Build Up

Build Up is a specialised recruiting partner dedicated to helping early and mid-stage startups build their core teams with speed, precision, and intent. With over two decades of experience leading talent acquisition in top-tier technical organisations and high-growth startups, Build Up brings the expertise and data-driven insights of in-house recruiting executives without the long-term overhead. The company distinguishes itself through an operator approach, combining market intelligence, proactive recruiting, and rigorous qualification to deliver exceptional talent rather than simply sending resumes. Build Up's team speaks the language of product development and understands the unique challenges of scaling startups at every stage.

Build Up specialises in technical and GTM team buildouts, leadership hiring for VPs and senior engineering managers, and identifying founding and high-impact roles that define a startup's trajectory. The company offers flexible partnerships including talent mapping, outbound recruitment, pipeline development, hiring strategy, technical screening, and end-to-end search execution. Rather than operating as a transactional vendor, Build Up embeds as an internal partner, representing client brands with high integrity and communicating directly with core leadership. The company's philosophy prioritises conviction over fast transactions, refusing to compromise quality for speed and measuring success on candidate tenure and operational impact.

Build Up operates as a highly selective boutique, deliberately limiting its active client roster to ensure that each startup receives undivided attention and direct leverage from the company's founders. The company partners best with founders from pre-seed through pre-IPO stages who view team architecture as their greatest strategic advantage and place a premium on top-tier craft, candidate alignment, and cultural values. With a track record spanning over 20 years of sourcing and thousands of top placements across seed and startup stages, Build Up combines disciplined search methodology with transparent market analysis and unfiltered candidate evaluations to remove scaling risk from the hiring process.