A bad hire in a start-up burns 6 to 9 months of runway. You don’t have time to start over. Archetype identifies Sales, Marketing and Management profiles that accelerate your growth, with 30 years of experience in the Belgian market.
The challenges of start-up recruitment
Your competitors — better-funded scale-ups, GAFAM companies with unbeatable compensation packages — are targeting exactly the same profiles as you. Every week without a Head of Sales or CMO delays your ARR and weakens your commercial roadmap. Talents capable of structuring a sales team at seed or Series A stage require a precise pitch: equity, product vision, autonomy. A generalist firm does not speak this language.
Our start-up sector expertise
Archetype does not scan CVs looking for SaaS keywords. Our consultants assess a candidate’s real ability to sell a product under development, to pivot without losing direction, to recruit their own first team. We measure resilience, agility and entrepreneurial drive — the soft skills that separate a good corporate profile from a true start-up performer. Our Human Capital approach places cultural fit above technical pedigree.
The start-up profiles we headhunt
- Head of Sales / VP Sales
- Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) / Head of Growth
- Country Manager / General Manager
- Senior Business Developer
- Sales Team Lead
A start-up presence across Belgium
Archetype operates from Brussels, at the heart of the Belgian tech ecosystem. We also cover Ghent and Leuven, two major hubs of innovation and incubators. Our network extends across Flanders and Wallonia, and we also support Belgian start-ups in their international recruitment.