Needl

Needl is a technology recruitment firm that works with Seed to Series B startups, their founders and the venture capital investors behind them. It recruits for product-centric engineering and go-to-market teams, and says it supports founders worldwide while being grounded in Ireland's tech ecosystem.

Its stated areas of specialism are leadership, software engineering, go-to-market (sales and CS), marketing, product, and AI and machine learning. It offers single hires on a permanent or contract basis across engineering, product and go-to-market. It also offers a partnership model, in which it acts as a fractional talent team and runs sourcing, screening and scheduling across multiple roles, and retained search for high-impact roles that combines targeted headhunting with assessment.

Needl has offices in Dublin and London. Rob Shannon, a former lawyer, is managing director, and John-Paul Eaton is Head of UK in London.