Scaling Success with Adaptor
We take a look at how Adaptor drives growth with C-Suite talent and strategic, embedded recruitment
In today’s competitive business landscape, attracting and retaining top-tier leadership is a critical driver of growth, innovation, and investor confidence. Companies must navigate the challenges of securing talented C-suite executives and building scalable teams while balancing cost-efficiency and cultural alignment. Adaptor, a pioneering embedded recruitment service, empowers businesses to overcome these hurdles by delivering tailored hiring solutions that fuel growth and enable successful exits. Their recent collaboration with FullCircl, culminating in a $135 million acquisition by nCino, highlights the transformative impact of strategic recruitment on achieving business milestones.
Investors prioritise businesses with a talented C-suite because effective leadership directly drives growth, manages risks, and ensures strong returns on investment. C-suite executives and others are critical in setting strategic goals, aligning operational and financial strategies, and adapting to market challenges. This combination of foresight and execution gives investors confidence in a company’s ability to deliver sustainable success.
However, finding talented C-suite personnel is challenging. These roles demand a rare mix of strategic vision, operational expertise, financial acumen, and leadership ability. With intense competition for proven leaders, companies face difficulties attracting top talent, especially in industries like technology or healthcare. Aligning candidates with company culture and vision further complicates the search, as a poor fit can disrupt organizational dynamics.
Evolving role expectations also play a part. Modern executives must juggle traditional responsibilities with emerging demands like sustainability, diversity, and innovation. Many companies lack robust internal pipelines for leadership, forcing them to recruit externally, which adds time, cost, and risk.
Ultimately, a skilled C-suite instils confidence in investors by demonstrating the ability to manage capital prudently, foster innovation, and navigate crises effectively. This leadership is the foundation of a company’s ability to grow and remain competitive, making it a cornerstone of investment decisions.
Scaling a tech business and getting to an exit is challenging. Equally, investing in a tech business comes with its risks; however, despite the hardships, scaling and exiting a business is a vision all investors strive for.
Adaptor is an embedded recruitment service that helps tech businesses on their journey to exit by managing the hiring and onboarding of employees while delivering cost savings and enhancing hiring efficiency across the board.
Adaptor’s client, FullCircl, a growing player in financial insights and customer lifecycle intelligence, has secured acquisition by @nCino in a $135 million cash deal.
Adaptor was instrumental to FullCircl’s milestone achievement by helping them scale effectively They embedded their expert Heads of Talent to remove the stress of hiring and help them find the right talent to build a world-class business. From the offset, they worked closely with senior leadership to make high-impact hires such as the Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Financial Officer who were both instrumental in strengthening FullCircl’s market position and increasing ARR, ultimately paving the way for nCino’s acquisition.
As an embedded recruitment partner that plugs-in to a business and their operations, Adaptor was able to circumvent traditional recruitment fees and reduce salary costs. FullCircl saved over £140,000 allowing more financial flexibility to reinvest in its growth. The saving meant that FullCircl had better cashflow when they went into conversations around the exit.
“The Adaptor team have proved to be a real asset to FullCircl. We have consistently hired month in month out from C-Suite, high impact talent to more junior roles across all departments. Adaptor integrated into the business well and have offered advice and structure on all aspects on recruitment and talent, which is helping us to scale. Using Adaptor as our plug-in internal recruitment team means we don’t just have one internal recruiter as a single point of success or failure, we have the support of the full Adaptor team to help us scale. I would not hesitate to recommend them,” said Andrew Yates, CEO, of FullCircl.
Adaptor plug into businesses to help them scale. Acting as an in-house recruitment team, they hire exceptional talent and define the right hiring strategies, processes and tools to build world-class businesses.
Adaptor offers 4 key recruitment services tailored to meet diverse business needs:
Embedded Recruitment: Adaptor integrates into companies to manage their end-to-end recruitment process, enhance their employer brand, and improve candidate experiences.
Talent Acquisition Boost: For businesses with existing recruitment teams facing high hiring demands, Adaptor provides experienced recruiters to support and assess, implementing effective hiring and people strategies.
Fractional Recruiter: If you need to make a limited number of hires, Adaptor offers part-time recruitment support, acting as a flexible in-house team to manage specific hiring needs.
Leadership Hiring: Adaptor embed directly into your business to secure high-impact hires, such as C-suite and VP-level positions, utilising comprehensive search tools and engagement strategies.
Adaptor’s robust and transformative approach to recruitment ensures that, as well as filling roles, driving innovation and growth are a top priority; a process that guarantees businesses achieve their desired results.