Last updated June 2026
StartUpJobs isn’t a place where anyone can list a profile and hope. Every person in this directory has been verified — experience confirmed, references checked — before a startup ever sees them. That’s the whole point. When a founder shortlists someone here, they’re not gambling.
What that means for you: creating a profile is step one, not the finish line. Here’s how it works.
We’re built for experienced operators— people who’ve actually run the function they’re offering fractionally. CFOs who’ve closed a year-end, CTOs who’ve shipped and scaled, CMOs who’ve owned a number. If you’re early in your career, we’re genuinely not the right platform yet — and we’d rather tell you that here than after you’ve built a profile.
If you’re NZ-based:solid business experience is the entry requirement, and an interest in startups is what makes it work. You don’t need to have worked in a startup before. Some of our most valuable profiles are senior executives from government, financial services, health, and other established sectors — because startups building products forthose industries need people who know how they actually work from the inside. If you can open doors, decode procurement, or tell a founder why their pitch won’t land with a bank — there’s a seat for you here.
If you’re based outside NZ:we list international fractional talent too, but the bar includes startup miles. During onboarding we’ll ask which startups you’ve worked with and why you want to work with NZ startups specifically. We’re a small market with its own quirks — we want people who are here for that, not just topping up a portfolio.
We don’t list everyone. Curation only means something if it has an edge, and ours is that every profile in the directory has cleared the same bar. If we don’t think it’s the right fit right now, we’ll tell you directly and respectfully — no ghosting, no form-letter limbo. And “not right now” isn’t “never”: experience changes, our client demand changes, and you’re welcome back.
Still zero cost, by the way. Being listed costs you nothing, the verification costs you nothing, and you keep 100% of your rate. We’re selective with profiles, not with your money.
More on the money side (spoiler: there isn’t one for you): Free. Actually free. →
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