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PE - a People & Relationship Business ------------------ "We are actually in the talent business." - Graham Weaver, Alpine Investors (Source: Capital Allocators / Ted Seides - https://lnkd.in/eV5NSXjb) ------------------ - Graham Weaver highlighted on the Capital Allocators podcast that PE is a people/talent business - it's not just about deals and finance because people/talent is the key to success - Relationships and great people are what drive value creation in both portfolio companies and the PE firms - All PE leaders like Orlando Bravo at Thoma Bravo, Jon Gray at Blackstone and many others also prioritize people - focusing on strong relationships to drive lasting performance and growth P.S. People = the #1 success factor in PE --- #pe #privateequity

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Jumping right into TechServe Alliance Executive Summit with Lauren B. Jones 🐐 Lauren is leading the Executive Workshop: Supercharge Your Staffing Firm with AI: Unlock Efficiency and Growth Amongst other topics, Lauren explains the practical applications of generative #AI and outlines prompt engineering

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Whether you're steering a growing startup or managing a portfolio company, it's essential to remember that big dreams require relentless effort, execution and the right people. For PE/VC firms, investing in visionary founders is just the beginning. It’s the strategic guidance, operational support, people and tireless drive that turn those big ideas into successful ventures. Your commitment doesn’t end with the check—it’s about rolling up your sleeves and working alongside those founders to make those dreams a reality. For SMBs, every milestone you achieve is a testament to your teams hard work and dedication. But remember, growth doesn’t happen by chance. It’s the result of consistent effort, innovation, and the courage to push beyond what’s comfortable. The dream is the vision, but the work and your people is what brings it to life. Let’s stay focused, keep grinding, and turn those dreams into our reality. What are you doing today to bring your dreams to life? Share your strategies and successes in the comments below! #Intalegence #Entrepreneurship #VentureCapital #PrivateEquity #SmallBusiness #GrowthMindset #Leadership #Execution

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How important is brand articulation and EVP at an early stage? Our amazing team in Boston Christina (Smith) Harris and Shaun Robinson held a virtual workshop last month for Collaborative Fund (founders focused on making their first few hires). Key discussion points: 💜 For early-stage companies, while the brand may still be evolving, establishing your EVP early is crucial. Consider the essence of your team, your mission, and your purpose. 💜 Develop this organically and start sharing it – highlight who you are, what makes your company exciting and the credibility of your founding teams and investors. 💜 Your EVP should guide your hiring decisions, ensuring new hires are culturally and mission-aligned. EVP should be consistently reflected in every stage of hiring, onboarding, and the overall employee journey. Interested in a similar (or custom) workshop for your leaders? Let’s design one together – reach out and we can discuss!

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A little late, even though this process started in July.... Excited to share our latest investment in Heads Together Health!! We met Steve DeVrieze in October last year, and we think they are poised for impressive growth! Read more here: https://lnkd.in/ecYcqqkn #earlystagestartup #earlystageinvesting #VCinvestment #ncstartups #nctechstartups

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🦃Serving Up Salary Trends - Grab a Slice Before Thanksgiving!🦃   I am glad to announce that Storm3 is offering an exclusive early look at our 2025 Salary Guide, packed with insights specific to each sector in the HealthTech space.   Our salary guide is laser-focused on US HealthTech insights from 300+ offers across US HealthTech, giving you a real competitive edge in talent acquisition and compensation strategy.   Details included in this guide:   👑 Competitive salary benchmarks by company size, vertical, & location in the US. ✨ Detailed breakdowns into what the market looks like, including expectations from the market in 2025. 💸 Recruitment and candidate trends to assist with onboarding & retention. 🚀 DE&I spotlight and how Storm3 & Parity can assist with keeping up future goals.   Want the insider's playbook before anyone else?   Drop a "yes please" in the comments or DM me, and I'll send you the full guide free of charge ;)

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Despite numerous attempts to disrupt the recruiting industry with SaaS solutions, diversity filters, and various search models, significant impact remains elusive. True transformation comes from front-end automation and AI. By reducing overhead and passing on savings, agencies can offer lower fees and greater value. This moderate pricing approach attracts more clients and enhances scalability. Lower costs mean more business. Embrace this change for growth and efficiencies.

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Let’s talk about the power of community. 📅 On 12/3, I’ll be speaking on a panel with Sequoia, Dextego, and Build Scale Grow on the topic of ‘Intergenerational Optimization.’ The Tech industry offers opportunity for success like no other, but ageism—often the forgotten sibling in ED&I—can quietly undermine inclusivity. 📉 When left unchecked, it disrupts collaboration, weakens culture, and leaves money on the table. Our team at Levin have supported 1,157 tech businesses on their hiring strategy since 2019, connecting them with the best possible talent. I’ll be sharing insights around how we support our clients on this important topic, and on our own growth journey as a business that prides itself on creating life-changing careers for graduates. 💡 So, how did this opportunity find me? 👉🏽 Angel Lorente introduced me to Jamie Goris last year. 👉🏽 I invited Jamie to Parity’s 'Women in FinTech' breakfast in February. 👉🏽 Jamie invited me to J.P. Morgan Private Bank's 'Diverse Women Think Tank' last month where I met Karina Muller, Founder of Mariposa Wellness. Karina is moderating this panel, and reached out to me directly (thank you!) 🌟 Community is a way organically attract growth opportunities. If you’re interested to learn how Parity’s network could help bring you 2 introductions closer to your 2025 objectives: 🕔 Join us for our virtual newsletter (11/21), where I’ll be talking about the goal behind our '100 Women in Tech' lists. If you attend both, that is a lot of me yapping, so apologies in advance.... and hope to see you there! Links below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

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#hiring If anyone knows an awesome engineer that would be interested in joining an emerging #AI company doing important work in #healthcare, please drop me a line! Andy AI is backed by General Catalyst, YCombinator, Greater Ventures, and others, and they’re looking to hire a full stack engineer (US based) who's excited about using AI to improve healthcare and reduce nurse burnout. Andy is AI software that automates clinical documentation for nurses who do home visits. A nurse makes an audio recording of the visit and Andy automatically generates a form that usually takes nurses 90 minutes to complete. Nurses love the product because it potentially saves them 15 hours of charting a week! The founders previously built healthcare AI at Google Health and Apple, and are now building their vision to transform home health. More about Andy AI: https://with-andy.com/ Nurses love it: https://lnkd.in/g9XqZrUq #GenAI #digitalhealth #hiring #engineers #healthtech

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High-level market insights for People & Talent Acquisition candidates seeking a new role within Tech currently: + As of Q2, the volume of placements into newly-created roles has overtaken replacement hires for the first time since 2022; a trend that accelerated in Q3 + Likely explained, in part, by more hiring into VC-backed growth companies; with the first significant improvement in hiring volumes since 2022 also - Hiring into Talent Acquisition still somewhat flat, albeit more direct-hiring of TA professionals is assumed, given the surplus of supply of candidates on the market (which, naturally, isn't reflected in our figures) - The senior-end of the market has been quieter by comparison - Over the last few weeks, uncertainty around the UK October budget and US election has dampened a market which was looking promising in Q2 and Q3, at a time when it would normally be VERY busy (October) The October budget and US election are somewhat inconveniently timed in that, assuming the market does pick up thereafter, there is relatively little time to secure a new role before the Christmas shutdown. However, we feel the picture in Tech is looking a great deal better, with more news of fundraising and growing revenues, as well as more newly-created vacancies within growth companies. Hawkwood

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Explore the latest insights in our study on CEO compensation trends across various tech company sizes. This analysis delves into how private equity shapes competitive pay structures to attract and retain top executive talent. ▪ Lower-Middle Market: Salaries start competitively, with significant bonus potentials and equity stakes that reward growth and successful exits. ▪ Mid Market: Enhanced compensation reflects the complexities of scaling a tech firm, with substantial bonuses and equity designed to align CEOs with company success. ▪ Middle-Upper Market: Top-tier salary ranges with considerable bonus percentages and equity stakes, scaling with the strategic achievements and growth of the company. Swipe through our carousel for a visual exploration of how executive compensation evolves with company growth in the tech industry. For more detailed findings and to understand the implications for your business Read More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4hgCs5P #leadership #executivesearch #Csuite #CEO #compensation #tech

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HEALTHTECH JOBS 𝐈'𝐦 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 & 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦? 📌 Comment below or DM me to have your open positions featured (Sales & Marketing roles, please reach out directly - I have amazing people ready to make an impact!) 📌 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 & I'll be updating it weekly with new openings. 📌 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐌 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 - I'm always happy to hear from fellow professionals 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞!  What else could make this a valuable resource? Recent raises, industry events? 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 & 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐘𝐂! FYI: Not the recruiting partner for these roles! Please apply directly through links. Featuring jobs from: Merck Stellar Health CLEAR Redesign Health Ribbon Health Spring Health And more.... #HealthTech #DigitalHealth #HealthcareInnovation #HealthcareIT #NYCHealthTech #FutureofHealth #HealthTechJobs #DigitalHealthJobs #NYCJobs #HealthcareCareers #Hiring #JobOpenings #HealthTechCommunity #DigitalHealthNetwork #NYCNetworking #Collaboration #BuildingCommunity #GrowYourTeam #TalentAcquisition #HealthcareLeadership #HealthTechOperations #HealthcareStartups #HealthcareDisruption

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Now it’s time to sync up with your hosts Leah Daniels and Kevin Grossman on The Talent Sync Podcast. In this latest episode, Leah and Kevin discuss how compliance impacts AI and candidate selection. The Talent Sync is a collaborative podcast production about anything and everything recruiting and hiring – literally the kitchen sink on how all things in Talent Acquisition work together, should work together, and how sometimes they don’t. Listen and subscribe today about all things #recruiting and #hiring with The Talent Sync. #TheCandEs JobSync The CandEs The link to listen is in the comments!

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One of my proudest moments as an investor occurred today as Alaffia Health announced its series A because it shows how the Aperture® Venture Capital vision of multi-level, multi-generational #impactinvesting is succeeding in the marketplace. Here’s the model in its most basic form : ✅As diverse fund managers with meaningful capital to allocate, we are changing the VC landscape every day just by doing our day jobs. ✅As Black/Brown investors with ~40 years experience collectively, Aperture GPs have access to talent /excellence that others do not, so our portfolio *organically* is more inclusive by race, gender and geography even while optimizing for financial outcomes (all about the alpha). ✅Our most successful portco’s are using financial #innovation to solve market problems that impact underrepresented demographics and underserved communities. Alaffia Health is a shining example of the impact portion of our overall fund thesis, and we couldn’t be prouder of TJ Ademiluyi and Adun Akanni, MPH, PMP - the dynamic brother-sister founder duo whose vision we have steadfastly supported on their journey. Congratulations to TJ and Adun from William Crowder and myself, as well as the whole Aperture team- Marjorie King Philip McKenzie Yves Louis-Jacques Tanvi Lal Michelle Dhansinghani Lisha Bell Katie Kelly Amy Chung Cindy Chong, CFA Brian Fernandes-Halloran Monroe France Jayden Pantel Darren Herman Evan Wladis Neal Triplett Thomas Scriven Peter Ammon Irina Bit-Babik Tim Milanich Rob Rahbari

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The recent announcement of Index Ventures raising $2.3 billion in new funds signals strong confidence in the tech startup ecosystem, with significant implications for the recruitment industry. I'm excited about what this means for job creation and talent demand in the coming years.   𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞:   • 𝐉𝐨𝐛 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡: With $800 million for early-stage and $1.5 billion for growth-stage investments, there will be a surge in hiring across tech sectors, creating opportunities for tech recruiters.   • 𝐀𝐈 𝐅𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬: The emphasis on AI investments aligns with market demand for AI specialists, data scientists, and professionals with AI-related skills.   • 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: Index Ventures' commitment to investing across 24 tech ecosystems globally will drive job creation and talent movement internationally, benefiting recruiters with a global network.   • 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Investments in transforming traditional industries like manufacturing and legal services through tech innovation present new opportunities for recruiters.   At Recruitment Entrepreneur, we're experiencing growth within a number of portfolio business. Venatrix, NineTech and NeoSphere Tech are all seeing increased hiring demand in the tech and particularly SAAS. This news from Index Ventures reinforces our optimism about this particular sector in our industry.   𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐱 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲?   https://lnkd.in/drDbpJ-Q   #TechRecruitment #VentureCapital #JobMarketTrends #AI #StartupGrowth  

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To all #founders and #entrepreneurs out there, our intro meetings are conversational and easy going. Feel free to message me to setup a call. Learn what Pioneera Ventures can do for you!

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📈 Demand for fertility services is rising -> 💼 PE recognizes this and wants in -> 🏜 but opportunities are scarce (https://lnkd.in/g6zXEVZh). Highly recommend anyone who wants a deeper understanding of what's going with fertility and fertility tech read Aya Spencer's *2024 State of fertility tech report* (https://lnkd.in/gVjK_UpX) - it's a great summary

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2025 is here and as we step into the new year, several emerging trends present exciting opportunities for strategic talent placement. Here's what I am seeing so far: *2025 is already shaping up to be a good year in terms of M&A deal activity! *Increased deal flow often correlates with a rise in demand for strategic hires. I anticipate that the demand for experienced Private Equity CFOs will outstrip supply, so now is a great time to reconnect with your favorite CFO headhunter and hear about prosperous equity opportunities we are currently working on! * Finally, companies are increasingly emphasizing an in-office presence, there’s a renewed focus on building relationships, fostering collaboration, and enabling hands-on leadership development. These elements are critical for creating high-performing teams and nurturing the next generation of leaders. For clients and candidates alike, 2025 offers a wealth of opportunities to align strategy with talent. Let’s connect to discuss how we can navigate this dynamic market and unlock your full potential in the year ahead! #cbiz #peadvisory #executivesearch #deals

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