Flexible Hourly Recruiting Built For Growing Startups
Zero commissions. Pay month-to-month. Ramp up, ramp down or pause as needed.
Finally, a startup-friendly way to scale recruiting.
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What Our Clients Are Saying
“Venture Scaler found our dream hire in a few short weeks and saved us a ton of time in the process. We’ll definitely start with Venture Scaler for our next role!”
Wyatt Smith
Founder & CEO at UpSmith
“They sourced high quality candidates and their intuition about structuring a streamlined recruiting process led us to successfully hiring 4 roles in 2 months."
Marisa Reddy
Co-Founder at Conduit
“The Venture Scaler team has been HUGE for us. They got us amazing recruiters to help with hiring across all positions in the company, including executive roles."
Itamar Zur
Co-Founder & CEO at Veho
Our "Rent A Recruiter" Model
We Know Hyper-Growth.
We’ve recruited at the fastest growing startups and are bringing you the same playbooks to grow your team.
Flexible Plans To Meet Your Needs.
We’re an on-demand resource that can flex up or down (or pause) as needed, as your business needs change.
Pay Hourly & Your Reduce Burn.
We save clients up to 90% with our hourly plans vs. traditional recruitment agency commissions.
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How We De-Risk The Process
If you are used to contingent recruiting, an hourly model may feel risky. Here is how we remove that downside while keeping the speed and flexibility you want:
🎖️ Senior-Level Recruiter Partner
You get a 1:1 senior, full-stack recruiter (with 6 to 10+ years experience) who has run the full lifecycle thousands of times in high-growth environments.
🔎 Recruiter Fit Vetted Up Front
We introduce the recruiter before kickoff so you can assess fit, communication style, and confidence before you commit.
🧩 Right-Fit Profile Calibration
We start with a structured process to align on what an ideal candidate looks like. It keeps the pipeline clean, protects hiring manager time, and prevents false starts.
🗓️ Month-To-Month Flexibility
You’re not locked into a long-term contract. Start with the hours you need, then ramp up, ramp down, or pause month-to-month as priorities and budgets change.
🤐 No Black Box Outcomes
Every sourced lead list, outreach activity, note, and candidate stage is visible and transferable in shared systems (ATS, Slack, spreadsheets).
🤲 Keep The Pipeline If You Pause
If we pause before a hire, you’re not leaving empty-handed. You’ll retain a usable pipeline, warm candidates, and complete handoff notes so you’re not starting over.
Our Perfect-Fit Profile Guarantee: Before we message a single candidate or put anyone in front of you, we source the first 5 to 10 profiles and get your feedback to confirm we have 100% alignment. That is how we de-risk the search, reduce time-to-fill, and avoid wasting time with bad interviews.
Client Case Study #1: UpSmith ☝️🛠
How Venture Scaler Closed A Stalled Search 4x Faster
UpSmith builds technology to improve workforce productivity to combat America’s 1 million skilled worker shortage. UpSmith raised a $5M Seed round and is backed by a16z and GSV Partners.When we connected with the UpSmith team, they were:→ Searching for their first sales hire
→ Receiving referrals from their investors and network, but...
→ Still not meeting the right candidates
→ Stuck; after 5 months their search stalledThey couldn't justify bringing on a full-time recruiter (they were only hiring one role) or working with an agency (too expensive). That's where Venture Scaler came in.We helped UpSmith hire their first sales hire in less than 6 weeks (4x faster) and helped the founder start to transition out of founder-led sales.After we closed the role, UpSmith paused for 3 months until they needed to hire again. We helped them reduce their burn during a slow period, and when they restarted, we helped close their first Product role, too.
“We were struggling for months to find our first sales hire, but couldn't find the right blend of knowledge, skills, and experiences. That changed within a few weeks when we started working with Venture Scaler.Our recruiter immediately started screening candidates and setting up high-quality interviews, including people in their network they'd known for years.They found our dream hire in a few short weeks and saved us a ton of time in the process. We’ll definitely start with Venture Scaler for our next role!”
Wyatt Smith
Founder & CEO at UpSmith
Client Case Study #2: Honey Homes 🍯🏠
How Venture Scaler Saved Honey Homes $230k in 2 Months
Honey Homes is a home services membership platform that raised a $9M Series A from Khosla Ventures & Pear VC. In 2 months, our expert recruiter sourced, interviewed & hired 13 new employees:→ 2 Senior Managers at $110k salaries
→ 9 Operations Managers at $75k salaries
→ 2 Customer Support Reps at $50k salariesIf Honey Homes worked with a traditional recruiting agency instead, they would have paid an industry average 25% commissions on first-year salaries, totaling $250,000 😱But by working with Venture Scaler on our flexible hourly plans, we saved them over 90% (not a typo). And by saving them over $230k, we helped reduce their monthly burn and extend their runway while helping them scale up their team.
"I reached out to Venture Scaler when we were struggling to keep up with our hiring requirements but were not ready to commit to a full time recruiter.We were up and running with an incredible recruiter within a week and they completely exceeded our expectations. We wrapped up our hiring sprint ahead of schedule and with higher quality candidates than before.Additionally, the cost per hire came to about 1/10th of what a traditional agency would have charged. I can't recommend Venture Scaler enough for the quality and value they provide."
Jeff Kreutter
Head of Operations at Honey Homes
Client Case Study #3: Veho 🚘📦
How Venture Scaler Helped the Veho Team Grow 4x in 6 Months
Veho is a last-mile delivery marketplace for consumer brands like Warby Parker & Hello Fresh. Veho is backed by Techstars and raised $300M to date from Softbank, Tiger Global and Construct Capital.We helped the CEO and executive team on hiring and people ops strategy:→ Provided recruiting support from 2 of our expert recruiters
→ Hired across multiple depts, including Ops, Eng & Product
→ Helped hire key executives (e.g. VP of People Ops)
→ Refreshed employer pages: LinkedIn, Glassdoor, etc.
→ Enhanced employer brand to increase inbound volumeOur Results in 6 Months:
→ Grew the team 4x from 70 to 285 employees
→ Increased inbound applicant volume by 495%
→ Veho raised their $125M Series A round shortly after!
"The Venture Scaler team has been HUGE for us. We were starting to grow like a rocket ship, and we needed smart professionals who could help us ramp up hiring, interviewing and employer branding.Venture Scaler created a 'machine' for us in those areas. They got us amazing recruiters to help with hiring across all positions in the company, including executive roles.I can't recommend Venture Scaler enough!"
Itamar Zur
Co-founder and CEO at Veho
Flexible Plans With Transparent Pricing
Rent a recruiter for $110/hr with a month-to-month plan that can ramp up & down (and pause) as needed.Check out our Pricing & ROI Calculator below to see how our plans stack up against the traditional model.
"The cost per hire came to about 1/10th of what a traditional agency would have charged. I can't recommend Venture Scaler enough... they completely exceeded our expectations."
Jeff Kreutter
Head of Operations at Honey Homes
Pricing & ROI Calculator
Our Promise To You: No long-term contracts. No commissions. Just top-tier recruiting support.
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Join the startups scaling with Venture Scaler:
“Venture Scaler was a game-changer for us. Honestly, we were blown away with their speed of execution and the quality of candidates they brought to us. I can’t recommend them enough."
Ryan Kober
Co-Founder & CRO at Nurseio
Join the startups scaling with Venture Scaler:
"Jake's experience in growing startups has been extremely valuable. Our recruiters have been an important extension of our team and understood the nuances of hiring top-tier engineers."
Ivana Tesanovic
Co-Founder at Pepper
"We were paired with an excellent recruiter who helped us source and fill a hard-to-place role. As an HR team of one, I'm extremely grateful and look forward to working with them in the future."
Holly Leonard
Chief of Staff at Radius Group
"The Venture Scaler team was phenomenal. They helped our team place 2 fantastic operations roles and 6 talented sales professionals. We can't wait to continue our growth with them."
Geoffrey Polk
Founder & CEO at Presidential Title
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