Artico Search

Firm Overview

Artico delivers the people to build, scale and protect your business. Founded in 2021, Artico’s team matches the world’s best talent with venture capital, private equity-backed and publicly-traded companies.

Off-Limits Policy

We have almost unlimited access to the broadest and best talent without the conflicts of multiple “off-limits” agreements that restrict the larger firms’ access to the best talent.

Average Time to Completion on Assignment

90 Days

News Briefings

Artico Search Founders Reflect on Five Years of Growth and Lessons Learned

Five years after its founding, Artico Search has grown from a two-person venture into a boutique executive search firm serving venture capital, private equity-backed, and publicly traded companies. Founded in 2021 by Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder, and Matt Comyns, president and co-founder, the firm has built its business around emerging technology, with particular depth...

Artico Search Appoints Partner

Artico Search has expanded with the addition of Andrew McCormack as partner, strengthening the firm’s New York-based growth equity and venture capital practice with a seasoned executive search leader. “Andrew brings the judgment, connectivity, and client partnership we value most deeply,” said Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, co-founder and chief executive officer of Artico Search. “He is relentlessly client-focused,...

New IANS and Artico Search Report Finds Only 34 Percent of Cybersecurity Professionals Plan to Stay in Their Current Roles

Only 34 percent of cybersecurity professionals plan to stay with their current employer, highlighting declining job satisfaction across the field and challenging CISOs to be aggressive and innovative in how they retain talent in a challenging labor market, according to IANS and Artico Search’s just released 2026 Cybersecurity Talent Report. As organizations rely on their...

Artico Recruits Partner for Radical Ventures

Artico Search has assisted in the placement of Richard Kotite as a partner with Radical Ventures. Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search, led the assignment. “Excited to share that I’ve joined Radical Ventures as a partner in London,” Mr. Kotite said in a LinkedIn post. “Europe has world-class entrepreneurial talent in AI, and I’m...

Artico Search Recruits Chief Sales Officer for Versapay

Artico Search has assisted in the recruitment of Emily Roccheggiani as chief sales officer of Versapay in San Francisco. Mercedes Chatfield-Taylor, CEO and co-founder of Artico Search, led the assignment. "Emily has spent her career inside some of the most important growth stories in modern fintech," said Carey Kolaja, CEO of Versapay. "She knows what it takes to...

Where The Next Trillions Will Be Won Among Executive Search Firms

McKinsey Global Institute’s latest research on the next “arenas of competition” sends a clear signal to investors and operators: future growth will be concentrated in fewer markets, and success in those markets will depend on speed, execution, and leadership quality. According to McKinsey, sectors including AI software and services, cloud, cybersecurity, semiconductors, electric vehicles, robotics, advanced...