Avenue

Thesis

AI is draining the moats that protected companies for years. Advantages that took a long time to build now last a sprint.

People are the moat AI can't drain. Judgment to know which problem matters, taste to know what's good or bad, trust that lets a team move fast—that's what we're betting on. When everything else is cheap, the scarcest advantage is getting the right person in the right seat.

We built Avenue because that advantage deserves more than job boards and algorithms.

Team

We come from tech ourselves (engineering, venture capital, product) and met as founding employees of a recruiting startup. After scaling the platform to two thousand hires and thousands of recruiters, we left to build the recruiting firm we wished had existed.

Approach

Every action we take runs through a platform we built ourselves.

For clients:

  • We take very few clients and go deep on product, culture, and mission. Use us as an extension of your team, not a vendor.
  • We treat your brand with precision by holding high standards for outreach, candidate experience, and the stories we tell on your behalf.
  • We reach candidates your competitors can't. Trust us to be in the know about where talent is moving and what it takes for talent to choose you.

For candidates:

  • We have strong theses on what the best companies are, and we work only with them.
  • We help you evaluate what you're walking into, from breaking down equity and assessing culture, to understanding the honest tradeoffs most recruiters won't tell you about.
  • We don't send you to places we wouldn't work at ourselves.

We're currently at capacity and not taking new searches. To stay in touch when we're available, drop us a note here.

For candidates, our door is open whether you're actively looking or not. Send us a note here: we're happy to help you think through offers, make sense of equity, or just be a sounding board for your career.