Otterbrook

Otterbrook is a recruitment and executive search firm serving AI startups, venture firms and high-growth companies. It is based in Ontario, Canada, and works with teams across North America. Four managing partners lead the firm: Harrison Vopni, Chris Vopni, Wil Sinclair and Colin McNeil.

It offers permanent placement, contract and temporary staffing, recruitment lifecycle management as an embedded hiring partner, and resume and interview coaching for candidates. It also runs confidential executive searches for founders, VPs and C-suite roles. Its stated focus areas are AI and frontier tech, fintech and financial services, engineering and product, and go-to-market roles. Its placements also include accounting and finance and mining and resources positions.

The firm works on a fully contingent basis with no upfront fees, and every full-time hire carries a three-month performance guarantee. It holds a recruiter licence and a temporary help agency licence from the Ontario Ministry of Labour.