Foundry is known for investing in early-stage technology companies; their partners provide hands-on funding, strategic guidance, and support to their portfolio. Their approach emphasizes long-term relationships and fostering collaboration within their portfolio, which currently has more than 70 active investments and 45+ partner funds.
Foundry was an early investor and advisor for Bolster partly because they understand the importance of startups finding the right executive talent quickly and effectively. Foundry refers their portfolio companies to Bolster so we can help them find and hire the right executive talent and support their executive team and board development.</p>
Bolster specializes in executive search. We take a consultative approach to our clients and offer wrap-around services such as leadership 360s and team consultations that ensure they hire the right executive at the right time.
The Foundry team engages Bolster to support their CEOs in hiring executives. Bolster partners closely with the CEOs to understand their needs and actively keeps the Foundry team in the loop and engaged throughout the process via updates and Bolster’s search platform.
Bolster has supported the Foundry portfolio in more than 60 engagements, including placing 50+ executives across portfolio companies and providing CEO, Executive Team, and Board 360s.
Bolster knows that speed is paramount for both Foundry and their CEOs regarding hiring. On average, we’ve successfully closed searches for full-time executives in just 90 days, well under the industry average. This ensures that Foundry’s portfolios don’t fall behind due to open executive roles and that the companies can quickly onboard the best talent to help them scale.
”Bolster is a no-brainer for companies scaling their leadership team and talent as they grow. They are productizing their CEO playbook and empowering companies to tap into the right executives at the right time to propel their businesses forward.”