Built by former in-house talent leaders.
Trusted by the world’s most ambitious founders to deliver critical early-stage hires.
Pre Seed
Searchable
Energy Tech
Series A
9Fin
Logistics Tech
73% of submitted candidates convert to first-stage interviews.
Natasha Jones
Founder at Metris Energy
"We found Aura through a VC recommendation and we'd definitely recommend them to others. What gave them the edge was their in-house experience - they've lived what it's like inside a fast-growing startup, which meant they really understood our needs and could tailor candidates accordingly. The candidates they sent were high calibre and they moved quickly to help us make the hire in around 6 weeks. Since then they've helped hire a few great people into our Data and Engineering teams."
Natasha Jones
Founder at Metris Energy
Chris Donnelly
Founder at Searchable
"Aura’s understanding of how to build high-calibre, early-stage teams is unparalleled. They know the startup ecosystem inside out and move with the speed you expect from the best startup operators. We needed two world-class founding hires - Senior Engineer and a Product Lead - and Aura delivered outstanding candidates within weeks."
Chris Donnelly
Founder at Searchable
Alice
Talent Director at 9Fin
"Aura have been an instrumental partner to us as we go through a period of hyper-scale. They’ve hired some of our most challenging roles across AI and Engineering and it’s been great to partner with two people who, through their own experience, deeply understand the challenges a scale-up goes through when hiring. Over the past few months, they’ve delivered 9 hires for us - we value the partnership highly and look forward to working with them as we grow beyond our Series C raise."
Alice
Talent Director at 9Fin
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Protect the talent bar
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The most dangerous
hire isn’t the bad one.
It’s the adequate one.
Adequate hires look fine on paper, but cost you in ways you don’t see.
Slower delivery. Lower standards. Harder future hiring.
Exceptional isn’t a CV. It’s how someone operates in your environment.
That’s why defining exceptional upfront matters.
It’s not about speed to hire. It’s speed to alignment, speed to market, and most importantly, speed to your version of exceptional.
Aura combines the judgement of an in-house talent leader with the execution of a focused technical search partner. We move quickly, but focus on the right outcome – fewer CVs, stronger shortlists and hires that move the company forward.
Calibrating the right hire
Exceptional is contextual. We align on what exceptional means in your environment before the search begins – not just technical depth, but ownership, judgement and impact. In areas like AI, this varies by stage and application – making upfront calibration critical.
Expert evaluation
We assess how people think, operate and make decisions – not just how they present –
so you’re making decisions based on meaningful indicators, not interview
performance.
Precision search
The strongest candidates aren’t actively looking. We identify and engage them through targeted search and deep market mapping – prioritising relevance over volume, quality over coverage.
How companies partner with aura
Hiring needs change as companies scale. Aura offers flexible ways to partner
depending on your stage, team and hiring goals.
Contingent search
Success-based search focused on high-signal pipelines and high-quality shortlists, with best practice advisory.
Retained search
Structured search with guaranteed hiring, fixed timelines and strategic advisory throughout.
Strategic scaling
Embedded partnership supporting hiring strategy, process, organisational design and onboarding.
We partner with companies who treat hiring as a core part of how they build and scale.
How aura hires exceptional talent
Understand
Clarify what exceptional looks like for this company, stage and role.
Assess
In-depth screening designed to identify the strongest signal candidates.
Find
Precision search across targeted talent pools, with high-conversion shortlists and support through to offer.
Understand
Clarify what exceptional looks like for this company, stage and role.
Assess
In-depth screening designed to identify the strongest signal candidates.
Find
Targeted search that delivers shortlists capable of raising the bar.
Exceptional talent has an aura
