Funded startups
Founding teams and first leaders for funded startups
Adviti Consulting Private Limited searches for founding team members and the first leaders after the founders, for startups that are funded or in the middle of raising. The companies we take sit in deep tech, advanced materials, and Industry 4.0, including climate, clean energy, electric mobility, and sustainable infrastructure. The work is led from Bengaluru, with an office in Coimbatore.
The hire directly under the founder decides how the company behaves when the founder is out of the room. A strong individual contributor who has never built a team will reproduce that limit. A leader hired from a large company, who needs a staff function that does not exist yet, will stall. The brief has to name which of those limits you are hiring against.
Who it is for
Use this if you are a founder of a funded startup, or a founder who is raising now, and the open seat is one of the first leaders: a head of engineering, a head of product, a first business leader, or a scarce specialist who will sit close to the founders.
Funded means a round has closed, or a round is in process and you want the search to run while you raise. If the company is outside deep tech, advanced materials, and Industry 4.0, say what you are building. We will tell you if it is work we do. A search that arrives only through an investor, with no founder on the brief, does not start.
Roles we handle
Founding team seats that are still open after the company exists: the first engineering leader, the first product leader, and the first commercial leader, once the founders can no longer cover that work themselves.
The first leadership layer under the founders: a head of engineering, a head of hardware, a head of product, or a general manager of a function. The title matters less than what they are allowed to decide and whom they will hire.
Scarce specialist leaders, when the company cannot ship without that discipline in the room. In this practice that means people from semiconductor design, advanced materials, battery and power electronics, industrial systems, aerospace hardware, and the software that sits on those systems. This is not a general software staffing desk.
How a search runs
We write the role as an outcome: what must be true because this person joined, and what the founders will stop doing themselves. Compensation, equity, and location are in the brief from the start. We do not publish your numbers. We do require that you can explain them.
The market map looks past the people the founder already knows. Our work is the leaders and senior specialists, in larger companies and in other startups, who are not applying and who are not in that first circle.
Outreach is personal and is not posted. A person is introduced when their work matches the brief and they understand what is not built yet. You meet a short list. We stay through offer and acceptance, including scope and equity clarity.
Pay When You Raise
Some early stage companies need the search to start before the round closes. Under Pay When You Raise, Adviti starts the founding or leadership search with no retainer and no upfront fee. The fee is payable when the next funding round closes. Eligibility depends on the sector, the stage of the raise, and the scope, and it is decided case by case. The model is on the homepage of www.adviti.net. Say in the enquiry if you want to be considered. Do not assume it applies until we confirm it.
What you get in week 1
Week 1 produces the brief and the plan. If two founders disagree on the role, the week is used to put one version in writing before anyone is approached.
- A written brief: the outcome of the role, the decisions the person owns, the reporting line, the location, and the compensation and equity points you are willing to state.
- A first market map: where people who have done this work are likely to be, and which parts of your network you already cover.
- An outreach plan: the order of approach, and what we will say about the stage of the company.
- A working rhythm: who on your side can take the first meeting.
FAQ
Who is this for?
Founders of funded startups, and founders who are raising, hiring a founding team seat or one of the first leaders in deep tech, advanced materials, or Industry 4.0.
What is Pay When You Raise?
No retainer and no upfront fee. The fee is payable when the next funding round closes, and only if we confirm you qualify.
Do you only search inside the founder's network?
No. Talk to people you know. We search beyond that network and keep the process confidential.
What do we get in week 1?
The brief, a first market map, an outreach plan, and a working rhythm. Not a promise that someone has accepted an offer.
How do we start?
Use the enquiry form on www.adviti.net and say whether you are funded or raising. You can also email sri@adviti.net or call +91 99011 99895.
Tell us the role, the stage of the company, and whether you are funded or raising.
Email sri@adviti.net or call +91 99011 99895.
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