Cortland Capital backs ambitious recruiters who are ready to step out on their own, and we remove every structural barrier that would otherwise stop them.
Built to back you.
Everything except the firm is already yours.
You already bill at the top of the market, winning retainers, running assignments and holding your own client relationships.
What you can't easily do alone is build:
The infrastructure
The brand
The network
The playbooks for growth
Most recruiters lose two years to building this.
We hand it to you on day one, and we stay in it with you, as active operators rather than passive backers.
The business you built to set yourself free becomes the job you can never leave.
Break through, and a second test arrives.
Keeping it.
Building a business and building wealth from one are different skills. Most people arrive at the second without ever having been taught it.
We do both, so the business runs without you and the capital works for your family.
The strategy
Billing excellence.
You are getting into business with three entrepreneurs, not a fund.
The full arc covered: how to win at the top of executive search, how to scale a firm, and how to keep the wealth that follows.
Billy Stephenson
A leading retained headhunter in senior finance and professional services.
Mark Kashinskiy
Serial entrepreneur with a proven track record of scaling businesses past £10M+
Andy Sams
Award-winning adviser to ultra-high-net-worth clients.
What you get
A codified sales playbook
Retained search methodology, business development, objection handling and assignment management.
Senior advisory access
Access to three founders with deep expertise in executive search, scaling businesses internationally, and ultra-high-net-worth wealth management.
Full operational infrastructure
Company setup, legal, banking, bookkeeping, office space, brand identity, website.
A technology edge
AI-powered market intelligence, business development tools, reporting, candidate management.
International expansion support
US/UK market entry, entity setup, immigration, benefits guidance
In-house wealth advisory
Helping you manage and compound what you earn.