GTM · Product · Engineering
Specialist talent consultancy for early-stage, high-growth tech companies from Seed rounds to IPO. We embed as your talent partner and build the GTM, Product and Engineering teams that take you there.
Engagement models
We're not a recruitment agency we're a talent partner for early-stage, high-growth tech companies. Our sweet spot is Seed through to pre-IPO: the point where every hire compounds. GTM teams that close, Product teams that ship, Engineering teams that scale. We shape every engagement around your stage.
We become your in-house talent function. A dedicated Talento consulting.ai team embeds alongside yours your brand, your tools, your culture. No agency feel, complete cost transparency, and IQS™ screening built in.
Perfect for tech companies scaling Product, Engineering, and GTM without the overhead of building an internal TA team from scratch.
Scoped, time-boxed, fully delivered. You need 8 engineers by Q3 or a full GTM team for a new market launch. We define the brief, source the pool, screen with IQS™, and deliver on deadline, on budget. No ongoing commitment needed.
For leadership and specialist roles where getting it right matters more than getting it fast. VP Engineering, CPO, CRO, Head of GTM we run a discreet, structured search and guarantee a shortlist.
Not ready to hire yet? We audit your process, design your EVP, build interview frameworks, and create a talent roadmap aligned to your growth plan. Fractional talent strategy for teams at any stage.
Future-proof your scaling strategy before you hire. We work alongside founders and leadership teams to map org design, build multi-year hiring roadmaps, identify the gaps that will hurt you at the next funding round, and give you the market intelligence to make every key decision with confidence.
Ideal for boards and leadership teams preparing for a raise, entering a new market, or resetting post-acquisition.
What we hire
We partner with early-stage and high-growth tech companies from the first GTM hire at Seed to scaling out full engineering orgs at Series C and beyond. Deep market knowledge, specialist networks, and IQS™ screening built for every stage of growth.
The process
Same rigorous process whether it's an RPO engagement or a one-off sprint. AI-powered, human-validated, every time.
We go deep on your team, culture, and roadmap. Not a job spec a hiring strategy.
AI evaluates candidates across technical, cultural, and cognitive dimensions before a human reads a single CV.
Our specialist consultants validate every shortlist the human layer no algorithm can replace.
We manage the offer, onboarding, and a 12-month post-placement check-in on every hire.
Proprietary technology
Most hiring fails before it starts because the role is poorly defined and the candidate is poorly understood. IQS™ fixes both. Three pillars, working together, to remove the friction and find the real match.
The system built for both sides of the table.
IQS™ is built into every engagement we run not as an add-on, but as the foundation. When role intelligence and candidate intelligence come together, you stop wasting time on interviews that were never going to work. That's the point.
Client stories
From Seed hires to IPO readiness. US-headquartered growth to global scale-up. These are the teams we've helped build.
"We brought Talento in at Seed when we had three engineers and a dream. By the time we rang the bell they'd placed our CTO, two VPs of Engineering, and our entire San Francisco GTM team. True partners not a vendor. They were with us every step of the way from the first hire to the last offer before lockup. The value they added went well beyond filling roles."
"We engaged Talento at Series C to build our North American GTM function AEs, SDRs, RevOps, and Solutions Engineering across NYC and Austin. The execution was exceptional. Series D and E they were still with us, scaling EMEA and APAC at pace. A true talent partner in every sense strategic, fast, and they never once dropped their standard."
"Talento built our entire GTM org from the ground up VP of Sales, Regional Directors, AEs, SDRs, and Solutions Engineering. What made them exceptional was the partnership. They understood our commercial model before they wrote a single brief, challenged us when the spec wasn't right, and delivered talent that genuinely moved the needle. Outstanding execution from start to finish."
"I've worked with a lot of search firms over a 20-year career in revenue leadership. Talento is different they add real value at every stage of the process. They ask the right questions before putting a brief together, push back when the comp isn't competitive, and find people who can actually close enterprise. Our LA-to-New York expansion was built almost entirely through them."
"I needed four mid-market AEs in under six weeks real ones, not CVs. Talento delivered a shortlist within ten days and we made three offers. All three are still here two years later and two are top performers. That's not luck that's excellent execution and a genuine understanding of what good looks like in a sales role."
"Series A, 18 months, 22 engineering hires backend, frontend, ML, and three engineering managers. What set Talento apart was that they understood the technical bar without us having to spell it out. No noise, no time-wasters. Every shortlist was tight and considered. We now have one of the strongest engineering cultures in our space. A lot of that came from getting the founding team right."
"Global hiring is genuinely hard. We were scaling engineering simultaneously across San Francisco, London, and Berlin three markets, three comp landscapes, completely different candidate behaviour. Talento navigated all of it with the same standard and the same speed. The market intelligence they brought to the table was as valuable as the hires themselves. Real partners."
Let's talk
Tell us what you're building and where the gaps are. We'll tell you exactly how to engage RPO, hiring sprint, retained search, or consultancy. No hard sell.
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For hiring teams
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Where we work
We've had the privilege of scaling global startups from their earliest hires to their biggest moments. Our home is in the heart of technology but we spread wide and far. Not just to build teams, but as a trusted sounding board for founders who are figuring out what comes next. We listen. We build. They grow.
We've been inside the rooms where startups become scale-ups. From the first GTM hire to building out an entire revenue org we understand the pace, the pressure, and what it takes to get it right the first time.
Many of the founders we work with aren't just looking for a recruiter they're looking for someone who has navigated these waters before. We're there before the brief is written, helping shape the role, the team, and the thinking behind every key hire.
From the US to the UK and across Europe, we go where our clients need us. Our networks span technology hubs globally built over years of genuinely listening to what companies need, then going and finding it.