Venture Capital

Executive Search

ON Partners is a trusted executive search partner to venture capital-backed companies and investors, delivering high-impact leadership that drives innovation, accelerates growth, and builds long-term enterprise value.

Fueling the venture ecosystem with bold, agile leaders who turn breakthrough ideas into scalable, high-growth businesses.

Not just trusted—relied on. Every time.

With a partner-led, high-touch model, clients gain direct access to seasoned partners who lead every search from day one to day done.

Our boutique structure enables speed, agility, and precision. This hands-on approach fosters a deep understanding of client needs, delivers elite talent quickly, and ensures unmatched responsiveness.

Carlita Jenkins
Kelli Mattison
Joe Mikolay
Vicki Beach
Heidi Hoffman
Taylor Faul
Jeff Hocking
Chris Clements
Mitchell Moore
Brad Westveld
Ashley Day
Kevin Burns
Catherine Rachek
Danny Bolger
Jessica Johnson
Clint Keller
Kara Schwabauer
Seth Harris
Sydney Stroup
Nina McMaster
Patrick Casey
Andy Hickman
Alex Pelak
Cher Murphy
Heather Knowlton
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A human-first executive search experience.

Our Venture Capital Expertise

We work with founders, boards, and VC firms to place transformational leaders across the C-suite and key functional roles—including CEO, COO, CTO, CPO, and go-to-market executives—who can scale companies through early-stage growth, product-market fit, and beyond. 

Our partner-led model brings speed, agility, and deep sector expertise to each search.

With experience across emerging technology, consumer, healthcare, and enterprise sectors, we understand the unique demands of VC-backed environments—where leadership must blend vision with execution, adaptability with ambition. 

Whether building the foundational executive team, professionalizing leadership post-Series A, or preparing for hypergrowth and future rounds, ON Partners delivers executives who thrive in fast-paced, high-stakes settings and turn bold ideas into business-defining outcomes.

Our Work

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Welcome to the most referred name in executive search.

and the numbers back it up

%

of our clients return for a second search

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of new business comes from referrals

out of 5 star rating from clients and candidates

We’re the Top Venture Capital Executive Search Firm

We have proven results in placing VC-backed executive leaders across a range of industries, including technology, consumer, services, industrial, and more. The innovative venture capitalist leaders we place in our recruiting processes build out commercial capabilities to drive demand generation and top-line revenue, improve sales processes and structures, and implement new strategies.

Think of our partners as a team of MVPs who are free to build their own portfolios and team up to give you the best combination of marketplace expertise, prioritized consulting, and a wider range of top candidate networks.