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Daversa Partners
Daversa Partners was named in 3 of the 9 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 169 of the 705 AI responses sampled across those questions (24.0%).
Daversa Partners is strongest on “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, where it was named in 79 of 235 responses (33.6%), placing it in tier 1 of that report.
What Daversa Partners is surfaced for in executive search firms
Based on the measured answers, Daversa Partners is most likely to be surfaced when buyers ask about “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?” and “What are the best executive search firms?”.
How the answers describe the firmServes venture-backed and growth-stage technology companies, particularly when building executive teams during rapid scaling.
In this sample, Daversa Partners was named on 3 of the 8 executive search firms ranking questions measured. These are the buyer questions where it appeared most often:
- Executive search startups — named in 79 of 235 responses (33.6%), tier 1.
- Executive search by role — named in 61 of 235 responses (26.0%), tier 5.
- Executive search firms — named in 29 of 235 responses (12.3%), tier 6.
This describes when the firm is surfaced, not whether it is the right firm to hire. The sample measures recommendation visibility, not client outcomes.
Every question in executive search firms
Daversa Partners was named on 3 of these 8 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.
Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 8 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 8 · Heidrick & Struggles tops 1 of 8 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 8 · Riviera Partners tops 1 of 8 · Russell Reynolds Associates tops 1 of 8. See all reports.
Where Daversa Partners was named
| Question | Tier | Responses | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which search firms work with venture-backed startups? | 1 | 79 of 235 | 33.6% | |
| Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for? | 5 | 61 of 235 | 26.0% | |
| What are the best executive search firms? | 6 | 29 of 235 | 12.3% |
What Daversa Partners gets named for
Across the 9 executive search firms questions measured, Daversa Partners is named most often on “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?” — it appears in 79 of the 235 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 33.6% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, where it appears in 61 of 235 responses (26.0%).
Daversa Partners clears the reporting threshold on 3 of the 9 questions. The spread matters as much as the peak: a firm named across several different questions is one an assistant reaches for generally, where a firm named on one is attached to a single specialism.
What Daversa Partners’s tier placings mean
On “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, Daversa Partners sits in tier 1 of 3, named in 79 of 235 responses (33.6%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 235 responses, the gap between Daversa Partners and the most-named firm in that sample is inside the margin of error, so the two cannot be told apart. Daversa Partners shares tier 1 with Riviera Partners, True and Dave Partners, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary. 6 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Daversa Partners from them.
On “Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?”, Daversa Partners sits in tier 5 of 6, named in 61 of 235 responses (26.0%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 90.2% of responses against Daversa Partners’s 26.0%. It shares tier 5 with True, which the sample cannot separate from it. 3 further firms were named on this question but fell into lower tiers, meaning the sample did separate Daversa Partners from them.
On “What are the best executive search firms?”, Daversa Partners sits in tier 6 of 6, named in 29 of 235 responses (12.3%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 99.1% of responses against Daversa Partners’s 12.3%. It shares tier 6 with Caldwell, which the sample cannot separate from it.
Firms named alongside Daversa Partners
When ChatGPT names Daversa Partners, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: True (3 shared questions), Egon Zehnder (2 shared questions), Heidrick & Struggles (2 shared questions), JM Search (2 shared questions), Korn Ferry (2 shared questions), ON Partners (2 shared questions), Riviera Partners (2 shared questions) and Russell Reynolds Associates (2 shared questions).
That overlap is the closest thing this data holds to a shortlist: these are the firms a buyer asking the same questions is most likely to see beside Daversa Partners. It says nothing about which of them is the better fit.
True · Egon Zehnder · Heidrick & Struggles · JM Search · Korn Ferry · ON Partners · Riviera Partners · Russell Reynolds Associates
What this page is, and is not
- It is a count of how often AI assistants named Daversa Partners when asked buyer questions about executive search firms. Nothing here is a review, a rating, or an assessment of the firm’s work.
- Daversa Partners did not submit this listing, was not contacted about it, and cannot pay to change it, move up, or be removed.
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