Tailored Search

What Tailored Search does

TailoredSearch (Tailored Search, Inc.) is a privately held, founder-led recruiting and consulting firm founded in 2019 and headquartered at 5 Penn Plaza in New York. The firm operates two vertical-specific divisions — TailoredSearch Startups (serving SaaS, Technology, Consumer Goods, and Media companies from early-stage to hyper-growth) and TailoredSearch Life Sciences (serving Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Food/Manufacturing, CRO, and Nutraceutical organizations) — supported by named recruiters with backgrounds spanning company-building stages from garage-stage to IPO.

The firm monetizes through three engagement structures: retained search, direct hire/permanent placement, and contract/temporary staffing, with an additional strategy and development consulting layer delivered alongside recruiting. All services are quote-based and negotiated per engagement; no standardized pricing is publicly disclosed. Technology infrastructure is minimal — a Squarespace-hosted website, phone (800-674-9021), and email ([email protected]) serve as the sole intake channels. No proprietary platform, SaaS product, API, AI tooling, or marketplace is offered, and the firm's competitive positioning rests on human recruiter expertise, vertical specialization, and partnership-driven client relationships rather than technology differentiation.

Customer acquisition is sales-led and relationship-driven, with named testimonial clients including AskWonder, AMRIS, MarketMan, Swag.com, Bluecore, and Yumble. Distribution channels are exclusively direct (website contact page, email, phone, in-person at the New York HQ) with no third-party marketplaces or resellers. Marketing is centered on Instagram, podcast guest features (ThinkTyler with founder Sean Rodin), and community partnerships (Opportunity Junction), with no disclosed paid acquisition spend. The firm received the "Best New York Business" award in the Recruiter category from the 2022 New York Award Program, providing regional credibility but no national or international brand presence.

Name

Tailored Search

Legal name

Tailored Search, Inc.

Website

https://tailoredsearch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TailoredSearch is a founder-led, New York-based recruiting and consulting firm operating two divisions — Startups and Life Sciences — providing retained search, direct hire, contract staffing, and strategy consulting to early-stage through hyper-growth companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruiting and Talent Placement Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Executive recruiting services
• Retained search firm
• Life sciences staffing
• Startup talent placement
• Contract direct hire

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Retained Search: Retained executive and specialized recruiting engagements for startups and life sciences companies, focused on finding candidates from entry-level to C-Suite.
2. Direct Hire / Permanent Placement: Direct hire placements across sales, engineering, and other roles for startup and life sciences clients.
3. Contract / Temporary Staffing: Contract and temporary staffing placements, including consulting engagements for life sciences verticals (Quality, Regulatory, Clinical/GCP, CRA, Engineering, Manufacturing/Facilities/Supply Chain).
4. Strategy and Development Consulting: Strategic and development consulting offered alongside recruiting to help clients overcome growth and operational challenges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

TailoredSearch is a recruiting and consulting firm that delivers retained search, direct hire, and contract employee placement through two specialized divisions — Startups (SaaS, Technology, Consumer Goods, Media) and Life Sciences (Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, Food/Manufacturing, CRO, Nutraceutical). The firm places candidates from entry-level to C-Suite roles and supplements placements with strategy and development consulting to help clients overcome growth and operational challenges.

Product overview

Tailored Search operates as a single unified recruiting and consulting services firm (not a software platform) organized around two core service divisions: TailoredSearch Startups (serving SaaS, Technology, Consumer Goods, and Media clients) and TailoredSearch Life Sciences (serving clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food/manufacturing, CRO, and nutraceutical clients). These two divisions form the primary service portfolio and are supported by cross-divisional offerings including Expert Talent Placement, Flexible Placement Services (retained search, direct hire, and contract support), Deep Partnership Consulting, and Job Seeker Career Services, all delivered through the firm's New York-based team.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TailoredSearch Startups: Division of TailoredSearch specializing in identifying top talent for startups across SaaS, Technology, Consumer Goods, and Media industries.
• TailoredSearch Life Sciences

Products and services

• TailoredSearch Startups Recruiting and consulting division specialized in identifying top talent for critical roles that drive early-stage to hyper-growth startup growth, covering BDR, AE, CS, Growth, Engineering, OPS, and Founding Members roles across SaaS, Technology, Consumer Goods, and Media industries.
• TailoredSearch Life Sciences A dedicated life sciences talent scouting division focused on roles and projects vital to clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food/manufacturing, CRO, and nutraceutical organizations, covering Quality, Regulatory, Clinical/GCP, CRA, Engineering, and Manufacturing/Facilities/Supply Chain verticals.
• Job Seeker Career Services A career placement service connecting candidates with opportunities at startup and life sciences employers, providing interview preparation, resume support, and ongoing communication throughout the job search process.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Opportunity JunctionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partnership in which TailoredSearch assists Opportunity Junction's job-seeker students with mock interviews and resume development. Opportunity Junction is a nonprofit that helps job seekers develop skills and confidence to launch careers leading to financial security.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bespoke Partners: Bespoke Partners specializes in executive search for VC-backed SaaS, tech, and growth-stage companies — directly overlapping with TailoredSearch's Startups division in customer profile and retained-search engagement model.
• Riviera Partners: Riviera Partners is a tech-focused executive search firm placing engineering, product, and go-to-market leaders at venture-backed startups and growth-stage companies. Directly comparable to TailoredSearch's Startups division in target customer, role types, and engagement model (retained and direct hire).
• Lucas Group: Lucas Group is a mid-market recruiting firm with industry-specialized practices including life sciences, technology, and consumer goods. Matches TailoredSearch's vertical-specialized boutique model across both Startups and Life Sciences divisions.
• StevenDouglas: StevenDouglas is a boutique search and consulting firm with industry-focused practices including technology and life sciences. Closely comparable in boutique scale, vertical specialization, and engagement structure to TailoredSearch.

Emerging players

• Wellfound (formerly AngelList Talent): Wellfound is a tech-enabled job marketplace focused on startup hiring, offering sourcing and recruitment tools that compete with traditional recruiting firms. Represents the platform-based disruption to TailoredSearch's Startups division in entry-level and engineering search.

Regional players

• Glocap Search: Glocap is a NYC-based boutique recruiting firm focused on growth-stage startups and consumer/tech companies. Comparable in geography, vertical, and boutique size to TailoredSearch, though it does not run a dedicated life sciences division.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Robert Half is a large staffing and recruiting services firm with divisions covering finance, technology, legal, and administrative roles. Overlaps with TailoredSearch's direct hire and contract placement offerings, though at much broader scale.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice spanning technology, life sciences, and consumer industries. Represents the scaled, full-service end of the same market TailoredSearch serves.
• Insight Global: Insight Global is a large staffing and recruiting firm with practices in technology, life sciences, and professional services. Comparable in service offerings (contract, direct hire, retained) to TailoredSearch but at much greater scale and broader geographic reach.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Heidrick & Struggles is a global executive search firm with strong life sciences, technology, and consumer practices. Directly comparable to TailoredSearch's vertical structure but operates at significantly larger scale across geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/tailoredsearch
• Xx.com/TailoredSearch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tailored-search

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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