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Launching Today: Enhanced Specialization Brings Transformative Leaders to Growth Equity Stage Companies

by Eric Walczykowski​, Adam Boone

February 7, 2024,

  • Eric
  • Boone

If growth is the goal, then top talent is a must.

Today we build upon our long-standing track record of recruiting high-impact, growth-oriented executives.

We have launched an enhanced specialization in Growth Equity stage software and SaaS executive search.

The enhanced focus across all our functional practices provides clients with unmatched access to leaders who execute on growth strategies for value creation.

We are building on a solid foundation of success.

To date, we have placed more than 300 senior executives across the spectrum of SaaS and software companies, including cybersecurity, fintech, edtech, health tech, marketplaces and retail, AI/ML, adtech and beyond.

We have placed leaders at market leading portfolio companies with Growth Equity oriented sponsors including Banneker, Battery, Bessemer Venture Partners, Cove Hill, Insight and Norwest Venture Partners, among many more.

Our specialization on Growth Equity stage companies is fueled by a clear vision: talent is the lever for growth and value creation and our mission is to give clients a new level of visibility and access to this talent.

Bespoke is the only firm focused solely on recruiting executives for private capital software portfolio companies.

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We have consistently been at the forefront of executive recruiting in the software and SaaS sectors. This new enhanced focus on Growth Equity extends our core competencies, recognizing the crucial need for profitable and efficient growth in today’s competitive landscape.

Gone is the era when “grow at all costs” was the best strategy. Leaders today need to be able to grow their companies with greater capital efficiency. They must drive growth in both the top and bottom line.

Our commitment goes beyond recruiting and placements.

It is about offering our clients not just leaders but visionaries who can adeptly scale software and SaaS companies while tackling the unique challenges and opportunities of their unique sectors.

We have played a pivotal role in facilitating smooth founder transitions and building robust executive teams to elevate companies to the next level. These initiatives empower Growth Equity stage companies to scale and innovate with efficiency.

Join us as we embark on this new chapter.

Our enhanced specialization is a commitment to deepening our impact on the leadership landscape in the software and SaaS ecosystem. Stay tuned for more insights and developments as we work closely with our Growth Equity partners to achieve their investment thesis goals.

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Bespoke Partners Named in Top 10 of the “Top 49 Retained Executive Search” 2-Years Running by C-Suite CV Secure.

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Authored by:

  • Eric
    Chief Executive Officer

    Eric is passionate about building high-performing teams that value doing their best, working together, overcoming adversity and learning.

    As a proven growth executive, Eric has served as CEO, President, Board Member, Investor and Advisor for technology companies that achieved over $4.5B in successful exits.

    Eric brings to Bespoke Partners significant professional services experience from Deloitte and Andersen, as well as the high-growth client executive perspective for private equity-backed technology companies.

    Eric earned an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BS in Business from Fresno State University.

  • Boone
    Chief Marketing Officer

    Boone”has orchestrated strategy, launches and marketing programs for more than 100 products, services and ventures generating billions of dollars in revenue and many multiples of enterprise value. Sequoia Capital, Goldman Sachs, Greylock, Bessemer Ventures and other top tier private capital investors have backed Boone's companies in a range of sectors including software, telecommunications, cybersecurity, and networking.

    Boone has led marketing, demand generation, branding, product management, services marketing, or alliances marketing programs for numerous successful companies including Avaya-acquisition Sipera, Sequoia start-up Syndesis, Subex, CoManage, and others. He has driven joint marketing programs and go-to-market initiatives with iconic industry leaders including Microsoft, IBM, GE, AT&T, Oracle, Comcast, Cisco, Ciena and Samsung.

    Boone holds an MBA in Business Strategy from the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and completed the Competitive Marketing Strategy Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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