What Climate Tech Talents does

Climate Tech Talents GmbH is a Berlin-based boutique recruiting firm founded in 2023 by Doreen Rietentiet and Niccolo Klaus, operating with a team of approximately five people. The firm specializes exclusively in climate tech verticals — circular economy, building sector, mobility, renewable energies, and climate tech & software — and serves clients across the full spectrum from startups and SMEs to corporations, investors, and NGOs, with practice group coverage spanning IT, Engineering, Sales & Business Development, Marketing & Communications, ESG & Compliance, and People & Culture.

The company delivers three integrated service lines: Executive Search (C-suite and senior mandate placement leveraging a broad climate tech network), Recruiting as a Service (operational sourcing, applicant management, and pre-selection for junior-to-senior roles), and Consulting & Employer Branding (customized talent attraction and retention strategy). The go-to-market is direct, relationship-based field sales targeting climate tech companies, with revenue generated through structured fixed fees per completed recruitment mandate; specific fee levels are not publicly disclosed. Operational guarantees include filling most vacancies within 30 days and restaffing within six months if an initial placement does not work out.

The firm's competitive positioning rests on the co-founders' combined 20 years of energy and cleantech industry experience and an integrated ecosystem of five strategic partnerships (DWR eco, Leaders for Climate Action, Womxn for Climate Tech & Innovation, Entrepreneurs for Future, Global ecoTransition), two of which were co-founded by Rietentiet herself. The company is privately held with no external funding, no parent entity, and no disclosed institutional investors; headquarters are at Belforter Straße 1, 10405 Berlin, Germany.

Name

Climate Tech Talents

Legal name

Climate Tech Talents GmbH

Website

https://climatetechtalents.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Boutique Berlin-based recruiting firm founded in 2023 that provides executive search, recruiting-as-a-service, and employer branding consulting to startups, corporations, investors, and NGOs operating across the European climate tech sector — including renewable energy, mobility, building, and circular economy verticals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search & Recruiting Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Executive Search Services (561312), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recruitment Marketing & Employer Branding for RPO (BPACABAL), Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC)

Keywords

• Climate tech recruiting
• Executive search
• Employer branding
• Talent acquisition
• Cleantech recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Talent Advisory Services: Boutique recruiting firm providing executive search, recruiting as a service, and employer branding consulting. Revenue generated through structured fixed fees for recruitment mandate completions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Boutique recruiting firm providing specialized talent acquisition services for climate tech companies. Offers Executive Search, Recruiting as a Service, and Consulting & Employer Branding to attract and retain talent across energy, mobility, property, climate technology, and circular economy sectors.

Product overview

Climate Tech Talents operates as a boutique recruiting firm offering three integrated service lines: Executive Search for top-level executive placement, Recruiting as a Service for operational recruitment support from junior to senior levels, and Consulting & Employer Branding for customized talent strategy solutions. The firm specializes in climate tech sectors including energy, mobility, property, circular economy, and climate technology, serving clients from startups to corporations and NGOs across practice groups in IT, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, ESG, and People & Culture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search

Quantifiable outcome

• Most vacancies filled within 30 days
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DWR ecocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership providing firsthand knowledge of current market trends in the climate tech sector. Through this partnership, Climate Tech Talents gains access to current market intelligence and industry insights.
• Leaders for Climate ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by co-founder Doreen Rietentiet. Provides access to top executives and climate action professionals within the sustainability sector.
• Womxn for Climate Tech & InnovationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-founded by co-founder Doreen Rietentiet. Organization focused on women in climate technology, providing access to diverse talent pools.
• Entrepreneurs for FutureminorGTM or Marketing PartnerNetwork of entrepreneurs focused on climate action. Provides access to startups and emerging climate tech companies.
• Global ecoTransitionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational organization supporting ecological transition. Expands reach to global climate tech ecosystem.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• The Green Recruitment Company: Recruitment firm dedicated to green and sustainable businesses across renewables, clean tech, and energy efficiency. Directly comparable in serving climate/clean-tech employers with permanent placement across multiple sub-verticals.
• Acre: Specialist recruitment and executive search firm focused on sustainability, ESG, clean energy, and climate-impact sectors. Comparable in vertical specialization, service-line breadth (executive search + consulting), and emphasis on purpose-driven talent.
• Climate People: Boutique executive search and recruitment firm focused exclusively on climate tech and clean energy talent. Most directly comparable peer: same vertical focus, similar scale, and overlapping service offerings including executive search and talent advisory.
• WTS Energy: Global staffing and recruitment firm specialized in the energy sector, including renewables, oil & gas, power, and clean tech. Comparable as a sector-specialist recruiter with international reach serving energy employers.

Broad incumbents

• Spencer Ogden: Global energy, engineering, and infrastructure recruitment firm with established renewable energy and clean-tech practices. Larger-scale incumbent competing for the same climate-tech executive search and contract mandates.
• Hays: Global recruitment and workforce solutions firm with established clean-energy and sustainability desks across Europe. Competes for the same mid-to-senior climate-tech mandates at significantly greater scale and geographic reach.
• Robert Half: Large global staffing and recruiting firm with broad industry coverage including finance, technology, and ESG-adjacent roles. Competes for technical and professional climate-tech hires but lacks the firm's pure vertical focus.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search firm with a dedicated Sustainability & ESG Practice placing senior leaders into energy, climate, and impact-driven organizations. Comparable on executive search functionality, but operates at much larger scale and across all industries.
• Brunel: Global recruitment and project services firm with strong presence in renewable energy, power, and engineering sectors. Comparable for energy/climate-tech technical placements but operates at much larger, multi-industry scale.

Others

• Leaders for Climate Action: Climate-action professional community co-founded by Climate Tech Talents' co-founder; not a direct recruiter but a strategic ecosystem partner that channels candidates and brand visibility to the firm.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climate-tech-talents

Compliance1 record

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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