If you’re looking to hire the best private equity team of investors, you boost your odds working with recruiters.
To help you navigate the field, we’ve compiled a list of the 36 best private equity recruiters out there. From boutique firms to global powerhouses, these recruiters can connect you with the right opportunities and help you build your dream team of investment talent.
Our pick: Confluence.VC Recruiting
We are an executive search firm dedicated to serving the global recruiting needs of industry-leading investment firms.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, Austin, San Francisco, Palm Beach, Seattle, Los Angeles, San Diego, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Denver, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, Raleigh, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
BellCast Partners provides recruitment services to investment firms across a wide range of strategies, fund sizes and geographies.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York
Blackwood is a generalist recruiting firm that places senior professionals at different financial services companies.
Private Equity
Senior
London, Manchester
Calibre One provides executive search and human capital advisory services to public companies, venture capital and private equity firms, and their portfolio companies within the technology, financial services, healthcare, industrial and consumer sectors.
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Senior
London, San Francisco, New York, Menlo Park, Los Angeles, San Diego, Dallas
CarterPierce has established itself as the leading partner for outsourced recruiting to investment and financial services firms for over 20 years.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Nashville, Phoenix, Austin, Miami, Boston, Chicago
CPI provides global investment professional recruiting for private and public investment firms
Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago
Davalyn Recruiting is a professional recruiting firm that has been placing top candidates in competitive jobs since 1989.
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York
Davidson Tyler is a boutique retained executive search firm focused exclusively on the recruitment of seasoned investors to private investment firms.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco
Dynamics Search Partners is a premier search firm committed to sourcing top talent for the hedge fund and private equity industries.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York
Glocap works with high-performance companies across a range of industries to find them equally high-performance talent at all levels and for all parts of their organization.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, London
We partner with investment firms to recruit exceptional buyside talent.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles
We partner with the world’s leading buyside and financial services firms to develop and execute comprehensive recruiting strategies.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Dallas, Chicago, Boston
Hunter is a finance recruitment firm that executes retained and contingency-based searches.
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco, Los Angeles
At Jamesbeck, we’re focused on a single goal: identifying, assessing and recruiting the right people to help our clients build value.
Private Equity
Senior
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London
We are a boutique search firm operating exclusively in the alternative investment space in Europe, and partnering with exceptional clients and candidates.
Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
London
We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers.
Private Equity
Senior
Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco
Odgers Berndtson helps organizations with executive search, leadership services and talent management in the US and around the world.
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Senior
New York, Austin, Houston, Chicago, D.C., Minneapolis
Odyssey Search Partners specializes in placing investment, investor relations, and capital markets professionals in the private equity, hedge fund, family office, and credit sectors.
Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco, Menlo Park, Los Angeles, Denver, Dallas, Houston, Austin, Minneapolis, Chicago, Miami, Charlotte, Baltimore, New York, Boston
The Oxbridge Group is an executive search firm dedicated to identifying and recruiting top investment professionals for the buy-side and select corporate roles.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Senior
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, Salt Lake City, Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Charlotte, Minneapolis, D.C., Boston, New York
PER People combines knowledge, networks and connections with leading-edge technology to secure the right people across strategies, functions and geographies.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
London, New York, San Francisco
Phoenix Group focuses on executive recruitment for investment and merchant banks, private equity and venture capital firms, asset management companies, corporate business development departments, and portfolio companies of private equity and venture capital firms.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
Scottsdale
For over 30 years, Pinnacle Group has been the executive search firm of choice for companies seeking to build their investment teams. We improve the efficiency of the recruiting process and source exceptional and hard to find candidates from the analyst to principal levels.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
Chicago, New York, Boston, DC, Austin, Menlo Park
Pinpoint Partners has 70+ recruiters covering financial services, accountancy, technology, life sciences and law
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
London, New York, Los Angeles
Presidio Search Group is a boutique executive search firm with a single industry focus. We’re investment management specialists and we provide unparalleled access to experienced investment and distribution talent.
Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco
Founded 2001, Quest Groups has built a elite network of venture capital investors, startups and top technology-focused candidates in top-tier startup markets including San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York City, Austin, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake and Boise.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York City, Austin, Boston, Denver, Seattle, Salt Lake and Boise.
Ratio is a boutique search firm that partners closely with leading private equity firms, hedge funds, and other alternative asset managers to build best in class teams from associate to principal levels.
Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco, Boston
Rich Talent Group partners with consumer and technology companies to build leadership teams and boards fit for the future.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Senior
New York, San Francisco
Riverhouse Partners is a retained executive search team, supporting capital owners in developed and growth regions across public and private markets.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Senior
London
Riviera Partners helps people and companies reach their full potential.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
San Francisco
The executive search team at Russell Reynolds Associates will help you find, recruit, and develop innovative leaders.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Senior
New York, London, Milan, San Francisco, Hong Kong
SCGC is a boutique recruiting firm specialized in placing Venture Capital and Growth Equity professionals. Our deep industry knowledge and considerable network enables us to run highly customized searches to fill key investment roles, from Associate to General Partner.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Junior, Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco
SG Partners distinguishes itself as a boutique recruitment firm with the capability to successfully partner with firms of all sizes, strategies, industries and geographies, and place candidates of all levels, Analyst to Partner.
Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York, San Francisco, Delray Beach
For the most senior leadership roles, Spencer Stuart offers a comprehensive finalist assessment, providing a complete picture of candidates’ relevant business and functional expertise, marketplace and industry knowledge, leadership abilities, character and motivation, cultural fit and capacity to grow and change with the job.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Senior
Atlanta, Boston, New York, London, Milan, San Francisco, Hong Kong
StevenDouglas experts have a proven track record for delivering sought-after talent to help our clients build their executive and upper middle management teams through our search division.
Venture Capital, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Miami, Nashville, New York, Seattle, Tampa
True Search aims to evolve the talent management industry by creating tools and services that increase transparency and efficiency within the global talent market—adding value to the global talent pool, our clients, and everyone who provides talent related services.
Venture Capital, Growth Equity, Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
New York, Charlotte, San Francisco, London, Toronto, Austin
ZRG Partners' search practice spans private equity buyouts to early-stage venture investments, most typically for C-level roles.
Private Equity
Mid-Level, Senior
Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, New York, Boston, Miami, Seattle, Chicago, Scottsdale
In summary, the private equity industry is a competitive and sought after field, and finding the right recruiter to help build your team can make all the difference.
These 36 private equity recruiters are some of the best in the business and can assist you in taking the next step in your career.
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