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Daversa Partners

Daversa Partners was named in 2 of the 7 executive search firms questions measured by The Shortlist Report, appearing in 24 of the 110 AI responses sampled across those questions (21.8%).

As described in the answersServes venture-backed and growth-stage technology companies, particularly when building executive teams during rapid scaling.

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2 / 7Questions named in
24Responses naming it
22%Of 110 sampled
1Best tier reached

Daversa Partners is strongest on Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?, where it was named in 12 of 55 responses (21.8%), placing it in tier 3 of that report.

Every question in executive search firms

Daversa Partners was named on 2 of these 7 ranking questions. The rest are questions buyers ask that it did not come up for — with whoever did.

Leader is the most-named firm on that question. The last column shows where Daversa Partners placed, or a dash where it was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold. Every row links to the full report.
QuestionLeaderDaversa Partners
What are the best executive search firms?55 answersEgon Zehnder100%
Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?55 answersKorn Ferry86%22% · tier 3
Which search firms know our industry?55 answersSpencer Stuart98%
Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?55 answersDave Partners27%22% · tier 1
Who runs board and chief executive searches?55 answersSpencer Stuart84%
Which search firms deliver genuinely diverse candidate slates?55 answersHeidrick55%
Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?55 answersSpencer Stuart69%

Who leads executive search firms overall: Spencer Stuart tops 3 of 7 · Dave Partners tops 1 of 7 · Egon Zehnder tops 1 of 7 · Heidrick tops 1 of 7 · Korn Ferry tops 1 of 7. See all reports.

Where Daversa Partners was named

One row per report in which Daversa Partners cleared the reporting threshold. Reports where it was not named often enough to clear that threshold are not listed. Each report states its own sample size and collection window.
QuestionTierResponsesShare
Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?312 of 5521.8%
Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?112 of 5521.8%

What Daversa Partners gets named for

Across the 7 executive search firms questions measured, Daversa Partners is named most often on Which firms specialise in the role we are hiring for? — it appears in 12 of the 55 ChatGPT responses to that question, or 21.8% of them. Its next strongest question is “Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?”, where it appears in 12 of 55 responses (21.8%).

Daversa Partners clears the reporting threshold on 2 of the 7 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 firms specialise in the role we are hiring for?, Daversa Partners sits in tier 3 of 3, named in 12 of 55 responses (21.8%). That places it below the leading group on this question, where the top firm was named in 85.5% of responses against Daversa Partners’s 21.8%. It shares tier 3 with True, CFO Search, Odgers Berndtson and Bespoke Partners, which the sample cannot separate from it.

On Which search firms work with venture-backed startups?, Daversa Partners sits in tier 1 of 1, named in 12 of 55 responses (21.8%). Tier 1 does not mean it was ranked first. It means that at 55 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 Dave Partners, Recruits Lab, True, Riviera Partners, Shields Group Search, OneWay Recruiting, Heidrick & Struggles, Spencer Stuart and Calqulate, and the order they are listed in is arbitrary.

Where Daversa Partners does not appear

Daversa Partners was not named often enough to clear the reporting threshold on 79 of the 7 questions: “What are the best executive search firms?”, “Which search firms know our industry?”, “Who runs board and chief executive searches?”, “Which search firms deliver genuinely diverse candidate slates?”, “Our executive search is not working. Who can take over?”, “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies?”, “What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop live selling?”, “Which agencies specialize in TikTok Shop affiliate and creator programs?”, “Which agencies run TikTok Shop paid media and GMV Max campaigns?”, “What are the best agencies for TikTok Shop creator sourcing and management?”, “Who can help me set up and manage a TikTok Shop for my brand?”, “What are the best US-based TikTok Shop agencies?”, “What are the best TikTok Shop agencies for a small brand with a limited budget?”, “Which TikTok Shop agencies work with enterprise consumer packaged goods brands?”, “We are a DTC beauty brand launching on TikTok Shop. Which agency should we work with?”, “Which agencies work with supplement, apparel, food and home goods brands on TikTok Shop?”, “Our TikTok Shop sales stalled after a strong first month. Who can we hire to fix it?”, “How much does a TikTok Shop agency cost?”, “What are the best Amazon agencies?”, “Who can manage our entire Amazon business for us?”, “Which agencies are best at Amazon PPC management?”, “Which agencies do Amazon listing optimization?”, “Which agencies help brands launch on Amazon for the first time?”, “Which Amazon agencies work with large consumer brands?”, “Which Amazon agencies work with small sellers?”, “Our Amazon account was suspended. Who can help reinstate it?”, “How much does an Amazon agency cost?”, “Which Amazon agencies specialise in my category?”, “Who can expand our Amazon business into other countries?”, “Who handles Amazon logistics, reimbursements and vendor claims?”, “Our Amazon agency is not working out. Who should we move to?”, “What are the best managed IT service providers?”, “What is the best IT company for a small business?”, “Which managed service providers are strongest on cybersecurity?”, “Which providers offer co-managed IT alongside an in-house team?”, “Which managed IT providers specialize in regulated and compliance-heavy industries?”, “Which MSPs can support offices in multiple states?”, “Which managed service providers are strongest with Microsoft 365 and Azure?”, “Which companies provide outsourced IT help desk support?”, “Our current IT provider is unresponsive. Who should we switch to?”, “Who are the best IT outsourcing firms for mid-market and enterprise companies?”, “How much does a managed service provider cost per user?”, “Who handles backup, disaster recovery and ransomware response?”, “Who manages business networks, firewalls and phone systems?”, “Who provides IT leadership rather than just IT support?”, “Who are the best managed IT providers in my city?”, “Which Salesforce partners work with small businesses?”, “Which Salesforce partners specialize in particular industries?”, “Who can migrate us from another CRM to Salesforce?”, “Which partners integrate Salesforce with other systems?”, “Which firms provide ongoing Salesforce managed services?”, “Our Salesforce implementation failed. Who can fix it?”, “How much does a Salesforce implementation cost?”, “Which partners implement Salesforce Marketing Cloud?”, “Who implements Salesforce Service Cloud and support operations?”, “Who builds Salesforce reporting, dashboards and data governance?”, “Who improves Salesforce adoption and trains users?”, “What are the best NetSuite implementation partners?”, “Who helps choose between ERP systems?”, “Who migrates a company off QuickBooks onto a real ERP?”, “Which partners implement ERP for inventory-heavy businesses?”, “Who builds ERP integrations and customisations?”, “Who supports an ERP after go-live?”, “Our ERP project failed. Who can rescue it?”, “Which ERP partners fit our company size?”, “How much does a NetSuite implementation cost?”, “What are the best fractional CFO firms?”, “Which fractional CFO firms work with venture-backed startups?”, “What is the best outsourced accounting firm for a small business?”, “Which fractional CFOs help prepare a company for fundraising?”, “Which outsourced accounting firms specialize in particular industries?”, “Which firms provide outsourced controller services?”, “Who can implement NetSuite or a real ERP for a growing company?”, “Our books are a mess and we have an audit coming. Who can help?”, “How much does a fractional CFO cost per month?”, “Which outsourced firms handle business tax and compliance?”, “Who manages cap tables, equity administration and 409A valuations?”, “Who builds budgets, forecasts and board reporting?” and “Who provides interim finance leadership at short notice?”.

An absence here is a fact about visibility, not about capability. It means that when buyers put that question to ChatGPT during the sampling window, Daversa Partners was not among the firms it reached for — which is worth knowing if that question describes the work you are hiring for, and worth nothing as a judgement of how well the firm does that work.

Firms named alongside Daversa Partners

When ChatGPT names Daversa Partners, these firms most often turn up on the same questions: Heidrick & Struggles (2 shared questions), Spencer Stuart (2 shared questions) and True (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.

Heidrick & Struggles · Spencer Stuart · True

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