Private Equity

Excellence in private equity executive search

Finding leaders who make a difference

Having the right leaders in place at the right time can make all the difference in the high-stakes world of private equity and venture capital. Thanks to long-standing, successful relationships with private equity and venture capital firms across the globe, Focus Search Partners has helped clients build billions in market value in both emerging and established markets.

From board directors and C-suite leaders to interim CFOs, to the accelerated build-out of new internal firm teams, we understand the importance of finding the right talent at the right time to meet shareholder objectives. In the fast-changing world of private equity, time is of the essence. Getting it wrong simply isn’t an option.

Maximize shareholder value through exceptional executive leadership

For decades, private equity investors and venture capital firms have relied on us to identify, attract, and evaluate top-level candidates for their most important C-suite roles. We find the kind of talent that can maximize shareholder value and deliver exceptional results.

We build relationships. And as a result, we have a deep bench of highly successful executive leaders ready to tackle their next challenge. But we never stop with our database. We go above and beyond to actively seek out candidates who fit our clients’ portfolios and have realized success across many industries.

Focused on our clients

Count on Focus Search Partners Our private equity & venture capital expertise runs deep

Regardless of industry or location, investment strategy, size, and stage, we understand the importance of finding the right fit. We provide our private equity and venture capital clients with an outstanding slate of candidates so they can fill their leadership needs quickly, and keep pace with fast growth and turnaround environments.

Focus Search Partners has over 20 years of experience working with private equity firms across multiple industries. We have built out internal teams within private equity companies, placing venture partners, investors, operating executives, EIRs, and internal operations roles. We have successfully executed in every region of the world. From the US to the UK, EMEA, APAC, and LATAM, we know how to find the right talent in a global economy.

Our experience in the private equity space runs deep. Some of the private equity and venture capital firms we have partnered with include:

Advent International
Align Capital
American Securities
Apollo
Arch St. Management
Ares Partners
Argos Soditic
Atigun Captial Partners
Bain Capital
Baird Capital
Battery Ventures
BDT Capital
Benchmark Capital
Bessemer Venture Partners
Blackstone
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co
BV Investment Partners
CapStreet Group
Carlyle Group
Cedar Investors
Clear Ventures
Comstock Partners
Fort Point Capital
Frontier Capital
Goldman Sachs
InTandem Capital Partners
Morgan Stanley
NCK Capital
New Mainstream Capital
Olympus Partners
Pamlico Capital
Revelstoke Capital
Ridgemont Equity Partners
Sequoia Ventures
TPG
Warburg Pincus

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