“

Jake and JVV co-scaled Dave Inc. from Seed to IPO and quarterbacked nearly 100 hires. They continue to be great friends and long-term supporters of Dave as investors and advisors.”

Jason Wilk | EY Entrepreneur of the Year

CEO

Dave Inc.

“

Partnered with Jake and JVV for many years across multiple startups. They recently scaled my founding engineering team from scratch at Additive.ai & are hyper responsive to our needs.”

Dwight Crow

Founder

Additive.ai

“

I've worked with Dan and JVV previously at Snap. They have recently placed a few high profile executives for Fanatics Live.”

Nick Bell

CEO

Fanatics Live

“

V3 was critical in hiring our executive team from Seed to Series B, as well as placed our software and go-to-market roles. V3 came on as an investor and we've partnered on many projects in and outside of Fireside.ai. Their network & access to talent, advisors, and VC is unmatched.”

Falon Fatemi | Forbes Under 40 | YPO

Founder, CEO

Fireside Chat

“

Investors and hands-on talent advisors. They’ve done well on tough Software and ML searches. I’ve given many external references for V3 over the years.”

John Honchariw

Founder & CEO

Companion Professional

“

Great partners at Headspace. V3 embedded a few team members to partner on 10+ SWE headcount during our hyper-growth phase. JVV and I stay in close contact on all things talent and HR.”

Caroline Escalante

VP of People Operations

Headspace

“

JVV is the best closer I’ve worked with — and V3 is the only recruiting firm I recommend!”

Sebastian Gil

CEO

Sidechat

“

I’ve partnered with JVV and V3 for over 7 years while at Index. There my go to talent referral and founders always share good freedback on their experience with the V3 team.”

Damir Becirovic

Partner

Index Ventures

“

V3 is one of the engineering recruiters in tech, and we've worked with many. They move fast, filter perfectly, and find great candidates. Highly recommend!”

Adam Guild | Thiel Fellow

CEO, Founder

Owner

“

Hands down the best firm I’ve ever worked with. V3 understands the “bar” better than anyone.”

Bijan Moallemi

Co-Founder CEO

Mosaic

“

V3 scaled Saturn from 20 to 50 employees — software engineering, product, and executive searches. Jake and JVV are active investors and close friends.”

Dylan Diamond | Theil Fellow | Forbes Under 30

Co-Founder, CEO

Saturn

“

V3 consistently places high-impact execs for Index Ventures portfolio companies!”

Erik Kriessman

Partner

Index Ventures

“

I’ve worked with Jake and V3 for many years on high-priority technical searches. They have a seasoned recruiting team, and we’ve built a lot of trust working together.”

Joe Aranda

VP Operations

Eight Sleep

“

V3 is my go-to for talent. Partnered with JVV when he led talent at Snap and at my most recent two startups, Verishop and Heygen.”

Rong Yan

CTO

HeyGen

“

JVV always hits his numbers. We hired 1,500 SWEs over 4 years at Snap together. Since then, we've worked on many projects together post Snap.”

Tim Sehn

SVP Software Engineering

Snap

“

We recently deepened our partnership with V3. JVV and his team are hyper-responsive and deliver fast, especially for AI talent.”

Joshua Rosenberg

CEO

Clara Labs

“

The gold standard for Silicon Valley recruiting!”

Lauren Ipsen

Talent Partner

Decibel

“

Long-time friends and invaluable recruiting partners to The GP.”

Dan Portillo

Co-Founder

The General Partnership

“

V3 has been a great partner to Kleiner’s portfolio companies. I consistently hear positive feedback from founders and execs they place.”

Danny Michell

Director, Technical Talent

Kleiner Perkins

“

V3 delivered for us quickly after coming off a bad experiences with other firms. Their AI/ML network is strong.”

Mahmoud Felfel

Co-Founder & CEO

Play

“

V3 placed two directors with us quickly — I’ve referred them to anyone needing exec talent!”

Nick Fajt

CEO & Co-Founder

RecRoom

“

Best partners for SWE searches in NYC. I’ve worked with V3 across two startups and shared advisory roles with JVV at other companies.”

Nick Rellas

Founder, CEO

Greater Industries

“

As a close mentor and advisor to V3, I've lead several behavioral science development courses for their team. Their domain knowledge, technical expertise, and client management skills are the best I’ve seen. I refer V3 a lot of business.”

Jason Halbert

VP People

Snap

“

I've been a client of V3 since 2019 and am a big champion of their business!”

Mikael Cho

Co-Founder/CEO

Unsplash

“

Partnered with JVV and V3 for many years. They hired our core exec team and high-impact software engineers.”

Maneet Khaira | Forbes Under 30

Founder, CEO

Backbone

“

I needed top-tier engineers. V3 delivered. We got acquired. 🎤”

Dhruv Sringari

Co-founder & CTO

Smartpass

“

V3 Ventures has supported every financing round and all things talent at Dray Alliance. We white-labeled their recruiting team for our critical hiring needs.”

Steve Wen | Forbes Under 30

Founder, CEO

Dray Alliance

“

Referred by a trusted friend, I called JVV in an emergency. Their team filled a critical role in under 24 hours.”

Vikrant Duggal

CEO & Founder

Attendly

“

V3 takes the time to deeply understand our needs and invests in a true partnership. Best firm, hands down.”

Juliette Somma

Head of Ops

Additive

“

V3 guided us through offer negotiations and provided a healthy range of in-network talent for us to interview.”

Paul Mestemaker

CTO

Eluve.ai

“

Love working with V3. They’ve helped Backbone beyond just talent — their immediate network is powerful.”

Sydney Newton

Co-founder, COO

Backbone

“

Worked with JVV for years. V3 invested in my startup which got acquired by Coinbase. We remain close parnters at Fanatics Live.”

Wisam Dakka

CTO

Fanatics Live

“

Worked with V3 at both Rockset and Charta Health. I appreciate the seniority of their recruiting team and the quality of talent they bring.”

Scott Morris

Co-founder, CTO

Charta Health

“

Great partners and talent advisors to Boost and our portfolio companies. We've built a strong web 3 alliance between our firms!”

Brayton William

Partner

Boost VC

“

Jake and V3 don’t give up on searches. They know early-stage better than anyone!”

Justin Liu

Co-founder & CEO

Charta Health

“

V3 made a staggering number of high-quality hires for Dave. Long-time friends and advisors.”

Paras Chitrakar

Co-Founder, CTO

Dave Inc.

“

If your mission depends on talent, this is the team to find the people who’ll change everything.”

Ryan Jaso

Co-Founder & CEO

Super Evil Genius Corp

“

Been close partners with Jamie and V3 for many years.”

Javier Vidal

Founder & CEO

Moonware

“

Hands down, the best search firm I’ve worked with.”

Spyri

Founder, CEO

Deal Ops

“

Investors and key advisors for Aomni during our seed stage.”

David Zhang

Founder, CEO

Aomni

“

I’ve partnered with V3 for 7 years. They’re long-time advisors, investors, and partners to Emerge. V3 Ventures have participated in every round and continue to support hiring.”

Isaac Castro | MIT's Innovator Under 35 2013

Co-Founder, Co-CEO

Emerge

“

As a founder and real estate investor, I’ve learned the secrets to scaling talent at my company through V3.”

Pasha Esfandiary

Founder, CEO

Evoke Capital

“

V3 immediately understood the high-slope profile we needed. They stayed closely involved and helped close great talent! Partnered with V3 over two startups now!”

Sawyer Altman

Founder

Goblins

“

They bootstrapped my entire team, came on as investors, and have been great talent partners!”

Chris Tiffin

Founder, CEO

Aisle

“

V3 is my secret recruiting weapon!”

Dick Fickling

Director of Engineering

Dave Inc.

“

We exclusively partner with V3 and can rely on them to drive high-quality top-of-funnel for Greater.”

Christopher Brauchli

Head of Engineering

Greater Industries

“

I've partnered wtih this team over 3 startups. The best in the business!”

Gus Holcomb

Head of Engineering

Please.ai

“

V3 has delivered principal hires for Heygen. I value the seniorty of their team and the access to their immediate network!”

David Steffes

Head of Talent

Heygen

“

V3 is the best at delegating recruiting so I don’t have to worry at all!”

Maxwell Holmes

Co-founder

Hytopia

“

The best talent partners out there. They genuinely care about quality and gatekeep against candidates not ready for startup life.”

Bridget Stanton

Co-founder

Aisle

“

V3 did a stellar job hiring swe's for my startup in Boulder.”

Brent Barkman

Founder, CEO

Kata

“

We were referred to V3 after a few rough experiences with a few agencies. They hired 5 AI/ML/SWE folks in around 2-3 months. Night and day difference. Highly reccomend!”

Noah Leshan

Chief of Staff

Play

“

Love working with V3 for AI searches at Clara Labs.”

Carter Wilkinson

Chief Product Officer

Clara Labs

“

Partnered closely with Jamie over many tough searches in LA. Referred by a trusted friend who used their services.”

Saunon Malekshahi

Founder & CTO

Moonware

“

JVV has been a close advisor through every fundraise and our biggest hiring needs”

Camilo Isaza

Co-founder & CEO

OptHealth

“

Partnered with V3 for years on DEI efforts — and led trainings for their team. They genuinely care about underrepresented talent and I’ve seen their impact first-hand.”

Jarvis Sam | Forbes Under 30

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

Nike

“

Partnered with V3 for 7 years and know their value and business better than anyone!”

Justin Palmer

Founder

Clara Labs

“

7 years with JVV and V3. They have hired VR, XR, AR since 2019 & continue to be great advisors and investors. I've probably given at least 40 references calls for them over the years.”

Sly Lee | Forbes Under 30

Co-Founder & Co-CEO

Emerge

“

Jason and the V3 team are the best in the talent business. No one I trust more for a no BS take on how to pursue and win.”

Andrew Rea

CEO

TaxWire

“

JVV came on as an investor after an event in Malibu. Since then, V3 has been a great advising resource and devivered high quality executive talent for us.”

Chris Collins

VP Product

OptHealth

“

V3 does a great job of telling our story and getting top talent excited for Eluve.”

Kostas Sgoutas

CFO

Eluve.ai

“

A trusted partner and advisor to all things talent!”

David Paffenholz

Founder & CEO

PeopleGPT

“

I was introduced to V3 from our VC connections. I put the gas on their team and they hired few engineers in 2 months. They have a really high quality recruiting team.”

Alex Craciun

Co-Founder & CEO

Prive

“

I've worked closely with V3 on Sofware, Product and G2M. They really do have a huge network of folks from their past jobs as internal recruiters for growing startups.”

Claudia Laurie | Forbes Under 30

Founder, Co-CEO

Prive

“

V3 filled our roles in 30 days or less. They have the network and speed to deliver.”

Samir Ghia

Co-Founder & Chief Legal Officer

OptHealth

“

V3 hired mobile, product, and exec searches for me at Raya and Funcoach.”

Jared Morgenstern

Founder

Funcoach

“

Only hired A+ talent through V3. Exceptional at software, mobile, and executive search.”

Dan Fruhman

Founder, CEO

Reclip

“

V3 placed a data execs for RSI in 2 months!”

Brian Sapp

Chief Marketing Officer

Rush Street Interactive

“

V3 handled a few tough searches for us when we were an early startup. The partners really care about finding high quality and customizing to Sapients needs.”