Hiring partner · Series A & B startups

You raised the round.
Now build the team.

We help funded startups hire fast — reading the talent market, shortlisting people who actually fit the role and the moment, and moving at the speed your runway expects. You pay when someone signs, not before.

Pay on hireNo retainer, no upfront
Days, not monthsFirst shortlist fast
Senior → leadershipThe seats that matter
Market-mappedWe track who's moving
The shortlist

The market is full of people. Only a few fit your role, your stage, and your timing. That's the list we hand you.

The market Your fit
How we work

A partnership built to close fast.

No job-board spray, no stack of résumés to wade through. Four steps, run with you from kickoff to signature.

01 — Partner

Learn your bar

We get your stage, your stack, and what "fit" actually means at your company before we touch the market.

02 — Map

Read the market

We track where the talent is right now — who's moving, who's open, what they cost — and build a live picture for your role.

03 — Shortlist

Send the few

You get a tight list of people who match the role and the moment — three right ones, not thirty maybes.

04 — Hire

Close together

We run the process with you to the offer. The fee is due only when your new hire signs.

Why TrendLabs

Built for the pace funded startups actually run at.

Speed that matches runway

A key seat open for a quarter costs you momentum you just paid to buy. We work in days and keep the process moving.

We know the market

Recruiting is signal vs. noise. We track who's genuinely moving and what they want, so you're not guessing or starting cold.

Fit over volume

We'd rather send three people who match than flood your inbox. Every name on the list earns its place.

Pay only on success

No retainer, no upfront cost. Our fee is due only when a hire signs — so our incentive is your outcome.

Who we help

Startups scaling right after the raise.

  • Just closed Series A or B and need to grow headcount without losing speed.
  • Hiring senior and leadership seats where the wrong call is expensive.
  • Founder-led teams without a full in-house recruiting function yet.
  • Moving fast and would rather partner than post-and-pray.
Roles we move on
Eng leadership Senior engineers Product Founding GTM Design First finance / ops Data & ML Heads of
The model

You pay when you hire. Not a day before.

No retainers and no surprises. A single success fee, due only when your new hire signs. If we don't find the right person, you don't pay — that's the whole deal.

Upfront$0 to start
During search$0 retainer
On signatureOne success fee
Start a search

Tell us who you need.

Send the role and where you're at. We'll come back with how we'd approach the market and a realistic timeline — usually within a day.

We'll reply within a day, usually sooner.