Funds Recruitment
In a dynamic business environment, your Fund and its Portfolio Companies can gain an edge by building and strengthening in-house capabilities across investment, operations and governance-led functions.
Vahura connects you to leaders who create the mind-space for your investment teams and operators to do what they do best: carry out research, close deals, and run companies.
A one-stop shop for the Revenue, Risk & People functions
Our cross-functional Funds Practice has a knack for finding leaders who feel at home on the same table as investors, engineers, technologists, operators and marketers.
Think of us if you’re looking for:
- Experienced investment team (Analyst to MD)
- Seasoned Operating Partners / Portfolio Operations Leaders
- Experienced Independent and Nominee Directors
- Pragmatic Chief Finance Officers and Financial Controllers
- Dynamic General Counsels / Chief Legal Officers
- Diligent Chief Compliance Officers
- Innovative Chief Human Resource Officers and Talent Acquisition Leaders.
We also help build teams for any of the GRC (Governance, Risk, Control) and Human Resources functions.
The diverse professionals we connect you with across seniority levels all have one thing in common—they can see the big picture and sweat the little details.
Funding is both an art and a science. Our enduring relationships with marquee VCs, big bulge PE firms, and boutique houses have given us deep insights into the nuances of running an investment company.
Our Practice supports the full lifecycle of the talent and consulting requirements of Funds and PortCos.
From Seed to Scaling to Consolidation to Listing, we have a sharp understanding of the skillsets required to drive value in every scenario and at every stage of growth.
Leadership Search for Funds
We partner with PE/VC firms to identify professionals across investment and core business functions. Our deep market knowledge and extensive network help us zero in on leaders who integrate seamlessly into investment teams.
We specialise in:
- Investment Professionals (Analyst to Managing Director)
- Operating Partners / Portfolio Operations Leaders
- Chief Financial Officers / Finance Heads
- Chief Legal Officers / General Counsel
- Chief Compliance Officers / Regulatory Affairs Leaders
- Chief Human Resource Officers / Talent Leaders
- ESG, Governance and Risk Leaders
Executive Search for Portfolio Companies
We share your passion to see PortCo scale with confidence. We walk the talk by connecting your investee companies with professionals who understand the operational and compliance demands of growth.
We specialise in:
- Chief Operating Officers / Portfolio Operations Leaders
- Chief Financial Officers / Finance Leaders
- General Counsel / Legal & Regulatory Leaders
- Chief Compliance Officers / Heads of Compliance
- Chief Human Resource Officers / Talent Strategy Heads
Non-Executive Director & Board Advisory Hiring
Through Vahura OnBoard, we help Funds and their PortCos strengthen governance and guidance by curating the right board composition.
- For PE/VC firms: We identify Advisory Board Members and Nominee Directors with strategic foresight, leadership experience and sector-specific expertise
- For Investee companies: We bring in Independent Directors who understand growth, governance and stakeholder management
Secondments & On-Demand Talent
Through our affiliate firm Counselect, we offer flexible secondment and interim talent solutions for Funds and PortCos. Whether you need short-term reinforcements during a transaction or specialist support to meet a regulatory deadline, we can help you find seasoned professionals who hit the ground running.
Consulting & Advisory
Our consulting team works closely with investors and GPs to deliver insight-heavy reports and market intelligence that can catalyse smarter decisions in hiring and operations.
Our offerings include:
- Compensation Benchmarking Reports (for both Funds & PortCo levels)
- Competitor Mapping and Org Design Studies
- Legal-Tech Audits & Advisory on Legal Ops Investments
The Vahura advantage
Wide-ranging experience
We’ve had retainers with different kinds of funds and investors—from early stage-focussed VCs, big bulge PEs, to family offices with unique structures. When it comes to PortCos, we’ve worked with companies in consumer, tech, healthcare and most other sectors
Curated network
Our focussed executive searches benefit from a carefully curated network of active and passive talent. We’re often just a phone call away from high-quality candidates who will meet your Fund where it is and take it where it wants to go
Quick closings
Time is the essence of your business, and our commitment to close mandates efficiently reflects respect for that fact. The premium we place on contextual research means that we can work on accelerated timelines for scouting, mapping and shortlisting
Culture-oriented approach
Technical chops are a given with our candidates. Our high-touch approach goes beyond the CV to centre cultural fit and alignment. This way of working is based on our deep understanding of the Funds sector and your own organisational values
General Counsel for marquee VC and PE funds:
We have a sterling track record of helping some of the largest marquee funds hire their General Counsel, who have gone on to become an integral part of their leadership teams.
End-to-end fund build-out for a promoter-backed investment platform:
We have been partnering with a promoter-backed investment platform to build their fund from the ground up - hiring their entire fund leadership, including the investment team, operating leaders and key functional heads.
Finance leader for VC fund:
We helped a leading venture capital fund hire a Finance leader with strong BFSI and consulting pedigree - a professional who brought not just core controllership expertise but also a deep understanding of financial audits and governance frameworks.
Finance leadership hire for early-stage company:
Through a mix of industry insight and creative talent mapping, we helped a health tech start-up with budget constraints hire a seasoned finance leader within 45 days.
An experienced CFO for a tech startup:
An early-stage SaaS startup was reluctant to hire a senior finance professional because of budget limitations. By turning around candidate information in a single day, we helped the company evolve a VP Finance role into a CFO role.
On-demand transaction support during a hot deal cycle:
We connected a secondee to a marquee venture capital fund during a busy time. The secondee, who had experience juggling multiple deals, steered several transactions to closure.
Board Advisor for a PE fund:
We are in the advanced stage of partnering with a PE fund specialising in global infrastructure investments to identify a banking or policy expert with experience in advising on high-level economic and regulatory issues in the infrastructure space.
Nominee Director for the highly regulated ARC sector:
We helped a global investment firm pick a Nominee Director for an India-based Asset Reconstruction Company. The shortlist comprised professionals who were all equipped to navigate the complexities of the ARC sector.
Independent Director for an REIT:
In the face of a listing-related deadline, we partnered with a Real Estate Investment Trust backed by a leading alternative asset manager and a premium developer to identify an Independent Director who had fundraising expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Nominee Director for a PortCo facing liquidity crunch:
We helped our client, an independent wealth management firm, appoint a Nominee Director for an NBFC in transition. The successful candidate had more than two decades of experience in stressed asset management and corporate governance.
HR generalist for PortCos:
In a previous role, a team member assisted a leading VC firm with recruiting an HR generalist to work with early-stage PortCos. She identified a candidate who was hands-on and all-in, as adept at setting up payroll systems as owning key hiring mandates.
Lee Ignatius
Lee is the Co-Founder and a Partner at Vahura. He heads the Private Practice and Funds Search Practice Group at Vahura.
Akanksha Antil
Akanksha Antil is a senior member of Vahura’s Private Practice and Funds group, where she leads the Delhi NCR office. Her core focus lies in partner-level recruitment, practice acquisitions, and law firm mergers. She also works closely with private…
Sneha Oommen
As Vice President of the Private Practice and Funds Group, Sneha recruits for mid to senior-level positions for law firms and investment funds.
Nandini Ghosh
Nandini is a Managing Consultant with the Private Practice and Funds Group, where she works closely with law firms and funds on mid to senior level positions in the USA and other jurisdictions
