Gigstart

Gigstart is a recruitment and executive search firm that helps technology companies hire senior commercial and product leaders. It is registered in England, with London as its base, and also names New York, San Francisco, Austin and Boston among its locations. Its consultants previously worked inside enterprise software companies.

What Gigstart offers

• Non-technical executive search — finding chief operating, revenue and marketing officers, sales vice-presidents and product leaders.
• Founding leader hires — recruiting a first leader for start-ups that have built a product and raised early funding.
• Go-to-market team building — hiring sales, marketing and product teams once a company has found product-market fit.
• Embedded recruitment — a recruiting unit that plugs into a client's organisation on a subscription model.
• Hard-to-fill roles — extra support for an in-house team, including urgent replacements for departing staff.
• Candidate support — helps people looking for their next role in technology.

Who it works with

Its clients are enterprise software and fast-growing tech companies, particularly those building teams in Europe.

Key facts

• Based in: London, England (registered office in Weybridge)
• Other locations: New York, San Francisco, Austin and Boston
• Placement rate: 95%, as stated on its site