executive search case studies
Our Work
33eleven Partners is a retained executive search firm placing VP through C-suite leaders at private equity and venture-backed technology companies, from vertical SaaS and AI to marketplaces and media. We have completed hundreds of searches across revenue, product, engineering, data, finance, operations and more since 2016.
150+
Searches completed
90%
Still in seat, since 2024
108
avg. days to close
40k+
executives evaluated
Vertical SaaS · EdTech — A Chief Technology Officer for a mentorship platform serving universities and employers.
Vertical SaaS · EdTech — A Chief Technology Officer for a writing and grammar platform used across Grades 3 to 12, closed in 60 days.
Tech-Enabled · Energy — Fleet and commercial operations leadership, both closed in around two months.
Vertical SaaS · SportsTech — Sales and marketing leadership for a youth sports platform.
Vertical SaaS · Accounting — Five searches across marketing, product, engineering, and customer success, through to an exit.
Tech-Enabled · Digital Services — Six searches in under two years, including a board seat.
Vertical SaaS · Manufacturing — A Chief Product Officer for a connected manufacturing operations platform.
Vertical SaaS · Automotive — Head of Product for a shop management platform used by independent auto repair businesses, closed in 68 days.
Tech-Enabled · Field Service — Product leadership for a field service talent marketplace business.
Vertical SaaS · Field Service — Three searches across engineering, marketing, and product through a rebrand and a growth investment.
Tech-Enabled · AdTech — Eight searches over four years, building a leadership team through a repositioning.
Vertical SaaS · PropTech — Product leadership for a commercial real estate platform, with a marketing search live now.
Vertical SaaS · WealthTech — A first VP of Sales for the financial advisor CRM, following a major growth investment.
Vertical SaaS · GovTech — Two executives, both closed in under eight weeks. The fastest pair of searches in our book.
Vertical SaaS · Fintech — Engineering and finance leadership for a commercial lending platform in its first institutional growth phase.
Vertical SaaS · Utilities — Four searches building a North American leadership team through a move into a new market.
Vertical SaaS · Restaurant — Engineering, product, and sales leadership rebuilt in twelve months.
B2B Software · Data — The same role, three years apart, and a completely different search.
AI-Native · InsurTech — A first-seller search at Series A where domain credibility was not optional.
AI-Native · MarTech — Building the US leadership team for a company inventing a marketing channel.
AI-Native · VoiceTech — Two revenue searches at two completely different moments in the company's life.
Vertical SaaS · WealthTech — Six searches across finance, revenue, marketing, product, and engineering.
AI-Native · Consumer Social — Seven searches across product, engineering, gaming, creator strategy, and talent.
Tech-Enabled · InsurTech — A Head of Data owning analytics, machine learning, and AI across a leading cyber insurance platform.
Tech-Enabled · AdTech — Four searches across product and data science at a programmatic advertising platform.
Consumer · Fintech — Product and engineering leadership for a trading education platform under PE ownership.
Tech-Enabled · Robotics — Six searches across finance, engineering, security, and sourcing at a warehouse automation company.
B2B Software · Data — Three searches across product, engineering, and legal at an alternative data company.
Vertical SaaS · Commerce — Three searches at an early-stage live commerce platform, through to acquisition.
33eleven Partners places VP through C-suite leaders at Private Equity and Venture-backed AI and technology companies.

