We only bring you conversations worth having
A boutique recruiting partner for fast-growing startups to find the best talents.
OUR PAST HIRES
Cross-border neobank · US
Backed by Accel, Lightspeed & Tiger Global
- Chief Business Officer
- Head of Engineering
- Back End Developer
Cloud operations SaaS · US
Backed by Madrona
- Director, Cloud Solutions
- Solutions Architect
- Senior Cloud Engineer
Edtech SaaS
Backed by Tiger Global & Alpha Wave
- Security Engineering Manager
- DevOps Engineering Manager
- Lead Engineer - Frontend
Voice AI
Backed by Accel
- Business Intelligence Engineer
- Lead DevOps Engineer
- Enterprise Sales Manager
Mobile gaming studio
Backed by Kalaari Capital
- VP Engineering
- Senior Product Manager
- Front End Game Developer
Consumer savings app
Backed by Tiger Global
- Head of Engineering
- Senior Software Engineer
- Android Engineer
SMB payroll platform
Backed by Y Combinator
- Product Manager
- Product Analyst
- Senior Fullstack Engineer
D2C kids' essentials
Backed by Prime Venture Partners
- Revenue & Category Head
- Brand Director
- Director - Supply Planning
Alternative investment platform
Retail access to private credit
- Head of Partnerships
- Head of Credit Risk
- Head of Strategy
Fantasy sports platform
Backed by Tiger Global & TCV
- Lead ML Engineer
- A specialist ML hire for one of India's largest gaming platforms.
Mobile gaming studio
Bootstrapped · ~$40M ARR
- Lead Game Designer
- Lead Technical Artist
- Senior Software Engineer
Skill-gaming platform
Acquired by Flutter Entertainment
- Engineering Manager
- SDE II - Backend
- Both hires made as the platform scaled its core engineering team.
D2C food brand
1,600+ retail stores
- Head of Finance
- E-Commerce Manager
- Supply Chain Manager
Fitness studio chain
Multi-city expansion
- CEO
- Retention Manager
- Sales Manager
D2C skincare
Omnichannel, marketplace-led
- Brand Manager
- Retention Marketing Manager
- Marketplace Manager
Digital library platform
Enterprise SaaS for institutions
- Tech Lead
- Sales Manager, Enterprise
- Marketing Manager
Gaming & wellness tech
5M+ users across products
- Full Stack Developer
- Android Developer
- Front-end Developer
Pharmaceuticals
NSE-listed, global R&D operations
- Global R&D Capabilities Head
- A global leadership search across multiple R&D sites.
Social commerce app · US
Early-stage, US-incorporated
- Senior Backend Engineer
- A US-based backend hire for an early product team.
Consumer social app
Early-stage
- Backend Developer, MEAN Stack
- An early engineering hire, made pre-product-market-fit.
Consumer brand
Early-stage, founder-led
- Social Media & Content Specialist
- A first marketing hire for a founder-led brand.
At a startup, every hire is a big bet.Get one right, and it lifts the whole company. Get one wrong and you lose more than a salary - you lose months of momentum, the trust of the team, and runway you don't get back.Not because good people are hard to find, but because the signal got misread. We can help.
We send signal.
We cut through the noise.
Instead of forwarding resumes, we deliver a short list of people who match the shape of your team, your stage, and the outcome you're hiring for.
Here's
the Valarr way
You get a recruiter who knows your business, not someone assigned to your ticket.
Boutique on purpose
We’ll never be a big firm with junior recruiters running your search. You work directly with the people who own the outcome.
Built for speed
Fewer searches at a time means sharper focus. We move at startup pace because we understand it.
Fully transparent
No black box. You see our pipeline, our thinking, and honest feedback throughout - over a shared Slack channel, in real time.
So that you close the role fast - without lowering the bar
Your first slate in 72 hours
No waiting weeks for a single profile. We move as fast as we say we will.
You interview people you'd actually hire
Three of every four candidates we send make it to interview. That's real context at work.
A role closed in about 30 days
That's half the industry average. And we never cut corners to get there.
A hire who already knows the job
Almost every candidate we place has startup experience. Day one doesn't start with training.
We are not for everyone
- If you're looking for the cheapest option - we're not it.
- If you'd pick a fast hire over the right one - we're not it.
- If you just want resumes forwarded, not a partner - we're not it.
- If hiring isn't tied to a real business outcome - we're not it.
- If you'd rather optimize for volume than fit - we're not it.
When we're the best fit
Most hiring problems trace back to two things: not knowing exactly who you need, and not having the time to find them anyway.
You're not sure who you actually need
You know you have to hire, but the role isn't fully defined yet. A vague JD attracts the wrong people, and you burn cycles on candidates who were never right.
We define the role before we search
We start with real market research - how similar, fast-growing companies have structured this exact role - and align on the profile before a single outreach goes out.
We partner to find, close, and grow your team
Whether you've just raised and need to build fast, you're closing a role that's dragged on too long, or you're scaling the team ahead of your next round, Valarr is the right partner for getting it done right.