Which executive roles does Veil6 search for?

CTO, CPO, CRO, COO, CFO, VP of Engineering, VP of Sales, Head of Growth and fractional leaders for VC-backed companies.

Are executive searches confidential?

Yes. Searches can be run fully confidential, including replacing a sitting executive.

How are executive searches priced?

Executive searches are retained. Fees and terms are agreed in writing before the search begins. Candidates never pay.

Veil6 · Executive searchConfidential · Retained

The leaders your board expects.

After a round, the first question from investors is who will lead. V6 runs confidential, retained searches for the CTO, CPO, CRO, COO, CFO and VP seats your plan depends on, built around your board, your stage and what the money is meant to fund.

Open a confidential search →How a mandate runs

Leadership table · Mandate openedSeed → growth

§ 01

The mandate

Every executive search starts as a written mandate: the seat, who it reports to, what the board expects in year one, and how quietly it has to run.

Example mandate

Seat: Chief Technology Officer
Reports to: CEO and board
Stage: Series A, preparing the next raise
Year one: Scale the team, own the architecture, stand up in diligence
Search: Retained, fully confidential

Signed off by the founder

01Board-ready shortlistsA short list of vetted leaders, each with a written case for why they fit.
02Confidential by defaultRun without the market knowing, including replacing a sitting executive.
03Comp benchmarkingCash, equity and title calibrated to your stage before anyone is approached.
04Offer strategyReferences, negotiation and close, so the right leader actually signs.

§ 02

The register

The seats we search, who they answer to, and what each one is hired to change.

No.	Seat	Year-one mandate	Reports to	Typical stage
01	Chief Technology Officer	Scale engineering, own the architecture, stand up in diligence	CEO, board	Series A–C
02	Chief Product Officer	Turn the vision into a roadmap the company can ship	CEO	Series B+
03	Chief Revenue Officer	Turn founder-led sales into a forecastable machine	CEO, board	Series A–C
04	Chief Operating Officer	Run the company so the founder can lead it	CEO	Series B+
05	Chief Financial Officer	Own the model, the board pack and the next raise	CEO, audit committee	Series B+
06	VP of Engineering	Turn a handful of engineers into a team that ships	CTO	Series A+
07	VP of Sales	Build the first enterprise team and hit the number	CRO or CEO	Series A+
08	Fractional leaders	Cover the seat for a season while the stage settles	CEO	Seed+

§ 03

How a mandate runs

Four steps, agreed in writing before the search begins. You hear back within 1–2 business days of reaching out.

Brief

The seat, the board's expectations, the comp band and the first-year plan.

Map

A confidential map of the leaders who have done this job at this stage.

III

Shortlist

A board-ready short list, each candidate with a written case.

Close

References, comp and offer strategy until the right leader signs.

§ 04

Terms

Default

Retained

A dedicated search, run end to end by people who have worked beside the seat.

On request

Confidential

Quiet searches, NDAs on request, and no public postings.

Always

Candidates never pay

Fees are paid by the hiring company only, agreed in writing before the search begins.

§ 05 · Open a searchReply in 1–2 business days

Who leads next?

Tell us the seat and the bar. V6 replies personally with how we would run the mandate. Prefer email? [email protected].

IV6 replies within 1–2 business days.
IIA short call to scope the seat and the board's bar.
IIIA written mandate and terms before anyone is approached.

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