Private Equity
Portfolio Recruiting
Accelerated Value Creation, Elite Executives

Private equity portfolio recruiting is mission critical. Bespoke is the only firm specializing in executive search for private equity portfolio companies in software and SaaS.

Transform a new software portfolio company’s leadership to execute on value creation plans immediately
Get unmatched visibility into the talent market with granular detail on 700,000 software executives
Accelerate Value Creation with elite leaders who create value on day one

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how it works

Step 1

Value Creation
Leadership Mapping

We share our expertise from thousands of leadership searches and our unparalleled talent market connections to help identify changes and the prospective candidates needed to execute on the value creation plan.

Step 2

Unrivaled
Candidate Access

We tap our AI-augmented network of more than 700,000 software executives to find you the right executives who can achieve the investment thesis.

Our network includes every C-suite or VP-level executive in the United States who has had a significant impact in leading a software or SaaS company.

We have an 82% conversion rate, meaning almost every software executive in the industry will take our calls. This rate is far and away the best in the industry. It's because they know we understand their career paths and will not waste their time.

Step 3

Accelerated
Value Creation

Tools and resources from the Bespoke Leader Community enable our recruited software executives to start creating value on day one.

Our success is measured in your success: value creation, execution and achieving the investment thesis.

Human Capital Acceleration

Our software executive recruiting services harness the power of AI-enabled services and our 700,000 executive network to identify and recruit the leaders who will accelerate value creation for software and SaaS portfolio companies.

Bespoke is the software executive search partner of choice for top tier private equity firms, including 95% of the most active software investors in the sector.

Our private equity portfolio recruiting has led to more than 400 exits and generated more than than $140 billion in value.

The firms using our private equity executive search services generate significantly higher investment returns from their software portfolios.

We are experts in every C-suite role and departmental leadership, including Vice Presidents and Senior Vice Presidents.

Bespoke-Placed Leaders Create Value

Our private equity executive search placements include high-impact C-level, GM and board members who:

Execute on value creation and growth plans supporting investment thesis
Expand addressable markets
Develop market-leading products and services
Streamline operations and increase margins
Lead M&A and inorganic growth
Deploy technologies that deliver competitive advantages
Drive partnerships and business development
Build brand equity and thought leadership
Implement high-efficiency revenue generation to hit growth targets
Recruit and lead world-class teams

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Search 2.0™

Data-Driven Software Executive Recruiting Mapped to Value Creations Plan, Cutting Human Capital Risk.

01 Data-driven

Search based on management science finding leaders who create value, typically in half industry average time

02 Advanced Scorecarding

Comprehensive view of the candidate fit with the role

03 Deep Validation

Typically 10+ backchannel references per candidate

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Your full-spectrum human capital partner

Bespoke Partners is the leading software executive search firm and the top private equity recruiter. We have transformed hundreds of companies with our recruiting expertise in: CEOs, CFOs, CROs, CMOs, CSOs, CCOs, CCSOs, CHROs, CPOs, CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, VPs of Engineering, VPs of Marketing, VPs of Sales, VPs of Product, VPs of Customer Success, VPs of HR, VPs of Operations, Controllers, VPs of FP&A, Presidents, GMs, Board Members, Operating Partners and many more.

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Private Equity Portfolio Recruiting