Search 2.0 Transforms Leadership
Data-Driven Executive Recruiting. Accelerated Value Creation.
The Science of Search.
Bespoke Partners is the only firm delivering executive recruiting and leadership advisory services exclusively tailored to private equity firms and portfolio companies in the software space.
Bespoke Partners’ unique, data-driven Search 2.0™ process accelerates leadership recruiting, producing the industry’s fastest executive searches with the best outcomes.
This is the Science of Search.
Unmatched track record in private equity executive recruiting
70+
top tier private
equity clients
230+
portfolio companies
transformed with new leaders
<90
day typical search time,
half the industry average
700+
executives recruited for private equity software companies
99%
executive placement
success rate
100%
repeat customers among
our tier 1 clients
First Time Right
Search
We excel at search in any company phase and specialize in the critical first 100 days after a new portfolio company deal. We deliver C-level, board, GM and other senior executives across the full range of software sector companies, including Fintech, Edtech, Cybersecurity and many more.
Search 2.0: The Science of Search
Our unique FIT Profile™ provides data-driven analysis of a candidate’s capabilities and precise fit with the organization and executive team, dramatically accelerating search. It includes Deep Validation, the industry’s most thorough backchannel reference checking.
Full Deal Lifecycle Leadership Excellence
Our Leadership Advisory Services provide human capital management expertise at every stage of the deal cycle for a portfolio company. Our advisory service cuts human capital risk and turns talent into the engine for value creation.
Dedicated Practice Areas
Transformative CEO & Board Recruiting Program
Human Capital Acceleration Program
Transformative Talent & Human Resources Leaders
Growth Driving Go-to-Market Leaders
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 leading to exit after three-year hold period
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, helping to compress hold period to under 2 years, less than 50% of industry average
Our Clients
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Blog
Role-Focused Search: Accelerating Leader Recruiting in a Tight Market
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Five Strategies for Winning High-Impact Talent in a Tight Executive Market
Companies of all types are dealing with the tightest labor market in recent memory. But private equity firms in particular are navigating a perfect storm of...
Our Stellar Team and Search 2.0 Drive Bespoke Partners to New Heights
There are moments when you just let the numbers speak for themselves. This is one of those moments: 55% revenue growth 64% headcount growth 99% placement...