928venturesSearch that knows the role
From security leaders and platform engineers to heads of sales and marketing — hands-on search for the hires you can't afford to get wrong.
Handpicked talent for high-growth tech and security startups.
Research-first, tailored, and candid — not high-volume.
Why 928ventures
We've sat in the hiring seat — not just sold against it.
In-house first
Years as an internal recruiter inside fast-scaling teams. We hire the way a strong in-house leader does, not the way an agency churns reqs.
A specialty, not a ceiling
Deepest in security and engineering — but we've hired across the org chart, from platform engineers to heads of sales and marketing. Specialist focus, full-stack range.
Built to not scale
Most recruiting wins by doing more, faster. This wins by doing less, closer — a few roles at a time, each one fully owned from first outreach to signed offer.
Build the hiring machine
We stand up the process itself — objective interview structures, scorecards, and interviewer training — so hiring is fair, repeatable, and doesn't start from zero each time.
Approach
How a search actually runs.
01
Research first
Before a single message goes out, we learn your stack, your threat model, and what "great" actually looks like for this role.
02
Outreach, tailored
Every candidate gets a message written for them — why this team, why now, why them. The good ones reply because it's clearly not a blast.
03
Candor throughout
Straight talk with founders and candidates both. If a role's a stretch or a fit's wrong, you hear it from us early — not after the offer.
About
Benjamin Martin, Founder
928ventures is a founder-led talent practice for high-growth tech and cybersecurity startups. We started it after years as internal recruiters inside fast-scaling teams — so we know what a strong hire actually does for an org, and what a bad one costs.
That inside experience shapes everything: research before the first message, outreach written for each person, and candor with founders and candidates alike. The result is fit and retention — people who stay — not volume.
— Founder & Principal Talent Partner
What people say
“Ben cares about being good at his craft and carries that drive to be successful.”
Brian Jacobson · VP of Talent, Halcyon
Get in touch
Hiring now, or building for what's next?
Tell us the roles you're chasing and where the team is headed. We'll take it from there.
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