Rise & Co. Talent

What Rise & Co. Talent does

Rise & Co. Talent is a private, two-operator recruiting firm founded in 2022 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, by Erin Momont (Co-founder & VP Client Success; former recruiting leader at Epic, with 700+ hires) and Molly Syal (Co-founder & VP Recruiting Solutions; former recruiting leader at Eventbrite, with 3,500+ annual hires managed). The company delivers full-service recruiting for growing businesses that need to hire without building an in-house recruiting function, organized around two core service lines: Direct Placement for individual contributor through senior leadership roles, and Flexible & Fractional Recruiting for embedded, leave-coverage, outplacement, and on-call recruiter support. Every engagement includes 30-60-90 day onboarding support and is delivered directly by the senior founders with no junior recruiter layers, handoffs, or commission incentives tied to salary or speed.

The firm operates with a deliberately lean technology footprint, relying on Squarespace for marketing/content, Calendly for scheduling, a contact form with a 12-hour response commitment, and a curated newsletter and webinar program for community engagement. There are no proprietary software products, AI capabilities, APIs, or integrations disclosed; the deliverable is the founders' recruiting expertise, methodology, and human-centric candidate experience. The customer base of 60+ companies spans Food & Beverage, Exhibit Design & Fabrication, Home Remodeling, and Healthcare Technology, with a horizontal segmentation approach across enterprise, mid-market, SMB, and startup segments.

Revenue mechanics are professional services based, with transparent upfront pricing described as commission-free and tied to placement outcomes rather than salary levels. Go-to-market is sales-led and founder-driven, combining content marketing (blog, newsletter, webinars) for top-of-funnel awareness with direct engagement (Calendly, contact form) for conversion. The firm has no disclosed institutional funding, no external parent, and concentrates ownership with the two founders as Rise & Co Talent, LLC.

Name

Rise & Co. Talent

Legal name

Rise & Co Talent, LLC

Website

https://riseandcotalent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Rise & Co. Talent is a Denver-based, founder-led recruiting firm founded in 2022 that delivers full-service direct placement and flexible/fractional recruiting for growing U.S. companies that lack in-house recruiting capacity. Two senior operators execute all engagements directly.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruiting Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Executive & Leadership Direct Hire (BPACAFAB), Talent Management & Leadership Advisory (Succession, Performance, Culture) (BPACAJAH)

Keywords

• Recruiting services
• Talent acquisition
• Direct placement
• Fractional recruiting
• Executive search

Headquarters

HQ city

Denver

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Direct Placement: Full-service direct placement recruiting for individual contributor roles and senior leadership positions. Same strategic support regardless of level or scope.
2. Flexible & Fractional Recruiting: Flexible support including embedded recruiting team augmentation, leave coverage, busy hiring cycle support, hiring first Recruiting/HR leader, and outplacement support. Also operates as on-call recruiter integration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rise & Co. Talent is a full-service, human-centric recruiting firm offering Direct Placement recruiting for individual contributor and senior leadership roles, plus Flexible & Fractional Recruiting for embedded team augmentation, leave coverage, hiring-cycle surge support, and on-call recruiter needs. Every engagement includes a customized 30-60-90 day onboarding plan and is delivered directly by the two co-founders with no junior handoffs.

Product overview

Rise & Co. Talent is a full-service recruiting firm offering two primary service lines: Direct Placement for full-cycle recruiting across all seniority levels, and Flexible & Fractional Recruiting for organizations needing embedded, supplemental, or project-based recruiting support. Both services include onboarding support with customized 30-60-90 day plans. The company also offers free resources including a Staffing Planner and Team Performance Snapshot template, and maintains a community through a curated newsletter. All offerings are grounded in a human-centric, relationship-driven approach to hiring.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Placement Full-service direct placement recruiting for individual contributor openings through hard-to-fill senior leader roles, providing strategic intake, passive candidate outreach, vetted shortlists, interview and scheduling support, hiring assessments, background and reference checks, and offer support for growing companies.
• Flexible & Fractional Recruiting Flexible recruiting support that augments internal recruiting teams, covers leaves, supports busy hiring cycles, helps hire a first Recruiting/HR leader, provides outplacement support, or acts as an on-call recruiter for organizations needing supplemental capacity.
• Onboarding Support Customized 30-60-90 day onboarding plans offered with every recruiting solution to help set new hires up for success from offer accepted through integration into the team.

Quantifiable outcome

• 32 successful placements in 3rd year with 100% retention

Named customers4 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sarah Young / Zing CollaborativeminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSarah Young, CEO of Zing Collaborative and author of 'Expansive Impact', referred a client to Rise who expanded from one role to three. She validated Rise's vision and agreed there is need for a human-centric recruiting firm. Relationship appears informal - referral-based with shared values around human-centric leadership.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Kforce: Public staffing firm specializing in technology, finance, and professional talent placement. Comparable direct-hire and contract recruiting services to Rise, but with a much larger recruiter base, national footprint, and traditional contingency-style pricing.
• Insight Global: Large staffing and recruiting firm placing technology, finance, and engineering talent at mid-market and enterprise clients. Overlaps with Rise's individual contributor direct placement service line, with a much larger recruiter bench and broader geographic footprint.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Executive search and leadership advisory firm focused on senior and C-suite placements. Directly overlaps with Rise's senior leadership recruiting service line, with comparable human-centric, relationship-driven methodology but materially larger scale and brand recognition.
• Spencer Stuart: Executive search firm placing board directors, CEOs, and senior functional leaders globally. Comparable on senior direct-hire engagements and emphasis on senior-operator delivery, though operating at significantly higher price points and enterprise scope than Rise.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice placing senior leaders across industries. Comparable on the senior leadership direct-hire segment Rise targets, but operates as a publicly traded, multi-thousand-person consulting platform.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and direct-hire firm with deep reach across professional, finance, technology, and administrative roles. A broad incumbent offering the same direct placement category Rise serves, but at significantly larger scale and with a traditional commission-driven model.
• Aerotek: Large staffing firm placing talent across industrial, technical, and professional categories. Overlaps with Rise on direct hire and embedded/contract recruiting, though operating at significantly greater scale with a different go-to-market model.

Direct peers

• Hirewell: Mid-sized boutique recruiting firm offering direct placement, fractional recruiting, and RPO services to growing companies. Comparable in service mix, target customer segment, and boutique positioning to Rise, and a strong mid-market direct competitor.
• DHR Global: Boutique-style executive search firm operating through a decentralized partner model. Closer peer to Rise in size, partnership structure, and senior-operator-led delivery than the largest incumbents, while still competing for the same mid-to-senior leadership placements.
• IQ Talent Partners: Boutique recruiting firm specializing in fractional and embedded recruiting engagements for growing companies. Closest comparable peer to Rise's flexible/fractional service line in both target customer (scaling growth-stage companies) and delivery model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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