About us
Consistently Delivering Top Talent
Founded in 1999, First Round Search has been directly involved in hundreds of successful placements across the United States. Based in Irvine, California, First Round builds national teams for early stage, venture backed technology companies. Our clients are funded by the top VC's in the US, including: Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, New Enterprise Associates, Intel Capital, Matrix Partners, Foundation Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Draper Fisher, US Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, and Mohr Davidow.
Focused On Your Industry
Why have early stage companies called on First Round for over a decade? They know we:
- Have served the same markets since our inception and offer market insight that is both accurate and valuable
- Close 95% of our "vested searches" in half the time considered industry average
- Excel at selling early stage companies to "A players" and passive job seekers
- Have a national footprint and offer the same level of talent regardless of the city we are recruiting in
- Excel at every stage of the recruiting process and ensure when an offer is presented, it is accepted
Finding good people is part of the process… getting them to join your company is what we do.