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Stealth-mode founding teams.

Build your founding team before you've told the world you exist. Technical co-founders, founding engineers, and first hires — recruited quietly, quickly, under NDA.

The build

A founding team, before the world knows you exist.

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Recruit in stealth

Assemble founding engineers and leaders while your company, product, and thesis stay confidential.

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Move at founder speed

Stealth builds have no time for a slow retained process. We map and approach in parallel, fast.

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Protect the thesis

Every hire you make is a signal about what you're building. We keep that signal off the market.

Who we place for stealth teams

The first, most important hires.

The earliest hires define the company. We help stealth-mode and pre-announcement teams land them without breaking cover.

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Technical Co-Founders

Vetted technical co-founders and founding CTOs for stealth ventures.

CTO · Co-Founder · Founding Eng
02

Founding Engineers

The first engineers — generalists who can build the whole thing.

Full-stack · Infra · ML · Systems
03

First Commercial Hires

Founding go-to-market and operations leaders once you're ready to move.

Founding GTM · Ops · Product
FAQ

Questions we get asked.

Do you recruit for stealth-mode startups?
Yes. We help stealth-mode and pre-announcement companies build founding teams — technical co-founders, founding engineers, and first commercial hires — without revealing the company or its thesis.
Can you recruit without naming our company?
Yes. We run the search under NDA and reveal your identity to candidates only at the appropriate stage, protecting your cover until you're ready.
How fast can you move?
Stealth searches run map-and-approach in parallel rather than sequentially, so you're meeting vetted people in weeks, not months.
Do you help find technical co-founders?
Yes — vetted technical co-founders and founding CTOs are one of the most common stealth mandates we run.
Confidential by default

Let's talk — under NDA.

Tell us the mandate. Nothing goes public, including that we spoke.

Direct & discreet: hello@stealthrecruiter.com