--- title: "Sapphire Ventures Scales Portfolio Talent Services | Findem" description: "See how Sapphire Ventures uses Findem Portfolio Job Boards to support portfolio hiring, track talent market trends, and prioritize executive searches." url: "https://www.findem.ai/customer-stories/sapphire-ventures" --- # How Sapphire Ventures uses Findem to scale talent services for PortCos and partners ← Back to customer stories ## Findem ## | ## Sapphire Ventures 100+ portfolio companies 5+ years of hiring data ## Priorities - Scale portfolio talent support with limited internal resources - Enable self-service hiring while preserving high-touch executive support - Provide talent market insights to the investment team - Identify and prioritize executive searches ## Challenges - Portfolio talent teams have limited recruiting capacity - Hiring priorities are shifting toward strategic roles rather than high headcount - Demand is increasing for go-to-market executives and technical AI expertise - AI-savvy talent is scarce in a competitive market ## Solution - Findem Portfolio Job Boards > "We believe the job board functionality is table stakes for our firm and for the ecosystem because of its self-service component. It enables A-players who are looking for their next role from functions or levels we might not be as close to. It frees up our bandwidth so we can continue to offer white glove service." - Tiffany Chandra, VP, People and Talent, Sapphire Ventures [Sapphire Ventures](https://sapphireventures.com/) is a growth-stage venture capital firm with a portfolio of 100+ companies. Their talent team, led by [Elizabeth Arnsdorf Patterson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabetharnsdorfpatterson/) (Partner, People and Talent) and [Tiffany Chandra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiffanyschandra/) (VP, People and Talent), is a lean operation with a powerful mandate: empower founders and executives to build high-performing teams—particularly in B2B, enterprise Go-To-Market roles. To meet growing demands with limited internal resources, Sapphire partnered with Getro (now part of Findem) to scale their impact and surface the right candidates, faster. The Sapphire Ventures' Talent team is specialized and focused on 1:1 coaching for their CEOs and CxOs, and enabling their portfolio with the most meaningful support across their executive GTM Talent needs. ## AI is creating new challenges for talent teams > _“Entire organizations need to become AI savvy if they're going to survive. In order to mitigate risk for our portfolio companies, we're going to have to find ways for them to get AI savvy and to help them accelerate go-to-market hiring.” - Elizabeth_ The Sapphire team is noticing trending challenges across their portfolio: - **Smaller portfolio teams**: Portfolio-wide hiring is shifting from high headcount to strategic talent acquisition - **Resource constraints**: Talent teams inside of portcos are not growing, and they have limited capacity to recruit - **Executive focus shift**: Increased demand for go-to-market executives and technical AI expertise at the executive level - **AI talent scarcity**: Limited pool of AI-savvy talent across a competitive market As Elizabeth explained: > _"Companies are tightening their belts, driving towards profitability, forcing companies to kind of do more with less. And part of it, up to 15% [of that constriction] right now, is the impact of AI.”_ The competition for top AI talent is getting tougher, putting pressure on portfolio companies to find and retain the best talent. But, they’re doing it with fewer resources. That’s where the Sapphire Ventures team aims to come in to support their portfolio. ## Sapphire’s talent team helps expedite hiring and insights As of June 2025, Sapphire Ventures had been a Getro customer for 7 years, evolving their usage as their needs changed. Here are the three core use cases that help accelerate talent workflows from Sapphire’s perspective: ### Job board accelerates hiring - **Self-service hiring**: Automatically add and promote open roles across the portfolio - **Passive talent discovery**: Allows high-quality candidates to find opportunities without manual intervention - **Long-tail support**: Handles the long tail of junior roles that the talent team can't personally manage > _"We believe the job board functionality is table stakes for our firm and for the ecosystem because of its self-service component. It enables A-players who are looking for their next role from functions or levels we might not be as close to. It frees up our bandwidth so we can continue to offer white glove service.” - Tiffany_ ### Data-driven intelligence - **Portfolio analytics**: Tracks hiring trends, job additions/removals, and function breakdowns - **Market insights**: Provides real-time data for internal reporting and investor communications - **Historical tracking**: Maintains 5+ years of hiring data for trend analysis Using data from [Findem Portfolio Job Boards](https://www.findem.ai/products/portfolio-job-boards), Tiffany and Elizabeth maintain a talent market report for the investment team. The report compares portfolio hiring trends with broader market indicators. Using Findem Portfolio Job Boards data, the team can answer... > “Where are we hiring, what are the geographic trends, what functions are trending, how many jobs are added or removed?”. This report informs investment partners about market conditions, portfolio health, and investment recommendations. ### Executive search enhancement - **Role discovery**: Weekly review and updates from Findem Portfolio Job Boards that identify new VP/C-level positions across the portfolio - **Prioritization data**: Uses platform analytics to prioritize search efforts by company allocation and impact potential Elizabeth shares her executive search support playbook. > “On a weekly basis, we'll comb Getro to look for other head/ VP/C-level open roles. Then, we will add those to a database and prioritize them by function, by the ability for that job to move the needle, and by how much we have allocated in that company”. ## The role of venture talent teams is changing with AI In a market defined by volatility, AI disruption, and leaner teams, Sapphire’s approach illustrates how thoughtful tooling and intelligent workflows can unlock scaled talent support. Talent teams are transforming into data sources for investment teams. The most strategic talent teams [support their portfolio companies](https://www.findem.ai/solutions/vc-pe-talent) by connecting them with top AI talent, which is critical to succeeding in this new wave of innovation. > “Getro allows us do more with less, helps us support inbound referrals, and surfaces the jobs we wouldn’t catch otherwise.” - Tiffany Getro became more than a job board; it became a strategic partner for visibility, efficiency, and trust. SAPPHIRE DISCLAIMER: This article is for informational purposes only. Nothing presented within this article is intended to constitute investment advice on the behalf of Sapphire Ventures, LLC (“Sapphire”), and under no circumstances should any information provided herein be used or considered as an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy an interest in any investment fund managed by Sapphire. Information provided reflects Sapphires’ views as of a time, whereby such views are subject to change at any point, whereby Sapphire shall not be obligated to provide notice of any change. Statements made by Sapphire regarding experience & partnerships with Getro reflets Sapphire’s beliefs and opinions only, which do not reflect official statements. Sapphire has provided to compensation to Getro for use of Getro’s products and services. Due to various risks and uncertainties, actual events, results or the actual experience one may experience may differ materially from those reflected or contemplated in these statements. Nothing contained in this article may be relied upon as a guarantee or assurance as it relates to Getro’s product or services. 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