Foundry

Where startups build the right team.

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01 — What we do

Build context,
find the right hire.

Recruiting for startups. The market is full of good candidates. We partner closely with you to find the one with the highest impact.

10+ years working with founders
02 — Why Foundry

The right people have an outsized impact on your trajectory.

Most recruiting firms send candidates. We build teams. There's a difference and we know exactly what it is.

Context

We invest in understanding what you're building before we source a single candidate. Fit isn't just skills on paper. It's who thrives in your environment, at this stage of your company.

Precision

The right hire is a catalyst. We focus on balancing urgency and precision to find the right fit for your team. Deeper context up front means we hit the mark faster.

Experience

A decade building teams alongside founders of venture-backed startups. Hundreds of hires placed from Seed through Series B, across engineering, GTM, product, and ops.

Guarantee

We stand behind every placement. If a hire doesn't work out within the agreed window, we restart the search at no additional cost.

03 — How it works

Simple process.
Exceptional outcomes.

From first call to signed offer, a tight, transparent loop built to put the right people in front of you.

Tell us who you need

One conversation. We learn your company, your stage, your culture, and what you actually need beyond the job description.

30 min call

We go find them

Active sourcing, not inbound filtering. We go beyond the applications to find the right person. Targeted outreach to the exact profile you need.

5–7 days

You meet the right people

No stack of resumes, no candidate spam. A vetted list of candidates who are qualified and actually interested. Your time is respected.

Shortlist of 3–5

You make the hire, we guarantee it

We support through offer, negotiation, and close. Fee is due on start date. If it doesn't work out within the guarantee period, we backfill.

Fee on success · Guaranteed
04 — What we recruit

Every role your early team needs.

We recruit across functions. What we specialize in is the stage, not the role.

Engineering & Product

Founding and early engineers who build the core, plus product leaders who thrive launching products from zero to one.

Founding EngineerStaffInfraFull-stackApplied AIHead of ProductPM

Operations, People & Finance

Early ops who build systems while running everything, first people hires who build culture from scratch, and finance leaders who own the numbers end to end.

Chief of StaffOperationsHead of PeopleRecruitingFinanceFP&A

GTM & Sales

First revenue hires who can sell before there's a playbook: founding AEs, sales leaders, and growth operators who build the motion behind the message.

Founding AEHead of SalesGrowthMarketingPMMBD

Find the right hire.

05 — Get in touch

Tell us about
who you're hiring.

A few details about your company and the role. We typically reply within one business day.