AI executive search

The end of slow leadership hiring.

With Tenure, the right leader in days, not months.

VP to C-suite, for VC and PE-backed companies. Pay only when they start.

BriefExample
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The problem

With AI, every part of a business moves faster now. Leadership hiring doesn't.

TodayWith Tenure
117

days to fill a senior role, brief to start.

Clockwork benchmark
A vetted shortlist in days.
1

search firm's network is all a retained search draws on.

Every top search firm's pipeline at once, matched by AI against your stage.
Half

of senior hires don't work out within 18 months.

Heidrick, CEB
Every leader vetted in person by a senior partner before you see a name.
⅓

of the fee paid up front, before you've met anyone.

Nothing to pay until they start. No retainer, no exclusivity.
What Tenure is

AI matches. Experts vet. You pay only when they start.

Reach

Every pipeline, not one firm's list

Your brief reaches nearly every top search firm's pipeline at once. No four-month wait.

Quality

Scored by AI, vetted by experts

AI scores every leader against your stage and says why. A senior partner vetted them in person before you saw a name.

Terms

Nothing to pay until they start

No retainer, no exclusivity. Nobody is named until they agree to be. The partner who knows them makes the introduction.

How it works

Three steps. Days, not months.

STEP 1

Brief us once

Role, stage, what the person has to do in year one. In Slack, email or a call. A senior partner makes sure it's right.

VP Sales · Series B · London
Year one£4M to £12M ARR
Must haveBuilt a team from 3 to 25
STEP 2

See who's vetted and fits

AI reads every top search firm's pipeline and scores each leader against your brief, with the reasons written out.

Pipelines read14
Leaders scored61
Shortlist6
Ready in 2 days
STEP 3

The partner who knows them introduces you

You say yes on the shortlist. The partner who vetted them makes the call that day. You pay when they start.

Priya N.Introduced by Ravensworth
First conversationThursday
Fee on start date only
How the matching works

AI matches across every top search firm's pipeline. Experts vet every leader.

The score says why they fit your stage. The vetting is a person who has sat across from them.

Priya N.
VP Sales, Series B fintech · vetted by Ravensworth, Oct 2026
86
Stage fit: has done £4M to £15M beforeBuilt the team, not inherited itOpen to a move nowReferences on fileComp inside your band
Why 86. Ran the same stage at a similar company, built the first sales team herself, assessed by a partner who has placed her before. Comp is at the top of your band.
Questions founders ask

What you'll want to know first.

I already have a search firm.
Keep them. Tenure shows you who's active across all the others too, and it costs nothing unless you hire.
So it's a database?
No. Nobody is on Tenure without a search partner who vetted them in person, and nobody is named to you until they've agreed.
What does it cost?
A success fee of 25 to 30% of first-year pay, invoiced on the start date. No retainer. Portfolio companies of a subscribing fund get a portfolio rate.
Who actually talks to the candidate?
The search partner who vetted them. They make the introduction, and the candidate hears about you from someone they already trust.
How fast is "days"?
The pipelines are already built, so the shortlist is a matter of matching and a partner's check, not a search from zero. We'll tell you the number for your brief before you commit to anything.
Start a brief

Tell us the role. A senior partner will call you to get the brief right.

Every brief starts with a conversation.

Thanks. A senior partner will come back within one working day to set up the call.

Brief us once. Meet the right leader in days.

For VC and PE talent teams

Every leader your portfolio will need, already vetted.

One brief for any company you back. Vetted candidates in days.

Portfolio briefExample
Series B · needs a CRO before the US launch in Q2. Board meeting on the 24th.
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AK
Ana K.CRO, scaled US from London · vetted by Marlow Partners
91
TO
Tom O.VP Sales to CRO, Series B to D · vetted by Ravensworth
88
LM
Lena M.CRO, two US launches · vetted by Halden Search
84
Board pack ready in 2 days10 names, 3 shown
The problem

You can see the hire coming. You don't have the hours to run it.

TodayWith Tenure
2

people, at most, covering the whole portfolio, and every founder asking which search firm to use.

One brief from you reaches every top search firm's pipeline.
117

days per search, from a standing start, for each company.

Clockwork benchmark
Ten vetted candidates for the board meeting, in days.
0

view across the portfolio. Each company runs its own search.

Every leadership hire across the portfolio, in one place.
What you get

A hiring desk for the portfolio.

Delegate

Hand off the search, keep the oversight

Drop a brief in Slack or email. AI matches it across every top search firm's pipeline; experts vet every leader. Your team stays in the loop without running the search.

See

Every leadership hire in one place

Which roles are open across the portfolio, where each one is, who was hired from where, and whether they stayed.

Rate

A portfolio rate, paid on a hire

Your companies pay only when someone starts, at a rate agreed for the portfolio. Funds subscribe for the desk and the view.

Questions funds ask

What you'll want to know first.

We have our own firms and our own tool.
Keep both. Your tool has your demand and no supply. Tenure has every partner's pipeline, and the partners make the calls.
Do founders have to log in to anything?
No. The founder gets a shortlist and a conversation with the partner who vetted the candidate. The brief can come from you.
PE or VC?
Both. The mechanism is the same; only the trigger differs, a round closing or a deal signing. Tell us which and we'll shape the desk around it.
Talk to us

Tell us about the portfolio. We'll set up the desk on a call.

Thanks. We'll come back within one working day with a time.

Every search partner's pipeline, one brief away.

For search partners

Your network, earning from every search.

Your vetted candidates, matched to briefs you'd never see. You keep 70%.

Founding partners: the first fifteen firms are named on this site.

New brief for youExample
VP Sales, Series B fintech, London. From a fund you've never pitched. Matches 2 people you assessed in September.
PN
Priya N.Your finalist, Sept 2026 · still yours
86
DR
Daniel R.Your long list, Aug 2026 · still yours
79
Nothing moves until you say soI'll make the call
The problem

After every search, good people you've already assessed go back in the CRM and earn nothing.

TodayWith Tenure
4

finalists assessed for every one placed. The other three sit idle until the next matching mandate.

AI matches the people you've already vetted to briefs you'd never see, so more of them place.
0

income from a search you didn't win, however good your network is.

70% of the fee, paid within 14 days of the start date. No business development.
40%

at best is what the other platforms pay you, and they take the process out of your hands.

TechTree, Paraform terms
You decide, you introduce, your candidates stay yours. Nothing moves without you.
How it works for partners

You stay in charge. The reach gets bigger.

Your candidates

Upload who you've vetted

The people you've already assessed, with their consent. Your clients are never shown your candidates through anyone else, and no other firm sees your pipeline.

Matching

AI matches them to every brief

Briefs from funds and companies across Europe, scored against your candidates. More of the people you've already assessed get placed.

You decide

You make the call, you keep 70%

A notice when there's a fit. You decide whether to raise it, you make the introduction, the record of who introduced whom is yours.

What your idle network is worth

Move the sliders.

Your 70%, a year
£184,800

From candidates you've already assessed, with no business development. Your assumptions, not ours; the real number depends on the briefs that arrive.

What partners ask

The questions we get on every first call.

You'll take my data and cut me out.
The partner is the only route to the candidate. There is no version of Tenure where a company reaches your candidate without you. The ledger of who introduced whom is the contract.
This is Paraform.
Paraform puts you in a queue with thousands of recruiters and owns the relationship. Tenure brings you briefs you'd never see, matches your vetted candidates to them so more of them place, and leaves the candidate and the introduction with you.
My network is my leverage.
It still is. Tenure only adds the searches you aren't running, and your clients are never shown your candidates through anyone else.
What about my live searches?
Nothing from a live search is matched elsewhere unless you mark it available. You set the rule per candidate.
Talk to us

We onboard every partner on a call.

We're keeping the first group small and senior.

Thanks. We'll come back within one working day.

Nothing moves without you.