Fractional Executive Search

An operator in every portfolio company.

Funds compete on what they bring beyond the cheque. A collective of vetted operators gives you someone to call, company by company.

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The situation

What investors ask us for

Israeli investors usually bring us one of these:

01

A portfolio company has no CFO or head of sales

A partner is spending their own time on it, and the search will take a quarter.

02

Diligence needs an operator

An operator who has run a company like it and can judge whether the plan holds.

03

The board needs an independent voice

A board made of fund seats and founders does not check itself.

04

The plan needs an owner

The plan exists. Nobody is yet answerable for delivering it.

Investment firms receive an operator from our collective of 800+, matched to the company, embedded within weeks and reporting back to the firm along the way.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
  • Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
  • Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
  • Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
  • Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you

Not for

  • Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
  • A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
  • Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
  • A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
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Operating leadership your portfolio can draw on.

Why Fractional Tel Aviv

Operators for funds

Funds get an operator matched to one portfolio company at a time, with our governance around each.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Reviews the fund can see

Our reviews run for the whole engagement, and the fund sees them.

One collective, many companies

When another portfolio company needs help, the same collective of 800+ can be briefed.

Briefs on file

If an operator moves on, the brief for that company is already written and the next search starts from it.

Respectful of founders

Founders accept an operator who respects what they built, and we weigh that in the match.

How it works

The partnership model

One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.

01

Establish the standing relationship

We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.

02

You introduce us when needed

When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.

03

The right operator, fast

Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.

04

Visibility without burden

Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.

Who we support

Support by investor type

Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.

Investor type
Common need
Investor typeVC fund
Common needFounder support, CFO readiness, go-to-market help
Investor typeFamily office
Common needProfessionalisation without cultural disruption
Investor typeGrowth investor
Common needScale-up systems and leadership depth
Investor typePE fund
Common needValue creation and 100-day execution
Investor typeStrategic investor
Common needLocal operating leadership and market entry
Fractional executive search

The operators we embed in your portfolio companies

Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.

Proven leadership

Our executives have worked across

BlackRock
Goldman Sachs
Morgan Stanley
JPMorgan
Franklin Templeton
Fidelity
Schroders
Amundi
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

Either. A fund can brief us on behalf of a company, or introduce us and step back.

Yes, using operators who have run companies like the ones you back. That is a different view from an analyst's.

A brief becomes an embedded executive in two to three weeks. If a portfolio company is in trouble, flag it and we will tell you honestly what timing we can manage.

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Give your portfolio companies operators you can refer with confidence.

We match vetted fractional executives to your investees and manage the engagement end to end, so you add operational value while staying in your governance role.

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