Faster time-to-team after a round
Founders move from term sheet to first key hires without stalling the roadmap.
VC Partner Program
Your strategic talent partner for venture-backed companies, from the first founding engineer to the next CTO, VP Engineering or AI leader.
First technical hire who builds v1 alongside the founders.
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Why VC firms choose Grizmo Labs
Capital buys time. The team decides what you do with it. We help your founders hire the engineers and leaders who turn a round into results.
Founders move from term sheet to first key hires without stalling the roadmap.
We run sourcing, screening and technical assessment so founders spend their time on the final calls.
A consistent assessment standard for ownership, technical depth and startup readiness.
Founding engineers, AI and ML talent, and engineering leadership: the hires that shape a company.
Salary benchmarks and talent-market data your platform team can share with founders.
Hire in India's main tech hubs for teams based in India or abroad.
Portfolio hiring lifecycle
Every stage of a startup needs different people. Pick a stage to see who your portfolio companies need to hire and what gets in the way.
The first engineers set the architecture, the culture and the pace.
How we help: we define the founding roles with the founder, then search for engineers who can own a product end to end.
The team doubles, and the hiring bar has to hold.
How we help: parallel searches against one agreed bar, so quality holds as volume grows.
Managers and specialists turn a team into an organisation.
How we help: confidential leadership searches and specialist mapping for data, platform and security.
Executive hires shape the company's next decade.
How we help: confidential executive search, with shortlists calibrated with founders and the board.
Stage 1 of 4: Pre-Seed / Seed
Specialised talent expertise
Builders who own the product from 0 to 1 and shape the first team.
GenAI, LLM, ML and agentic AI engineers, plus AI infrastructure talent.
Confidential searches for the executives who lead technology.
Engineering managers, directors and heads of engineering.
Backend, data, platform and infrastructure engineers.
Cloud, AppSec, detection and security leadership.
Product and technology leaders for scaling companies.
Cross-border search for teams hiring outside their home market.
VC Partnership Program
Introduce Grizmo Labs once. Every portfolio company that needs technical talent gets a specialist partner who already knows your fund.
One specialised recruitment partner supporting multiple portfolio companies.
Founding engineers and AI/ML talent sourced from India’s main tech hubs, so founders get from round to roadmap sooner.
Confidential searches for CTO, VP Engineering, Head of AI and engineering directors.
Preferred commercial terms for partner portfolios, while each company engages us directly.
Salary benchmarking, talent mapping and market insight for your platform team.
Engineering and leadership talent across India and international markets via Globalink™.
Final terms are agreed with each fund and portfolio company.
How the partnership works
We learn about your fund, portfolio, stages and markets, and agree how we'll work together.
You introduce portfolio companies. We meet each founder to define roles, bar and timelines.
Targeted search, technical assessment and curated shortlists for every open role.
We support offers and onboarding, and stay on hand as each company scales.
Global talent coverage
Our core network is in India's leading technology hubs. We support portfolio companies building teams in India and across international markets.
India hubs: Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi NCR, Noida.
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi NCR and Noida.
FAQ
A recruitment firm that a venture capital fund introduces to its portfolio companies. It gives founders across the portfolio access to specialist hiring support, so each company doesn't have to find and vet a recruiter on its own.
We start with a discussion about your fund, portfolio and markets. You then introduce portfolio companies that are hiring. We assess each company's needs with the founder, run the search, and support the hire through offer and onboarding.
Under our proposed model, there is no upfront partnership fee for the fund. Recruitment fees are paid by the portfolio company that makes the hire.
Each portfolio company signs its own agreement with Grizmo Labs, based on its roles and needs.
Yes. Supporting several companies across a portfolio is the purpose of the partnership, and dedicated portfolio support can be arranged.
Founding engineers, AI/ML and agentic AI engineers, backend, full-stack, cloud, data and infrastructure engineers, security talent, engineering managers and directors, and executives such as CTO, VP Engineering and Head of AI.
Yes. Our core network is in India, and we support teams in the US, UK, Southeast Asia and MENA, including through Globalink™ international search.
No. Exclusivity is not required unless it is separately agreed.
Fees are set in each portfolio company's agreement and depend on the role and type of search. Preferred commercial terms can be agreed for partner portfolios.
We contact the founder to schedule a hiring-needs call, agree the roles and hiring bar, and start the search once the agreement is in place.
Become a VC partner
Partner with Grizmo Labs to help your portfolio companies access exceptional engineering, AI and technology leadership talent.
Let's help your portfolio companies find the talent to turn ambitious ideas into category-defining businesses.