Startups fire up hiring engine in hunt for senior executives

Senior-level hiring is picking up across Startup Inc after a lull, led by companies including early-stage startups that have raised funding in the last few months.

Snabbit, Battery Smart, Nawgati, Better Nutrition, Snitch, Univest, Ekincare, Fleetx and Vetic are among those hiring for leadership positions, said founders and executive search firms.

Mature players like Flipkart, PhonePe, Lenskart among others are also in the market for senior professionals, mostly for replacement hiring or to fill critical roles in the run-up to an IPO, said recruiters.

“The overall uptick is driven by three factors: funding, IPOs and AI-first hiring,” said Anshuman Das, CEO of executive search firm Longhouse Consulting.

While back-to-back geopolitical developments like Trump’s tariff storm; the India-Pakistan conflict, and now the Israel-Iran tensions, implies lower visibility on the hiring situation in a medium-term scenario, for now, things are looking up.