Now partnering with Seed–Series B teams
Helping founders hire
their founding team.
We’re the recruiting partner and talent engine for high-growth startups hiring their founding G&A and GTM teams. No fluff, no spray-and-pray — just the right people, fast.
15+
years in startup recruiting
120+
founding hires placed
38
avg. days to signed offer
94%
still there after year one
Who we are
An extension of your talent team — built for speed.
Early-stage hiring is hard. The stakes are high, the right hire takes time, and if you get it wrong you’re back at square one.
At this stage it isn’t about matching skills to a job description. It’s about finding people who’ve navigated the startup chaos before — or who have the mindset and motivation to drive it.
Transparency
You’ll always know where the search stands.
Urgency
Shortlists in days, not months.
Ownership
We run your search like it’s our company.
What we do
How we help startups hire better
Recruiting
End-to-end search that maps the market and delivers deeply vetted, culture-aligned candidates. Better-fit hires in less time.
Sourcing
A robust pipeline built on outreach that actually gets replies, plus screening that filters signal from noise. We do the heavy lifting.
Refinement
Sharpen your hiring process — evaluation criteria, interview loops, workflow. Attract the right talent and decide faster.
Fractional Talent
Expert-led 1:1 consulting: hiring playbooks, leveling frameworks, comp benchmarks. The strategy to scale without a full-time head of talent.
Founder
I’m Sophie, founder of Fulltilt Talent.
15+ years in startup recruiting, partnering with founders on the hires that shape the trajectory of a business — G&A, GTM and PDE.
Founding member of recruiting teams at Slack, Calm, CoinTracker and Livefyre. I thrive on transparency and directness — no bullshit here. I’m all-in on your vision, with urgency and action.
- ex-Slack
- ex-Calm
- ex-CoinTracker
- ex-Livefyre
Let’s f*ckin’ do this.
For candidates
Get found before it’s posted.
Most founding roles are filled before they’re posted. Join the Fulltilt Network once — LinkedIn is enough — and we’ll reach out when a search fits. Never sold, never shared without your yes.
Why it matters
You don’t need more résumés. You need the one person who’ll build it with you — and a partner who won’t stop until they’re in the seat.
Ready to go
full tilt?
Tell us who you're hiring for and where you are as a company. We read every brief and reply within one business day.