VENTURE CAPITAL, GROWTH & TECHNOLOGY

Venture Capital & Growth has always been at the heart of our activity. Our Tech team, headed by experienced Senior Consultant Alex Horkan, works with funds investing from Series A to Series D across technologies, life science and growth. Our retained searches and recruitment processes for venture capital jobs are as international as our clients, in a truly global market.

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Alex heads our Tech Team, based in London and calling on the resource of our specialist consultants in all our locations. He is an expert in developments in the market with an incredible network across the sector. At the leading edge of all trends in this area, Alex provides insight into the growth strategies of funds of all sizes, types and geographies.

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Alex Horkan

Lead Consultant, Head of Tech

+44 20 7747 5448

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Since joining PER in 2019, Freddie has specialised on Associate and VP level placements in the Venture Capital, Growth Equity and Tech space within the Tech Team.

Freddie Richards

Lead Consultant

Annelie leads the Life Sciences practice at PER, building a global network of investment professionals within the Healthcare and Life Science investment ecosystem.

Annelie Murray

Life Sciences and Healthcare Consultant

Ryan sits in the High Growth Team, where he specialises in placing outstanding candidates in the Venture Capital, Growth Equity and Tech space.

Ryan Luke

Research Analyst

Stacey Epps manages the logistics and administration for the Finance & Data, HR & Legal and Tech roles. Stacey has been with PER for 19 years and enjoys the interview scheduling and working with clients and candidates.

Stacey Epps

Team Coordinator

Sian Nicholls manages the day-to-day logistics and administration of mid-market and tech roles. Sian has been with PER for 10 years and enjoys the complex interview scheduling and maintaining good relationships with both clients and candidates.

Sian Nicholls

Team Coordinator

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34

Venture Capital, Growth & Tech placements in the last 12 months

58%

Women placed in Growth & Tech roles

7

Senior searches completed

67

Open Venture Capital jobs

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Building your leadership pipeline

The search for a partner or team leader for a growing fund requires global outreach to the market. Our retained search consultants place special emphasis on understanding the drivers for moving, the career advancement opportunity the role offers and the nature of the compensation.

As a result of our daily interaction with venture investors around the world, we know where people can be found and what will be important to them for their professional career development.

Mid-level search requires global outreach and strong relationships.

Our retained search experts have relationships in place that have been built over many years, enabling them to identify people who are minded to advance their careers by moving funds.

Analyst and associate recruitment processes work best with wide outreach and a recognition that the most sought-after people have multiple career options.

Our recruitment researchers search databases, use online advertising and network through our own database to identify relevant people for entry-level positions. Our scale enables us to map the main candidate pools of investment banking, strategy consulting and tech team graduate programmes to identify potential people for tech and growth.

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Client Story

We partnered with a pan-European venture investor seeking to hire a principal to play a leading role as they increased their investment activity in the growth equity space from their London office

It was key for them for this to be a hire which was a statement of intent to the market and therefore quality of individual was paramount. Through close collaboration and careful messaging to candidates about the key attributes of the fund now, and the potential future of the role we built a strong shortlist of blue-chip investors, eventually leading to the successful placement of an impressive individual from a leading global growth fund.

We worked on a search mandate with an international energy transition investor with a focus on the growth stage to find an experienced Chief Investment Officer to lead their existing team

This search was a key hire as the firm looked to accelerate its deployment in the space and create a best-in-class team and high-performance culture – given this the calibre and track record of the CIO was of the upmost importance to that they would garner the respect of the existing team. The search led to two very strong final round candidates that were both highly qualified for the role and the firm secured a high-class investor who has already had an outsized and positive impact on the business in a short space of time. Our partnership continues as we look to build out a mid-level team for them in the next year.

The fund had a highly differentiated approach in sourcing and growing B2B software businesses which had led to top-decile returns over multiple fund vintages – understanding this and being able to effectively communicate this to candidates was a key factor in the success of this search. We were able to secure two high calibre individuals as their first ‘boots on the ground’ in Europe with a strong mix of skillsets, languages and a highly aligned cultural fit.

VENTURE CAPITAL, GROWTH & TECHNOLOGY

Our venture capital & tech experts

Freddie Richards

Annelie Murray

Ryan Luke

Stacey Epps

Sian Nicholls

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34

Venture Capital, Growth & Tech placements in the last 12 months

58%

Women placed in Growth & Tech roles

7

Senior searches completed

67

Open Venture Capital jobs

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VENTURE CAPITAL, GROWTH & TECHNOLOGY

Our venture capital & tech experts

Freddie Richards

Annelie Murray

Ryan Luke

Stacey Epps

Sian Nicholls

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34

Venture Capital, Growth & Tech placements in the last 12 months

58%

Women placed in Growth & Tech roles

7

Senior searches completed

67

Open Venture Capital jobs

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