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Top 25 Startup founder recruitment services based in London, United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 515 startup founder recruitment services headquartered in London, United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,686 professional contacts across them, including 1,047 with verified work emails. Across the United Kingdom, London is the largest hub for this category.

This list covers startup founder recruitment services headquartered in London, United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
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1,047Verified emails
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The 25 largest startup founder recruitment services based in London, United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 515 startup founder recruitment services based in London, United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup founder recruitment services: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
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1Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200335 contacts →

Partial evidence

“PSD is a leading international executive recruitment consultancy, specialising in executive, management and board level recruitment with over 35 years of experience.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-50124 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Making recruitment not sh*t.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-200119 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Annapurna, we are focused on becoming a trusted responsible search partner for our clients.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’re not your typical search firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5093 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JD & Co works with ambitious founders, CEOs, boards and investors at the moments that define what comes next.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5092 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Timberseed - we're a team of like-minded specialists driven by proven practices.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Forsyth Barnes is a global talent partner disrupting the recruitment industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5091 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are an executive recruitment firm based in the City of London and are specialists in the search and selection of professionals in Technology, Digital & RPA, BPO, Shared…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20090 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“TritonExec is Executive Search firm specializing Technology, Digital Transformation Services, and Private Equity-backed growth firms.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5072 contacts →

Partial evidence

“3Search is a commercial recruitment agency, connecting talent to help you and your company thrive.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5058 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Wave Talent help tech-focused companies build end-to-end digital teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5040 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Value Creation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5039 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Impala Search, we scale companies by securing the right talent, attracting the right investors, and adopting AI in ways that drive measurable impact.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5036 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At The Black Swan Group we specialise in discovering outstanding staff and providing them with unique opportunities; enabling them to exceed expectations, reach the top of their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Experienced international technology recruiters, bridging the gap between executive search and contingency methods.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5034 contacts →

Partial evidence

“I help recruiters build systemised recruitment businesses that run without burnout.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5034 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Cross Path is the all-in-one platform for independent recruiters who want to work smarter.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5033 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Orama Solutions partners with the world's most exciting companies to build phenomenally impactful teams.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We are a leading search firm specialising in building high-performing Go-To-Market (GTM), Technical, and Customer Success teams for emerging disruptors in the software industry.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Adaptive Business Group serves an international client base via recruitment and M&A advisory teams across our offices in London, New York, San Diego, Singapore and Berlin.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5029 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Zebra People are a purpose-driven, B Corp certified recruitment consultancy with over 25 years’ experience building high-performing digital product and engineering teams at pace.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are your go-to recruitment partner.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Zeren is a specialist executive search firm supporting investor backed portfolio companies and high-growth businesses.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Strong evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5024 contacts →

Strong evidence

“CyberForce Global are at the forefront of start-up technology recruitment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Partial evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Reload Search is a boutique recruitment firm specialising in sourcing and relocating technology talent across the Globe.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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Startup founder recruitment services based in London, United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
28.4%Verified-email coverage
7.2Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
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11-50
97
51-200
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501-1,000
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Email recency for this list is measured across the whole United Kingdom list rather than for London, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for London, over 515 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup founder recruitment services, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in London, United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “startup founder recruitment services”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup founder recruitment services), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup founder recruitment services, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside London are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,047 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Startup founder recruitment services by metro in the United Kingdom

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup founder recruitment services, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many startup founder recruitment services are there based in London, United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 515 startup founder recruitment services headquartered in London, United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

PSD Group, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city in the United Kingdom has the most startup founder recruitment services?

London leads the United Kingdom with 515 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (38) and Bristol (17).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,047 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 515 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.