BOUTIQUE SEARCH · SEED TO SERIES C
The best candidate is rarely the easiest to find.
Mid to senior search for venture-backed companies. We built software that turns a job description into evidence you can actually verify, then sources against it — surfacing people a keyword search never returns.
The shortlist is decided before anyone gets interviewed.
Most senior job descriptions are written as a list of proxies — the school, the logo, the number of years. That isn’t a specification, it’s shorthand for a conversation nobody had, and it quietly determines who ever makes it into consideration. You end up choosing from whoever was easiest to find.
How the search works
01
Define
We take the role apart with you and rewrite every requirement as evidence you could point to in a candidate’s file.
02
Source
Our AI reads career progression, company context, and public work, then searches against the rubric rather than against keywords. It surfaces people a keyword search never returns.
03
Shortlist
You get candidates with the evidence attached, and what doesn’t support each requirement.
Why we built this
Equitable Search was founded in 2023 after twenty years inside hiring — starting at Madison Square Garden, then building the recruiting function from scratch at KIND Snacks and HR at Nuts.com. The same thing kept happening: strong candidates were filtered out before anyone read a word about them, usually by a job description nobody had thought hard about. The software came out of that.
We are a preferred recruiting partner to Gaingels, one of the most active venture investors in the United States.
Tell us what you’re hiring for.
A 30-minute call. We’ll take the role apart and send you a written evidence rubric for it, whether or not you run the search with us.
The best candidate is rarely the easiest to find.
Mid to senior search for venture-backed companies. We built software that turns a job description into evidence you can actually verify, then sources against it — surfacing people a keyword search never returns.
The shortlist is decided before anyone gets interviewed.
Most senior job descriptions are written as a list of proxies — the school, the logo, the number of years. That isn’t a specification, it’s shorthand for a conversation nobody had, and it quietly determines who ever makes it into consideration. You end up choosing from whoever was easiest to find.
How the search works
01
Define
We take the role apart with you and rewrite every requirement as evidence you could point to in a candidate’s file.
02
Source
Our AI reads career progression, company context, and public work, then searches against the rubric rather than against keywords. It surfaces people a keyword search never returns.
03
Shortlist
You get candidates with the evidence attached, and what doesn’t support each requirement.
Why we built this
Equitable Search was founded in 2023 after twenty years inside hiring — starting at Madison Square Garden, then building the recruiting function from scratch at KIND Snacks and HR at Nuts.com. The same thing kept happening: strong candidates were filtered out before anyone read a word about them, usually by a job description nobody had thought hard about. The software came out of that.
We are a preferred recruiting partner to Gaingels, one of the most active venture investors in the United States.
Tell us what you’re hiring for.
A 30-minute call. We’ll take the role apart and send you a written evidence rubric for it, whether or not you run the search with us.
The best candidate is rarely the easiest to find.
Mid to senior search for venture-backed companies. We built software that turns a job description into evidence you can actually verify, then sources against it — surfacing people a keyword search never returns.
The shortlist is decided before anyone gets interviewed.
Most senior job descriptions are written as a list of proxies — the school, the logo, the number of years. That isn’t a specification, it’s shorthand for a conversation nobody had, and it quietly determines who ever makes it into consideration. You end up choosing from whoever was easiest to find.
How the search works
01
Define
We take the role apart with you and rewrite every requirement as evidence you could point to in a candidate’s file.
02
Source
Our AI reads career progression, company context, and public work, then searches against the rubric rather than against keywords. It surfaces people a keyword search never returns.
03
Shortlist
You get candidates with the evidence attached, and what doesn’t support each requirement.
Why we built this
Equitable Search was founded in 2023 after twenty years inside hiring — starting at Madison Square Garden, then building the recruiting function from scratch at KIND Snacks and HR at Nuts.com. The same thing kept happening: strong candidates were filtered out before anyone read a word about them, usually by a job description nobody had thought hard about. The software came out of that.
We are a preferred recruiting partner to Gaingels, one of the most active venture investors in the United States.
Tell us what you’re hiring for.
A 30-minute call. We’ll take the role apart and send you a written evidence rubric for it, whether or not you run the search with us.