How Renous Helps
What We Offer | What It Means |
Skilled recruiters work for your portfolio companies for a fixed period. No long-term commitment. | |
HR on Contract (HoC) | From CHROs to HR Assistants, we provide vetted HR professionals on short- or long-term contracts. Scale your startup HR capacity instantly without full-time commitments. |
Temporary & Fractional CHROs | Senior HR leaders on an interim basis to drive the strategy, set up systems, or lead transformation projects. |
A panel of domain experts who conduct structured interviews for your candidates |
When this works the best?
- When your portfolio company is growing fast and needs to hire quickly
- When there is no HR team in place
- When you're managing a transition or carve-out
- When you want to avoid the cost of full-time recruiters
- When the founder or CEO is managing HR themselves
What You Get
- No hefty 8.33% success fee
- Recruiters can start in 2-3 days
- You pay only for the months they work
- Regular reports and hiring status updates
- One point of contact for multiple companies
HR Shared Services – Powered by Renous, Backed by the Fund | Joint Offerings
An easy way for PE/VC funds to provide professional HR support to all their portfolio companies — without building separate HR teams. Renous can set up and run a dedicated HR Shared Services Center for the fund’s entire portfolio.
PE/VC Fund Challenge | Traditional Approach | With Renous HR Shared Services |
No in-house HR at early-stage startups | Founder-led HR with delays and errors | Plug-and-play HR team from Day 1 – hiring, onboarding, compliance done |
Inconsistent hiring across the portfolio | Each company hires its own recruiters or agencies | Central hiring desk with Renous Recruiters managing roles across companies |
Founders overwhelmed with HR tasks | Distracts from product/strategy focus | Renous acts as a people partner – founders focus, we handle people ops |
During M&A, leadership exits, or carve-outs, there's no continuity | Temporary consultants or no support at all | Renous steps in with ready teams to handle transition without disruption |
No HR analytics or consistency across portfolio | HR seen as cost, not value | Shared dashboards, common HR practices, and smarter decision-making |
BOT HR Department for a Startup
BOT stands for Build–Operate–Transfer.
Renous can build and run a full-fledged HR department for a portfolio company from scratch — taking care of everything from hiring to compliance — and later transfer it to the company when it’s ready to manage HR in-house.
Phase | What Renous Does | Benefit to Portfolio Company |
Build: Start with ODR + HoC | Deploy experienced recruiters (ODR) and HR professionals on contract (HoC) to kickstart your HR function. | Instant access to skilled HR talent without the time, cost, or commitment of full-time hires. |
Operate | We manage end-to-end HR delivery — from recruitment and onboarding to payroll and compliance — using contract resources. | Stay lean while having a fully functioning HR setup tailored to your growth stage. |
Transfer | When you're ready, we help transition the team or specific roles to your payroll. | Smooth handover of an HR department that’s already trained, tested, and aligned with your culture. |