About us
We are passionate about helping innovative businesses achieve their scale-up ambitions
Our expertise is in understanding the unique challenges of scaling a company and securing those rare, talented business leaders who can achieve extraordinary growth objectives.
We created Upscale Partners to support entrepreneurs and their investors in building exceptional leadership teams – those capable of creating the global businesses of tomorrow.
Our management team has worked together since 2006 and has a combined 30 year track record in executive search, with a shared passion for transforming businesses through talent.
We believe our clients shouldn't have to compromise on critical appointments and, therefore, we provide specialist knowledge, a tailored service and a global reach to access even those rarest of skill-sets.
For us, scale-ups are fascinating – we get to the heart of our clients' objectives, culture, challenges and goals. This depth of understanding is the cornerstone of our approach and the reason we have helped so many businesses to make powerful hires that exceed expectations with tangible results.
We share your definition of success – whether it is to build a unicorn, lead an IPO or simply change the world! So, each and every time we see one of our appointments deliver significant revenue growth or an incredible exit value, we share that sense of triumph and achievement.
That is why we do what we do.
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Services
Clients come to us for our expertise in building high performance leadership teams that deliver extraordinary growth ambitions.
Our success lies in our ability to tailor a solution to our clients' requirements, delivered through the following services:
Sector
knowledge
WE WORK WITH
PIONEERING COMPANIES
ACROSS A NUMBER OF
SECTORS.
CLEANTECH
ADVANCED MATERIALS
SEMICONDUCTORS
DIGITAL
SOFTWARE AND SAAS
CYBER SECURITY
MEDTECH, BIOTECH AND LIFE SCIENCES
FINTECH
PAYMENTS TECH
Sector knowledge
WE WORK WITH PIONEERING
COMPANIES ACROSS A NUMBER
OF SECTORS.
CLEANTECH
ADVANCED MATERIALS
SEMICONDUCTORS
DIGITAL
SOFTWARE AND SAAS
CYBER SECURITY
MEDTECH, BIOTECH AND LIFE SCIENCES
FINTECH
PAYMENTS TECH
Global reach
Our team has a track record in conducting successful searches around the world, with experience in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, MEA and BRIC regions.
We help businesses and investors to establish and extend their presence in international markets by finding exceptional business leaders with the network, knowledge and understanding in the required geography to make an immediate impact.
Our team
We upscale scale-ups
Latest insights
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Tech Leaders Salary Report 2023
We’re excited to announce that a brand new C-Suite Compensation Report for UK tech leaders will be published this September! If you’re in a leadership role at a UK startup or scaleup, we’d hugely appreciate your input
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Iceotope appoints Chief Financial Officer
Upscale Partners is thrilled to announce another major hire at Iceotope with the appointment of Simon Jesenko as Chief Financial Officer.