Sepcialist Recruitment for VC-Backed Companies

Specialist Recruitment for
VC-Backed Companies

Specialist recruitment for growth-stage businesses. Backed by sixteen years of VC market relationships through our sister company, Fram Search.

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We know what hiring looks like when investors are watching

Senior hiring in a VC-backed business is not like hiring anywhere else. Your investors have a view on the profile. Your board has a timeline. Your runway has a number. And the wrong hire does not just cost you a fee, it costs you months you cannot afford and a conversation with your lead investor you would rather not have.

We work with founders and leadership teams at growth-stage businesses across the UK. We understand the specific pressures that shape every hiring decision: the raise that is six months away, the COO search that has to close before the Series B, the CFO who needs to be credible in front of a room of institutional investors on day one.

Investor Pace

Your investors measure time in quarters. We run searches that move at the speed your business actually requires.

Right hire, first time

A bad senior hire in a growth business does not just affect one team. It affects the trajectory of the business. We are rigorous because the stakes are.

Commercial discretion

Your raise timeline, your growth plans, your team gaps - none of it belongs in the market before you are ready.

Fram Professionals

sister company of

Fram Search

Backed by 15+ years of VC relationships

Fram Professionals is the sister company of Fram Search, a specialist financial services executive search firm with over fifteen years of experience placing talent at venture capital firms, asset managers, and growth-stage financial services businesses across the UK.

That relationship matters because we have networks on both sides of the table. We know the VC firms backing growth businesses. We understand what institutional investors expect from the leadership teams they back. And we bring that market knowledge to every search we run.

No generalist recruitment firm can offer that combination. It is the product of sixteen years of specialist focus, and it is available to you through Fram Professionals.

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Roles we cover

We recruit the senior and mid-level professionals that growth-stage businesses need to scale - from the CFO who prepares you for your Series B to the COO who lets the founder focus on the business rather than running it.

CFO / Finance Director

We find finance leaders who understand VC timelines, board reporting, and what clean looks like at due diligence.

COO / Operations

We recruit COOs who can build process without killing culture, and who have done it before at pace.

General Counsel / Legal

Legal leadership that understands the commercial stakes, not just the compliance obligations.

Head of Sales / Commercial Director

We recruit commercial leaders who can build a function, not just manage one.

Marketing

Brand, demand generation, and product marketing for growth-stage businesses.

HR / People Director

People leaders who understand the difference between building people infrastructure and administering it.

How we work

Fram Professionals offers retained executive search and contingency recruitment, applying the same direct-approach methodology to both.

We work on a fully retained basis for senior, confidential or business-critical appointments. For other hires, our exclusive contingent service applies the same active search methodology.

That means dedicated resource from day one, a properly managed process, and complete discretion.

In a VC-backed environment, where your investors, your competitors, and your potential hires all operate in the same networks, that discretion is not a courtesy — it is a commercial necessity.

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Discreet - Your raise story, your strategy, your team structure. None of it goes wider than it needs to.

Timely - We understand investor timelines. A search that takes six months is not useful to a business that needs to hire in six weeks.

Honest - We will tell you when the profile you are looking for does not exist at the salary you are offering, before you spend three months finding out.

Are you a VC firm looking for investment or distribution talent?

Our sister firm Fram Search supports venture capital firms across the UK on both retained and contingency mandates, covering permanent, interim, and contract roles from Partner and C-Suite level through to investment teams, investor relations, fund operations, and compliance.

Our retained search completion rate is 100%. Our contingency fill rate is nearly three times the industry average.