We Help Founders Build
Their Leadership Layer

Since 2018, we’ve been the trusted partner for India’s fastest-growing startups.

Colosseum is India’s only startup-exclusive leadership hiring firm.

Served Sequoia Capital India as their Talent Partner for portfolio leadership hiring (2018-2022).

Numbers that Build Trust

2

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Leadership
hires

2

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Startups worked
with

2

Days Average TAT
per hire

1

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Tenure of Industry Average

What our Clients say?

Founder-first partnerships that deliver clarity, velocity, and leadership fit.

clients
From the seed stage to the present, Vishal and his Colosseum team have assisted in filling some of Groww's most specialised...

Lalit Keshre

CEO at Groww
The Colosseum team stepped in when we needed to make a few critical hires for our business team—and they delivered exceptionally. At an early stage,...

Janhavi Parikh

Founder
We had a fantastic experience working with Colosseum Consulting and their founder, Vishal, in hiring our Finance and Engineering leads. Their rigorous screening...

Bhargav Errangi

Chief of Staff
Working with Colosseum Consulting has been one of the best experiences I’ve had with an external search partner. Over the course of our engagement, they successfully...

Satheesh KV

Chief People Officer
“Vishal & Colosseum Team have worked with us on multiple Leadership Roles across Business, Product, Data Science and enabling functions. We were able to find the right candidate...

Rishabh Gupta

COO
Vishal and his team are probably the best when it comes to leadership hiring. They not only look at a deeper understanding of the role but also understand who...

Ashish Singhal

Co Founder
With Colosseum, we have had a really positive working relationship. In a highly specialised and developing talent environment in the DaaS ecosystem in India, their team...

Prukalpa Sankar

Co Founder
Working with Colosseum has been a delight. Vishal and team have the right network to identify the available talent pool in the market and the right understanding...

Mayank Gupta

Co Founder
Vishal has been a great partner for our investment team recruitment efforts. He has been patient as we evolved our thinking and supported us well with the right...

Raja Ganapathy

Founder & Partner
Working with Colosseum on some of our key leadership recruits at Log9 has been an amazing delight. We experienced meticulous attention to detail, an ability...

Pankaj Sharma

Co Founder
Colosseum helped us find the right Global HR leader. Their market intelligence and team were top-notch...

Khadim Batti

Co Founder

Meet The Team

Vishal Bhawsinghka

Founder, Managing Partner
& Recruiting Geek

Vishal pairs 18 years in executive search, high-growth startups, and VC talent advisory to solve critical leadership gaps fast. He’s built CXO teams for Sequoia Capital and Orios Venture Partners portfolio companies and scaled Hike Messenger’s leadership team—bringing a 360° lens to every mandate. XLRI alum.

Off duty, he is a die heart cricket fan. Loves to coach and mentor  professionals on career and life in general. Vishal also loves to heads for the trails as a trek-and-nature lover.

Vaibhav Jain

Managing Partner, Fractional  
CXO Practice, Life Coach

A rare mix of HR transformation expert, ex-Uber APAC People leader, AgriTech founder, and combat instructor for Indian Special Forces.

Vaibhav has scaled teams across 5 countries, advised YC-backed startups, and now champions India’s sharpest operator-talent through Colosseum’s fractional leadership practice

Chandan Agarwal

Principal Consultant - Executive Search,  Founding Member - Fractional Practice

With over a decade of experience, Chandan has built leadership teams across digital startups and the banking sector. He brings together the discipline of search and the art of storytelling — through sharp research, compelling pitches, and thoughtful candidate engagement.

Whether it’s sensing founder-market fit or nudging a passive leader into conversation, he thrives on the nuance of high-stakes hiring.Beyond work, he's a curious traveller, foodie, geopolitical buff, and die-hard sports enthusiast.

Shyamprasad P

All Things Data & Automation, Problem-Solver-In-Chief & Founding Member, Fractional Practice 

Shyam designs smarter processes, builds clever automations, and organises complex data flows to keep the team ahead of the curve.

An alum of NIT Calicut & NMIMS Mumbai, he blends tech fluency, marketing insight, and operational know-how, keeping Colosseum running like a growth machine.

Meet Our Advisors

Who you’ll be working with

Vishal Bhawsinghka

Founder, Managing Partner & Recruiting Geek

16 years across executive search, high-growth startups, and VC talent advisory.

From building CXO teams for Sequoia Capital’s portfolio companies & beyond to scaling hiring in-house at Hike Messenger,

Vishal brings a rare 360-degree lens to every leadership mandate. XLRI alum by qualification.

Meet Our Clients

Ready To Build Your Leadership Edge?