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Longhouse
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Longhouse
Websiteurl
longhouse.in
Company typeenum
Private
Founded yearint
2009
Operating statusenum
Operating
Ownership categoryenum
Headcount rangeband
51–100
akta.pro rankint
HeadquartersBangalore, India
HQ citystring
Bangalore
HQ countrystring
India
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Asia
Markets served

Serves global market

Offices5 records

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City, Country, Type, Description, Source

Keyword5 values
executive search services, talent advisory, leadership hiring, leadership assessments, executive recruitment
NAICS code2 codes
  • Executive Search Services561312
  • Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services56131
SIC code1 code
  • Services-Management Consulting Services8742
Product category
Executive Search Services
Social media profiles2 records
GTM motion1 record

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Type, Description, Source

Revenue model4 records
1Executive Search Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Retainer-based executive search engagements for CXO and senior leadership placements. Longhouse works with companies across growth stages to identify, assess, and place senior executives in critical leadership roles.

longhouse.in
2Leadership Assessments
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Customized assessment services for evaluating senior leadership talent, including functional, behavioral, and cultural fit evaluations.

longhouse.in
3Talent Advisory Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Advisory engagements providing strategic guidance on hiring roadmaps, compensation benchmarking, and organizational talent strategy.

longhouse.in
4Research Services
TypeProfessional Services
Description

Customized research reports and market intelligence on executive talent trends, compensation surveys, and industry-specific leadership analysis.

longhouse.in
Marketing channels7 records

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Distribution channels3 records

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Cost components5 values
Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Pricing details1 tier
1Custom engagement-based pricing
ModelOtherBilling cadenceMulti-year contract
Notes

Pricing is quote-based depending on role seniority, industry, and engagement scope

longhouse.in
GTM typeB2B
B2B
Offering typeServices
Services
Core offering1 text field

Longhouse is an executive search and talent advisory firm that recruits CXO and senior leadership talent for high-growth digital, technology, and startup companies, and provides strategic advisory on hiring roadmaps, leadership assessments, and compensation benchmarking. The firm serves VC/PE firms and their portfolio companies across growth stages from early-stage through pre-IPO, primarily in India with select US engagements.

Differentiator
Functional benefit
Problem solved
Product overview1 text field

Longhouse is an executive search and talent advisory firm offering a portfolio of services including Executive Search, Leadership Assessments, Advisory, and Research. These core services are complemented by research publications including Reports, Podcasts, and Hiring Playbooks. The Executive Search service provides rigorous talent acquisition with deep industry understanding, while Leadership Assessments offers customized scientific evaluation tools. The Advisory practice provides strategic talent consulting, and Research delivers market intelligence through compensation surveys, executive rankings, and industry reports.

Product and service4 records
1Executive Search
CategoryExecutive Search
Description

Rigorous executive search service encompassing deep understanding of client businesses, industry dynamics, and functional know-how. Includes meticulous assessment of functional, behavioural, and leadership competencies of executives, leveraging a vast network of industry professionals. Designed for founders, investors, and business leaders seeking senior leadership talent for high-growth digital and technology companies.

2Leadership Assessments
CategoryLeadership Assessment
Description

Customised assessments tailored to meet the unique needs of every company, using scientific assessment techniques built in collaboration with domain consultants. Focuses on eliminating human biases and identifying leaders who fit roles functionally, culturally, and behaviourally. Aimed at organizations evaluating senior leadership talent fit.

3Advisory
CategoryTalent Advisory
Description

Advisory services helping organizations create and protect sustainable value by building business agility and resilience, sharing insights from the fast-changing business ecosystem, and helping make organizations and leaderships future-ready. Includes strategic guidance on hiring roadmaps aligned to growth stages.

4Research
CategoryExecutive Research
Description

Executive talent research services including compensation benchmarking, industry executive ranking, and location landscape assessment. Uses proprietary processes and technology tools to provide insights for organic and inorganic growth, delivered to clients as customized research and market intelligence on executive talent trends.

Scale indicator5 records

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Partnership3 partners
Strategic tierCoreTypeStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnounced on2024-06-21
Description

Longhouse partnered with YourStory to launch India's CTO Excellence Awards 2024, celebrating the achievements of 22 tech leaders who have shaped India's tech landscape. The 'India Tech Leaders' Conclave' event was held in Bengaluru on June 21, 2024, recognizing tech leaders' contributions to building India's startup ecosystem.

2The Ken
Strategic tierMinorTypeGTM or Marketing Partner
Description

Longhouse contributes to The Ken podcast featuring Anshuman Das discussing talent market trends, including topics like 'overvalued employees' and career positioning in the job market.

longhouse.in
Strategic tierCoreTypeOthers
Description

Longhouse is part of the unified Careernet ecosystem including Careernet, HirePro, Longhouse, and MyCareernet, providing comprehensive talent solutions.

Recent move6 records

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Expansion highlight5 records

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Peers10 records
TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice serving Fortune 500 and large-cap clients. Comparable as a scaled, diversified executive search competitor that increasingly serves Indian unicorns at mature/IPO stage, though it operates across a far broader talent and consulting portfolio.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with established India operations. Comparable as a direct competitor in CXO-level placements across digital and technology sectors, with broader geographic reach and deeper relationships with multinational clients.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global executive search firm with strong board and CEO-level practice and an active India presence. Comparable as a premium-tier search competitor targeting the same senior leadership mandates across Indian unicorns, IPO-bound companies, and PE-backed platforms.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global executive search and leadership advisory firm operating across technology, consumer, and financial services sectors. Comparable as a senior-level search competitor with proprietary assessment methodology, competing for the same CXO mandates in India's digital ecosystem.

TypeBroad incumbent
Description

Global executive search firm focused on senior leadership across technology, financial services, and consumer sectors. Comparable as a tier-one search competitor targeting the same high-growth digital and tech leadership mandates in India and globally.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Global executive search firm with a strong emerging-markets practice including India. Comparable as a similarly positioned mid-to-large executive search competitor serving digital, technology, and PE-backed companies in India.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Global executive search firm with a dedicated India practice serving technology, consumer, and industrial sectors. Comparable as a direct peer in CXO-level placements and leadership advisory for Indian growth-stage companies and multinational subsidiaries.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Global recruitment and executive search firm with one of the largest India footprints among international players. Comparable as a direct competitor for mid-to-senior level mandates across technology, consumer, and emerging industry verticals in India.

TypeDirect peer
Description

Global executive search firm with established India operations serving technology, consumer, and PE-backed companies. Comparable as a direct peer competing for the same CXO mandates across Indian digital and growth-stage businesses.

TypeEmerging player
Description

Tech-enabled executive search firm focused on emerging markets including India and Southeast Asia. Comparable as a tech-forward, emerging-markets-focused search competitor, though smaller in scale and with a digital-first operating model versus Longhouse's relationship-led approach.

Market position
Strengths5 records

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Weaknesses5 records

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Competitive moat4 records

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Key risks6 records

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Key highlights7 records

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Named customers5 records

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Segment6 records

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Ideal customer profile3 records

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Technology focused
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Profiles3 records

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

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Longhouse

Executive Search Serviceslonghouse.in

Longhouse firmographics

Firmographics
Name
Longhouse
Legal name
Longhouse
Website
https://longhouse.in
Company type
Private
Founded year
2009
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
51–100 employees
Ownership category
akta.pro rank

Where Longhouse is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city
Bangalore
HQ country
India
HQ region
Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

Longhouse business model

Business model
GTM type
B2B
Offering type
Services
Cost components
Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

  1. Executive Search Services: Retainer-based executive search engagements for CXO and senior leadership placements. Longhouse works with companies across growth stages to identify, assess, and place senior executives in critical leadership roles.
  2. Leadership Assessments: Customized assessment services for evaluating senior leadership talent, including functional, behavioral, and cultural fit evaluations.
  3. Talent Advisory Services: Advisory engagements providing strategic guidance on hiring roadmaps, compensation benchmarking, and organizational talent strategy.
  4. Research Services: Customized research reports and market intelligence on executive talent trends, compensation surveys, and industry-specific leadership analysis.

Pricing tiers

ModelBillingPrice
OtherMulti-year contractCustom engagement-based pricing

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Longhouse product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Longhouse is an executive search and talent advisory firm that recruits CXO and senior leadership talent for high-growth digital, technology, and startup companies, and provides strategic advisory on hiring roadmaps, leadership assessments, and compensation benchmarking. The firm serves VC/PE firms and their portfolio companies across growth stages from early-stage through pre-IPO, primarily in India with select US engagements.

Product overview

Longhouse is an executive search and talent advisory firm offering a portfolio of services including Executive Search, Leadership Assessments, Advisory, and Research. These core services are complemented by research publications including Reports, Podcasts, and Hiring Playbooks. The Executive Search service provides rigorous talent acquisition with deep industry understanding, while Leadership Assessments offers customized scientific evaluation tools. The Advisory practice provides strategic talent consulting, and Research delivers market intelligence through compensation surveys, executive rankings, and industry reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Executive Search Rigorous executive search service encompassing deep understanding of client businesses, industry dynamics, and functional know-how. Includes meticulous assessment of functional, behavioural, and leadership competencies of executives, leveraging a vast network of industry professionals. Designed for founders, investors, and business leaders seeking senior leadership talent for high-growth digital and technology companies.
  • Leadership Assessments Customised assessments tailored to meet the unique needs of every company, using scientific assessment techniques built in collaboration with domain consultants. Focuses on eliminating human biases and identifying leaders who fit roles functionally, culturally, and behaviourally. Aimed at organizations evaluating senior leadership talent fit.
  • Advisory Advisory services helping organizations create and protect sustainable value by building business agility and resilience, sharing insights from the fast-changing business ecosystem, and helping make organizations and leaderships future-ready. Includes strategic guidance on hiring roadmaps aligned to growth stages.
  • Research Executive talent research services including compensation benchmarking, industry executive ranking, and location landscape assessment. Uses proprietary processes and technology tools to provide insights for organic and inorganic growth, delivered to clients as customized research and market intelligence on executive talent trends.

Companies that use Longhouse

Customer profile

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Longhouse technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API
No
API docs
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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Longhouse partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

  • YourStorycoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 June 2024Longhouse partnered with YourStory to launch India's CTO Excellence Awards 2024, celebrating the achievements of 22 tech leaders who have shaped India's tech landscape. The 'India Tech Leaders' Conclave' event was held in Bengaluru on June 21, 2024, recognizing tech leaders' contributions to building India's startup ecosystem.
  • The KenminorGTM or Marketing PartnerLonghouse contributes to The Ken podcast featuring Anshuman Das discussing talent market trends, including topics like 'overvalued employees' and career positioning in the job market.
  • CareernetcoreOthersLonghouse is part of the unified Careernet ecosystem including Careernet, HirePro, Longhouse, and MyCareernet, providing comprehensive talent solutions.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Longhouse competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Broad incumbents

  • Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice serving Fortune 500 and large-cap clients. Comparable as a scaled, diversified executive search competitor that increasingly serves Indian unicorns at mature/IPO stage, though it operates across a far broader talent and consulting portfolio.
  • Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with established India operations. Comparable as a direct competitor in CXO-level placements across digital and technology sectors, with broader geographic reach and deeper relationships with multinational clients.
  • Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with strong board and CEO-level practice and an active India presence. Comparable as a premium-tier search competitor targeting the same senior leadership mandates across Indian unicorns, IPO-bound companies, and PE-backed platforms.
  • Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm operating across technology, consumer, and financial services sectors. Comparable as a senior-level search competitor with proprietary assessment methodology, competing for the same CXO mandates in India's digital ecosystem.
  • Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm focused on senior leadership across technology, financial services, and consumer sectors. Comparable as a tier-one search competitor targeting the same high-growth digital and tech leadership mandates in India and globally.

Direct peers

  • Boyden: Global executive search firm with a strong emerging-markets practice including India. Comparable as a similarly positioned mid-to-large executive search competitor serving digital, technology, and PE-backed companies in India.
  • Stanton Chase: Global executive search firm with a dedicated India practice serving technology, consumer, and industrial sectors. Comparable as a direct peer in CXO-level placements and leadership advisory for Indian growth-stage companies and multinational subsidiaries.
  • Antal International: Global recruitment and executive search firm with one of the largest India footprints among international players. Comparable as a direct competitor for mid-to-senior level mandates across technology, consumer, and emerging industry verticals in India.
  • TRANSEARCH International: Global executive search firm with established India operations serving technology, consumer, and PE-backed companies. Comparable as a direct peer competing for the same CXO mandates across Indian digital and growth-stage businesses.

Emerging players

  • Catenon: Tech-enabled executive search firm focused on emerging markets including India and Southeast Asia. Comparable as a tech-forward, emerging-markets-focused search competitor, though smaller in scale and with a digital-first operating model versus Longhouse's relationship-led approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Longhouse social profiles

Digital presence

Longhouse financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Longhouse leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Longhouse funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Longhouse M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Longhouse

What does Longhouse do?

Longhouse is an executive search and talent advisory firm that recruits CXO and senior leadership talent for high-growth digital, technology, and startup companies, and provides strategic advisory on hiring roadmaps, leadership assessments, and compensation benchmarking. The firm serves VC/PE firms and their portfolio companies across growth stages from early-stage through pre-IPO, primarily in India with select US engagements.

Is Longhouse a public or private company?

Longhouse is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Longhouse founded?

Longhouse was founded in 2009. It employs 51 to 100 people.

Where is Longhouse based?

Longhouse is headquartered in Bangalore, India, in the Asia region.

How does Longhouse make money?

Four revenue lines are on record. Executive Search Services are the primary driver. The others are leadership Assessments, talent Advisory Services and research Services.

Who are Longhouse's main competitors?

Broad incumbents on record are Korn Ferry, Heidrick & Struggles, Spencer Stuart, Egon Zehnder and Russell Reynolds Associates. Direct peers are Boyden, Stanton Chase, Antal International and TRANSEARCH International. Catenon is listed as an emerging player.

Does Longhouse have an API?

No public API is recorded for Longhouse.

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BusinessLineSaaS startups break sector silos in CTO hiring as role evolves into ‘architect of scale’A study by executive search firm Longhouse found that nearly 60 per cent of chief technology officers in India’s SaaS startups have transitioned from non-SaaS backgrounds, with enterprise technology emerging as the largest feeder segment. The research, which analysed 60 CTOs across seed to late-stage startups, reveals the role is evolving from pure technologists to cross-functional business leaders, with over 90 per cent of non-founder CTOs holding experience across product, strategy, and customer experience. The findings indicate that as India’s SaaS ecosystem matures, companies are prioritising adaptability, cross-domain expertise, and global exposure over traditional sector pedigree.Fortune IndiaStartups appoint nearly 90% of their external directors amid IPO planning: LonghouseA report by executive search firm Longhouse indicates that Indian startups are formalizing their boards 1-3 years in advance of IPOs, with nearly 90% of external directors appointed during this preparation phase. The study of 187 directors reveals a strategic focus on financial, regulatory, and general management expertise to enhance governance maturity and investor confidence rather than operational or industry-specific skills.The Times of IndiaBoardrooms’ pre-IPO makeover; The mule account MOA Longhouse study reveals that 34 Indian startups, including Nykaa and Paytm, are rapidly overhauling their boards by appointing independent directors to meet regulatory requirements ahead of their IPOs. Nearly 90% of these external directors were hired within six months of filing draft prospectuses, with women comprising 25% of the new appointments.The Times of IndiaNew-age firms rejig boards fast to plug IPO gaps: LonghouseA Longhouse study reveals that Indian startups preparing for IPOs are rapidly overhauling their boards, with nearly 90% of external directors hired within six months of filing draft prospectuses. The appointments primarily focus on regulatory and financial expertise to ensure compliance with SEBI norms and lend credibility to investors, while sector-specific specialists remain rare. This trend highlights a strategic shift towards governance readiness ahead of public listings in India's accelerating startup ecosystem.The Times of IndiaD2C brands realign leadership hiring strategies to match growth and omnichannel expansion: ReportA report by Longhouse analyzes leadership hiring trends in India's D2C sector from 2021 to 2024, revealing a strategic shift from technology-focused expansion to revenue-driven, omnichannel growth. The data indicates significant increases in business operations and marketing leadership roles, while engineering and finance hiring declined as brands prioritized operational efficiency and profitability. This transition is reshaping compensation structures and talent acquisition strategies across the industry.The Times of IndiaCareernet Group expands to the U.S., appoints Sunil Chaudhary as Partner, Longhouse, the company’s executive search arm - The Economic TimesIndian talent solutions provider Careernet Group is expanding into the US market, appointing Sunil Chaudhary as Partner of Longhouse, its executive search arm, to lead operations from San Francisco. Chaudhary will drive leadership and permanent hiring solutions across US tech hubs, leveraging over 25 years of industry expertise and the company's India-US talent corridor. The group, comprising Careernet, HirePro, and Longhouse brands, plans further expansions into the Middle East, Europe, and Southeast Asia.