Venture capital recruitment agency
Venture capital recruitment
Rainmakrr recruits for venture capital and growth equity firms.
We search for investment hires from analyst to partner, and for the platform, finance, operations and investor relations teams that run a VC firm.
Founders hiring a part-time finance lead can hire a fractional CFO through Fractional Quest.
- Investment team hires
- Platform and talent
- Fund finance and operations
- Run by Fractional Quest Ltd
How a search runswhat we undertake
- 01BriefThe seat, the fund or company stage, and what the hire must deliverCall
- 02MapThe firms, funds and companies where that experience sitsResearch
- 03ApproachConfidential conversations with people who fit the briefOutreach
- 04ShortlistAssessed candidates, with references we take ourselvesReport
- 05OfferInterviews, offer and the notice period, managed to a start dateClose
First step15 min call
01/ roles
Venture capital roles we recruit for
A VC firm hires for its investment team and its platform.
ANALYST TO PARTNER
Investment team
Analysts and associates source and assess deals; principals and partners lead investments and sit on boards.
The search tests sector depth, network and judgement.
PORTFOLIO SUPPORT
Platform and talent
Platform teams help portfolio founders with hiring, go-to-market, community and follow-on funding.
FUND CFO
Fund finance and operations
The CFO or head of finance runs fund accounting, capital calls, valuations and the administrator relationship.
LPS
Investor relations
Investor relations supports fundraising and limited partner reporting.
UK venture firms raising from government-backed programmes work with bodies such as the British Business Bank.
02/ vc vs pe
VC hiring is not PE hiring
The two overlap but test different things.
→ A VC search weighs network and judgement more than modelling.
03/ the brief
Brief a VC hire
What a recruiter needs from the firm.
0 of 7 ready
04/ guide
Recruiting for a venture capital firm
Venture capital teams are small, so each hire changes the firm.
The search usually looks beyond banking and consulting to operators and founders with relevant networks.
Reference points
UK Private Capital, formerly the BVCA, represents UK venture capital as well as private equity.
UK smaller businesses raised £12.3 billion of equity investment across 2,002 deals in 2025, according to the British Business Bank’s Small Business Equity Tracker 2026.
The British Business Bank publishes research on UK equity finance for smaller companies.
UK tax reliefs for investors in early-stage companies include the Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trusts.
UK VC firms managing outside capital are usually authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority.
05/ questions
Questions, answered
Yes: investment team, platform, finance, operations and investor relations hires.
For senior finance roles, yes.
For part-time finance leadership, founders can hire a fractional CFO through Fractional Quest.
VC searches weigh networks, sector judgement and founder relationships more than financial modelling.
Book a 15-minute call on this page, or email hello@fractional.quest.
15 minutes · video or phone
Book 15 minutes to talk through the hire
Tell us the seat, the fund or company, and the timing. We set out how we would run the search.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role and the search
- 03A written search plan after the call
- 04Permanent, interim and fractional briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
06/ sources
Sources and further reading
Primary sources for the rules and figures on this page.