Talent Caddies

The best teams
aren't built alone

Search partners who know the course.
Backed by operators who've played it.

Build your team
What we do

Hiring a leader or scaling your team? We'll drive both.

Who we serve. VC and PE-backed companies, seed to scale. Investment firms and the platforms behind them.

  1. Leadership search

    The single hire that changes the company.

  2. Team builds

    The key hires around your leaders. One role or several.

  3. Advisory

    Compensation, market and talent insight before you commit to a search.

Roles we recruit

From the corner office to the people who make it run.

  1. Leadership

    CEO / President, C-Suite, General Manager

  2. Go-to-Market

    Sales, Revenue, Marketing, Customer Success

  3. Finance

    M&A, FP&A, Controller, Tax & Audit, Fund Accounting

  4. Operations

    Chief of Staff, Business Operations, Investment Operations, Analytics, People

How we work

Four things, done properly.

  1. 01

    We listen first

    Every search starts with a deep understanding of your company, your culture, and the specific problem this hire solves. We don't start sourcing until we know exactly who we're looking for and why.

  2. 02

    We go where the talent is

    The best candidates aren't applying anywhere. We use proactive sourcing, a curated network, and deep market research to find people who wouldn't surface through traditional channels.

  3. 03

    We present with conviction

    No resume dumps. No spray-and-pray. You'll see a small, focused slate of candidates we've personally vetted and believe in. We tell you why each one matters.

  4. 04

    We close with care

    The offer stage is where good searches fall apart. We manage expectations on both sides, handle negotiations transparently, and make sure the hire actually lands.

The Clubhouse

Operators we trust. Perspectives we value.

We maintain a network of senior operators across the functions we recruit. They keep us close to the market, refine our view of what great looks like, and help us reach people we wouldn't find on our own. You're not just working with a few recruiters. You're working with the relationships behind them.

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The engagement

Most critical hires get pushed into two models. Retained, with a heavy upfront commitment. Or contingency, with no real alignment. We sit in the middle.

An upfront engagement fee, credited against the placement fee. Mutual commitment from day one. No competing mandates. No divided attention. No noise.

Just the rigor of retained search, without the drag. And the urgency of contingency, without the chaos.

In their words

What clients say.

“We have worked with several recruiters, and Talent Caddies has been outstanding, quick to source candidates, highly communicative, and helpful in pushing us to expand our thinking. Candidates also consistently spoke highly of their experience.”

Jeff Stade

CEO & Co-Founder, Jawnt

“My experience as a candidate was so strong that Talent Caddies was the first call I made once I had roles of my own to fill. I knew they would represent me well in the market and show up the right way for candidates. And they did.”

Genny Velazquez

Senior VP, Global Partnerships, ASU+GSV

“Talent Caddies helped me land a great opportunity, so when it came time to build my own team they were the obvious choice. They quickly understood exactly how I operate and what I was looking for, and moved fast to help me make three key hires.”

Michel Bardawil Abbud

VP, Head of Supply, BizScout

“Talent Caddies helped us get a clear view of the market. Compensation, talent quality, and what actually motivates candidates to make a move. They brought forward a strong slate of candidates and moved faster than we expected. We'd absolutely partner with them again.”

Chris Bordeaux

Managing Partner, LFG Ventures

“When I need a partner to think strategically about my next hire or tackle a high-priority search, I turn to Talent Caddies. Their network runs deep, their read on the market is sharp, and they move quickly and thoughtfully when I need support.”

Kevin Owens

Audit Partner, Wipfli

Your caddies

The people you work with.

Brian Matsukado

Brian Matsukado

Founding Partner

Brian has spent 20 years building recruiting firms on three continents. He knows what it takes to scale a company, because he has done it more than once.

He grew an agency from startup to $8M in EBITDA and opened its offices in Tokyo and Singapore. At Hunt Club, he led executive searches for VC and PE-backed companies, and met Scott.

In 2023 they co-founded Talent Caddies. Brian leads new client relationships and the commercial side of the firm, so the partner who scopes your search and sets the terms is the one who stays on it.

Clients get a search partner who has hired, built and led teams himself, and who stays accountable to the outcome.

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Scott Feldman

Scott Feldman

Founding Partner

Scott came up learning how institutions work, then built a company from scratch. Both shape how he runs a search.

At Guggenheim Partners, he spent nearly a decade running a global relationship management program. At Hunt Club, he ran full-cycle searches for VC and PE-backed companies, and met Brian.

In 2023 they co-founded Talent Caddies, and Scott has done every job in it since: sales, finance, marketing, and the firm's own CRM and AI systems, which he built himself.

Clients get a search partner who understands the business behind the hire, because he's building one too.

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