Accelerating climate solutions through laser focused talent strategies.
Fuel your organization’s growth with our Climate Tech talent acquisition strategies including search, advisory, and intelligence services.
Talent is scarce.
Recruiting is Broken.
Talent venture can help.
What is Talent Venture?
In the same way traditional financial investors make bets on early-stage companies – sharing in both their successes and failure’s – Sea Change is placing bets on early-stage climate-focused companies using talent as our form of currency.
What we do
Identify.
Embed.
Execute.
Services
Sea Change is a talent acquisition partner with 15 years’ experience building teams from board to bench in Climate Tech and Cleantech. We provide an end-to-end set of specialized and flexible services to meet the needs of innovative companies from startup to grownup. In addition to traditional search services, we layer in advisory services and market intelligence to ensure a flexible, scalable approach to finding top talent that aligns with an organization’s long-term growth strategy. We help start-ups and investors attract top talent to fill their climate jobs.
Search
Supported, Engaged, and Executive Search (across Professional & Technical roles)
Advisory
Dynamic Strategies & Due Diligence
Interim
Our Insights, Your Advantage
Markets we serve
Climate tech since 2009
Energy
From climate tech startups to traditional energy incumbents, we’re working across the energy sector to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Mobility
The future of mobility relies on a deep understanding of consumer behavior and digitization as well as domain expertise in new modes of transportation.
Infrastructure
Building the climate solutions we need requires new infrastructure – from a smarter grid to connected communities.
Why we’re different
Talent Partners, not just recruiters
Industry Focus
Energy, Mobility, Infrastructure
Business Model
Flexible fee structure
Startup Specialists
Laser-focused on seed to series B
Horizontal Approach
Board to bench talent acquisition
Mission Driven
Climate tech since 2009
Diversity
It’s in our DNA
Proven Track Record
Sea Change has years of experience partnering with innovators, investors, and corporations to accelerate their access to top talent and fill their most pressing climate tech jobs.
Founded in 2009
Diversity-Owned and Led
Years of Combined Vertical & Functional Expertise
Portfolio Companies
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Global Reach
North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia.
We can help you
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Technology and capital alone won’t solve the world’s climate crisis. Join our ecosystem of talented, diverse and mission-driven people to drive a sea change in the most challenging sectors to decarbonize.
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