First the role.
Then the person.
Grow Diverse by Julia Dous is an executive search advisory for venture capital and private equity. Based in Germany, it works across Europe on mandates with a DACH connection or remit.
Julia defines the role before the search begins, maps the full relevant market, women included, beyond the familiar shortlist, and leads every mandate personally.
Search
Investment Team Search
Partner, Principal and investment-team appointments for venture, growth and private equity funds, built on a standing map of the market.
C-Suite and Board Search
CEO, CFO, COO and Board appointments in investor-backed companies, often the first appointment of their kind following a financing. The role, mandate and decision process are aligned with investor and management before the search begins.
Hiring into a fund and hiring into its portfolio are different mandates, with different stakeholders, calibration and decision logic. Julia runs them as such.
How a mandate runs
- 01Calibrate
- 02Map
- 03Decide together
- 04Close deliberately
Julia Dous
Julia Dous has spent two decades in executive search and European venture capital, first in leading international search firms, then as an adviser to funds, founders and Boards.
She also invests her own capital in startups and funds and leads the Evangelistas. These activities remain professionally separate from client mandates.
FAQ
What does Grow Diverse do?
Grow Diverse by Julia Dous fills investment team roles at venture, growth and private equity funds and C-suite and Board roles in their portfolio companies, from Germany, across Europe.
Who leads the mandates?
Julia Dous leads every mandate personally, from the first conversation about the role to its close, supported by dedicated research.
How does a mandate start?
With a thirty-minute conversation. Write to julia@growdiverse.de.