Pana Partners
RollingA recruiting studioNow casting

Every search is a moment.
We meet it.

We are matchmakers for founders, operators, and venture-backed teams. Every search is cast fresh, from the director to the crew.

  • AI casting desks in the lab
  • A human director on every search
  • No success fees, ever
Book a call See how a search runs
Teams our directors have hired for
Why we exist

Placement fees pay for a close. You need a match.

20–30%Typical agency fee, of first-year salary
0% on the hirePana, on every search
Recruiting as a service

One studio. The whole search. No success fee, ever.

A success fee pays for any hire, so it rewards the fastest one. We never charge one. You pay a fixed fee or a retainer, and the only thing we chase is the right match.

Then you watch us earn it: human directors powering an AI engine on every search, with the curated talent pool, every note, and every candidate screen live in one hub you can open at any hour.

What we cut. What we add.

Out with the old way of hiring, in with a studio built for the search.

Cutting room floor
  • Agency fees of 20 to 30% on every hire, plus retainer or contingency fees
  • A full-time salary before the plan is set
  • An ATS tracking a search nobody runs
  • Sourcing tools that never write to a person
  • AI add-ons with no one directing them

You keep the fee, the licenses, and the salary.

Now showing
  • Bespoke curators who learn how your team works
  • An AI engine built on how we recruit
  • A pool cast fresh for this role
  • Every take, live in one hub
  • A director pulling every string

You get a studio it would take years to build in house.

Have an ATS?We also work inside the systems you run, under your name.
Team Fixed fee or retainer.
Nothing on the hire.
The proof

Quality, not quantity.

We map the whole market, then invite only the few who fit. Fewer notes, better people, and a conversation worth having with each one.

  • Every name mapped before a single note goes out
  • Every invite written for one person
  • Every finalist comes with the evidence
CASTING CALLThe market, mappedThe curated poolPersonally invitedYour finalists
Reply rates

Outreach people answer.

Written for one person, with the pay in the first message, so more of them write back.

Reply rate 1.5x the industry
30%
Industry
19.6%
Interested replies 2.4x the industry
18%
Industry
7.4%

Industry: Ashby Talent Trends Report, 500,000+ sourcing sequences, 2022 to 2024.

The rest of the picture

See how we work.

How it works

Behind the scenes

Watch a search run, stage by stage, and meet the engine behind it.

GoYour part

The producer's chair

What we ask of your team, and how we make each step easy.

GoThe Pana Way

Our name on the hill

Mission, values, and the questions teams ask before the first call.

Go
Connect

Tell us the role and the date. We will show you what it takes.

Fixed fee or retainerNothing on the hireResearch starts the week we sign
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Or write to us: hello@pana.agency

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