Exceptional Leadership

Bespoke Partners is the largest executive recruiting and
leadership advisory service firm exclusively focused on software and SaaS companies.

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Private Equity Talent Benchmark Report

The Rise of Strategic Talent Management

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Tailored Talent

Meet Ryan Bonner, Newest Partner at Bespoke Partners

In the next Tailored Talent, CEO Eric Walczykowski welcomes our newest Partner Ryan Bonner. Tune in live for this brief interview to learn more about Ryan and his take on future of marketing and product tech. 

Bespoke Partners’ unique, data-driven Search 2.0 process accelerates leadership recruiting, producing the software and SaaS sector’s fastest executive searches with the best outcomes.

This is the Science of Search.

top 49 search firms 2 years in a row - bespoke partners

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Unmatched track record
in software & SaaS executive recruiting

4,000+

successful executed searches by Bespoke recruiter experts

250+

companies transformed
with new leaders

<100

day typical search time,
half the industry average

15+

software & SaaS verticals

95%

executive placement
success rate

100%

repeat customers among
our top clients

Avoiding Bad C-Suite Hires in Private Equity Portfolio Companies

Watch the recap of our most recent panel discussion hosted by Bespoke Partners’ CEO Eric Walczykowski, and joined by Go-To-Market Practice Leader, Tess Fischer, where they walked through the latest best practices for mitigating the risk of making a C-suite mis-hire and explored current industry trends in their Q&A.

Dedicated Practice Areas

Transformative CEO & Board Recruiting Program

First Time Right
CFO Recruiting Program

Human Capital Acceleration Program

Transformative Talent & Human Resources Leaders

Transformative Technology Leaders

Growth Driving Go-to-Market Leaders

First Time Right
Search

We excel at executive search at every company stage, including start-up, growth, public and buyout. We deliver C-level, Board, GM, OP and other senior executives across the full range of software and SaaS sector companies, including Fintech, Edtech, Cybersecurity, Martech, CRM, ERP, Healthcare and many more.

Search 2.0: The Science of Search

Our unique data-driven analysis of a candidate’s capabilities and fit with the organization and executive team, dramatically accelerating search. It includes Deep Validation, the industry’s most thorough backchannel reference checking.

Winning Results

Examples of transformative leaders who create value

M&A Expert

Bespoke-placed CFO orchestrates 12 M&A initiatives, ups revenue by 50% for ERP software company

Growth Driver

Bespoke-placed CEO leads legal software firm to record growth, market leader status and leveraged buyout for >$1.5B valuation

Hold Period Accelerator

Bespoke-placed CFO helps drive 30% customer base expansion for cybersecurity software company

Select Clients: Private Equity

Apax Partners
Franciso Partners
Clearlake Capital
Greater Sum Ventures
Madison Dearborn Partners
AbacusNext
New Mountain Capital
Insight Partners
GI Partners
NVP
TA Associates
Riverbed
Velho
Providence Equity
Convergeone
Thoma Bravo
Roper Technologies
Waud Capital
Welsh Carson

Select Clients: Growth & Venture

Insight Partners
NVP
TA Associates
Bessemer Venture Partners
Battery Ventures
GSV

Ready to make an impact?

Bespoke Partners transforms companies. Joining us can transform your career. Learn more about joining our fast growing, fun-loving team.

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Blog

Navigating the Future: Bespoke CEO Trends

Navigating the Future: Bespoke CEO Trends

The role of a CEO is undeniably pivotal in steering a company towards growth, nurturing a winning culture, and fulfilling value creation goals. Our work recruiting CEOs into software and SaaS companies sheds light on how CEO needs are evolving, especially in private equity backed companies.

Bringing Clients Unprecedented Access to Executive Talent in AI/ML

Bringing Clients Unprecedented Access to Executive Talent in AI/ML

Perhaps no other innovation in the last decade has disrupted as many sectors as Artificial Intelligence has started to disrupt today.

This week we are announcing our coverage of the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning sector. The move will provide clients with talent market insight and curated access to leaders who can scale AI firms and drive AI/ML adoption within software and SaaS companies.