, to ensure a strong fit on capability and culture. Whether the requirement is a solar project manager to run multi-MW builds, a wind energy engineer to optimize performance, an energy storage specialist to support BESS deployments, or a business development leader to open new markets, Clean Power Staffing delivers talent that accelerates clean energy growth and helps clients execute with confidence.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingPayrolling/EOROil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQSan Francisco, United States

Evolve Talent Partners

Based in Mill Valley, California, Evolve Talent Partners is a recruiting firm that works with companies who invest in their talent, bringing a modern, advisory approach to hiring across critical business functions. The firm serves forward-thinking organizations with an emphasis on the financial services ecosystemincluding registered investment advisers (RIAs), family offices, private equity, venture capital, and other alternative investment firmswhile also supporting broader corporate needs through flexible contract placements. Evolve operates as an extension of internal hiring teams, blending a deep, relationship-driven network with creative sourcing to match skills, experience, culture fit, and shared values. Its core offerings include Direct Hire Search for permanent roles; Specialized Search for high-priority mandates that require additional time, resources, and bespoke strategy; and Contract Placement to address short-term coverage or project-based work. For specialized engagements, Evolve collaborates closely with hiring managers and stakeholders to design custom search plans that include national and regional talent mapping, compensation evaluations, and real-time outreach reporting, enabling informed, timely decisions and predictable timelines. The team has a consistent track record placing talent in Accounting and Finance, Executive and Administrative Support, Fund Operations, Client Services, Investor Relations, and Legal and Compliancefunctional hotspots that help firms strengthen controls, enhance client experience, meet evolving regulatory obligations, and maintain revenue resilience. Clients value Evolves clarity, speed, and high-touch communication, and candidates appreciate transparent guidance throughout the process, from expectations and market context to interview preparation and offer navigation. Whether building a critical new function, backfilling a key role, or augmenting capacity with contract professionals, Evolve focuses on delivering hires that accelerate outcomes and sustain long-term success. Grounded in industry best practices and informed by ongoing market insight, the firm brings pragmatic solutions and a people-first perspective to every search.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementFinance & AccountingLegal & ComplianceSales & Business Development

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

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