Hiring support that keeps pace with the round
After a raise, hiring is usually the first thing to strain. We work alongside VC platform teams to give VC-backed companies embedded recruiting and HR support, so founders get a team that already knows the pace of a venture-backed company, and investors get one trusted partner to point them to.
After the raise
Ready when the round closes
New capital usually comes with an aggressive hiring plan. Our team integrates with the founders and keeps hiring on pace with the plan the round was raised on.
- Embedded recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators who work inside the company
- End-to-end process from intake to accepted offer
As the team grows
People foundations, built early
Fast growth exposes gaps in process, policy, and tools. We help portfolio companies build the infrastructure a growing team needs.
- HR and People consultants from individual contributors to senior leaders
- Process, policy, and tools sized to the company's stage
Across the portfolio
One partner for every company
Every portfolio company is at a different stage, so each engagement is sized to fit, from a five-person seed team to a scaling Series E.
- Fractional or full-time support for every role
- Scales up for a hiring push and down when plans shift
Recruiting and HR support for VC-backed startups
Every portfolio company gets consultants matched to its stage, available fractional or full-time, from individual contributors to senior leaders.
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Embedded recruiting
Recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators who work inside the company's tools and team, from intake to accepted offer.
Recruiting services -
Leadership and specialized hiring
Support for the first department heads, technical roles, and go-to-market teams a new round funds.
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HR and People operations
HR strategy, employee relations, performance management, compensation and benefits, and policies and compliance.
HR & People services -
People infrastructure
Guidance on choosing and setting up ATS, HRIS, PEO, and EOR tools so the systems scale with headcount.
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Flexible engagements
Scale up for a post-raise hiring push, and scale down when plans shift.
How a referral works
Introduce a founder directly, or reach out to set up a partnership for your whole portfolio. We scope each engagement around the company's stage, hiring plan, and existing team, so every referral gets support sized to what it actually needs.
Questions from VC firms
Startup Talent embeds recruiters, sourcers, and coordinators inside VC-backed companies to run hiring from intake to accepted offer. Support covers individual contributor, technical, go-to-market, and leadership roles, sized to each company's stage and hiring plan.
VC firms and their platform teams can introduce a founder directly or set up a partnership for the whole portfolio. Startup Talent then scopes each engagement around the company's stage, hiring plan, and existing team.
Startup Talent supports venture-backed companies from seed through Series E and beyond, from five-person seed teams to scaling late-stage companies. It has supported 116+ tech startups and delivered nearly 3,000 hires.
Yes. Startup Talent's HR and People consultants help VC-backed companies with HR strategy, employee relations, performance management, compensation and benefits, policies and compliance, and HR tools such as HRIS, PEO, and EOR providers.
Both. Every Startup Talent consultant role is available fractional or full-time, so portfolio companies can scale support up for a post-raise hiring push and down when plans shift.
