We find 2–3 pre-vetted candidates for Seed to Series A teams in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Shortlist in 10 days. No fee until your hire starts.
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You're running the product, managing investors, and trying to close customers. Recruiting well takes time you don't have.
And the wrong hire costs more than the search ever did.
Job boards return volume, not fit. You spend weeks filtering candidates who can't handle ambiguity, no process, or a team of eight.
Enterprise recruiting firms move on enterprise timelines. By the time they deliver a shortlist, the best candidates have taken other offers.
Upfront retainers are standard in this industry. That's $18K–28K on a single CS hire before anyone's done anything. We think that's backwards.
A bad fit at this stage doesn't just cost money. It costs trust, team morale, and six months of momentum you won't get back.
We built StartupX to fix this. Book a no-obligation discovery call to find out if we can help.
Book a No-Obligation Discovery CallWe run a focused discovery conversation to understand the role deeply. We want to know what the role is, what success looks like and why this hire matters right now. No intake form. Just direct alignment before we start sourcing.
We pull from our actively managed pipeline of pre-vetted, startup-ready operators. People we've already identified and assessed before your search begins. You get 2–3 vetted profiles with a write-up on why each one is worth your time.
We don't just deliver names. We give you a ranked recommendation and our informed opinion on fit. We coordinate interviews, manage communication, and stay involved through close. You make the decision; we handle everything around it.
Every candidate is screened for both startup readiness and role-specific capability, including core technical skills, functional experience, and the execution track record needed to succeed in the role. Not resume-matched. Assessed for the reality of an early-stage environment.
You have a product, early customers, and a team that needs to grow. You know that the next hire is either a force multiplier or a six-month setback. Speed matters.
You're running the product, managing customers, and staying on top of fundraising. Reviewing 40 resumes isn't something you have time for. We handle sourcing so you stay focused.
We know where the best operators are, what they're making, and what it takes to get them to move. Local market knowledge is the difference at the offer stage.
Account executives, BDRs, SDRs, sales development, revenue operations, partnerships. We focus on the roles that directly affect your top line, filled by people who've done it before.
We don't work with everyone. We work best with founders and revenue leaders who know what they need and are ready to move when the right person shows up. If you're still figuring out whether to hire, we can help with that too. But the best results happen when both sides are serious.
If you're building ops, CS, or founder-adjacent roles alongside your revenue team, we handle those too.
Axya had a Customer Support Team Lead role open for four months with no hire. We sourced a vetted candidate who was strong enough to come in with a competing offer at $100K. The role was posted at $75–80K.
We worked the close. The candidate chose Axya. The role was filled.
Every profile is assessed for startup fit. Not a keyword match.
From the discovery call to 2–3 vetted candidates in your inbox.
No upfront fees. No hidden surprises.
Our candidate had a $100K offer on the table. The role posted at $75–80K. We closed them on Axya.
No pitch. No pressure. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and if we can't, we'll say so upfront.
We'll tell you what we can do, what it costs, and how fast we can move. If it's not a fit, we'll say so in the first five minutes.
Prefer to submit a brief first? Start here →Success-fee only · Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver · Seed to Series A