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PRIVATE EQUITY HIRING SOFTWARE
Every portfolio hire.
Every operator on your bench
one AI-powered platform.
Ezekia is the AI-powered CRM and ATS platform built for PE talent partners running deal-adjacent, confidential and portfolio-wide senior hires. Build the operator bench that powers value creation and deploy it search by search.
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YOUR PORTFOLIO HIRE, START TO FINISH
How PE talent partners run on Ezekia.
Every portfolio hire is different. Here's how a typical one moves through Ezekia, with AI Sidekick at every stage.
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DEAL-DRIVEN NEED
A hire is triggered. Get moving before the ink is dry.
Whether it's a post-close C-suite plug, a value creation hire, an exit prep CFO or a board refresh, capture the mandate the moment it's triggered. Link the search to the portfolio company, the deal team and any existing bench you can draw on.
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Confidential assignments for deal-adjacent and pre-announcement hire
2
SEARCH KICK-OFF
Brief taken. Deal team looped in. Search locked down.
Set up the search the way your firm handles portfolio hires. Customise stages, permissions and access so a CFO search for a portfolio company (portco) in market looks nothing like a CEO refresh for a company mid-exit, and both fit inside the same system.
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Extensive customisation: set up each search for its context
3
AI SIDEKICK . PEOPLE LIKE THIS
BENCH & TALENT MAPPING
Turn your operator bench into a value creation lever.
Every senior candidate you engage adds to a proprietary bench that spans your whole portfolio. Ask AI Sidekick to find operators who've done this before, such as "CFOs who've led a European mid-market carve-out", surface similar profiles with People Like This, and deploy proven operators across deals.
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Build the bench once, deploy it deal after deal
4
DISCREET OUTREACH
Reach in-seat operators without leaving a footprint.
Most PE hires are already sitting in senior roles. Ezekia's Chrome and Outlook extensions let you add operators directly from LinkedIn and log every conversation without leaving your workflow. Nurture relationships over multiple deals, so when the right mandate hits, you're not cold-approaching.
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Build the relationships now that pay off across future deals
5
AI SIDEKICK . AI AUTOMATIONS
ASSESSMENT & SHORTLIST
Move fast. Keep the deal team and portco aligned.
Track operators through screening and interview with structured notes. Ask AI Sidekick to draft candidate bios and shortlist summaries ready for the deal partner and portco chair, so when the IC meeting is Thursday, you're not writing bios on Wednesday night.
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Full audit trail, every note, every decision, always on record
6
DEAL TEAM, IC & PORTCO VISIBILITY
One live view for the deal team, the IC and the portco.
Give the deal partner, the investment committee and the portco chair live visibility into search progress via the Ezekia Client Portal. You control exactly what’s shared, including whether candidate identities are visible. Generate polished shortlist reports in Word, PDF, PowerPoint or Excel for the IC in seconds.
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IC-ready reports generated in seconds, not evenings
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PLACED. BENCH STAYS WARM
Place the operator. Bank the bench for the next deal.
When the operator is placed, Ezekia records them against the portco and the deal, and keeps every unsuccessful shortlister on your bench for the next mandate. The operators you engaged for this search are ready for the next portco, which is why 99.7% of firms that join Ezekia stay.
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Every operator you engage stays on the bench for the next deal
FAQs
FOR PE TALENT PARTNERS
