Startups and Unicorns

Whether your organization is among new startups with 50 to 100 employees — now hiring your first People leader—or a “tech unicorn” company with over 500 employees in exponential growth mode preparing for an IPO, you’ll benefit from Frederickson Partners’ C-suite and HR consultants for startups. We partner with startup and unicorn companies on C-suite, board and HR executive searches.

We have expertise and experience from working with over 400 venture-funded startups in the past 25 years. We place companies’ first Heads of People, upgrade the Heads of People role to Chief People Officers, and build out HR teams with other key HR roles, and we’re able to provide interim People and HR leaders while conducting the search. (See Types of HR Roles.) We’re also well-versed in helping startups build out their C-suite and senior leadership as they experience these varying stages of development  Our HR consultants for startups have helped companies grow in virtually every hot tech space by having the right executive talent and executive leaders. We also provide venture capital investments and advisory to many.

Within technology, we’ve worked with over 50% of the leading companies in each of the following categories: Internet, e-commerce, Ad Tech, EdTech, construction technology, Health Tech and social media. We act as HR consultants for startups to:

• Perform needs analysis and strategic planning
• Translate business plans to HR plans
• Define leader roles and job descriptions
• Manage and support the executive team through their first People and HR hire
• And much more

Not certain what you really need at this stage in your organization’s growth? Reach out to us and we’ll work with you to determine the right strategy.

Client Case Study:

Bringing Silicon Valley to a Global People Team