Bolster

Bolster is an executive search and recruiting platform that pairs experienced recruiters with an AI-powered talent platform to place full-time executives, board members, and fractional or interim leaders for high-growth companies, startups, and venture capital firms. Bolster emphasizes speed (typically five days to a first interview), transparent flat-fee pricing, and a data-driven approach informed by analysis of more than 280,000 executives across 30,000+ companies, with 350+ placements and a 40% repeat-client rate. It is backed by Union Square Ventures.

Bolster is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Executive Search, Recruiting, Talent Marketplace, and Fractional Executives.

Bolster’s developer surface includes engineering blog, pricing, signup flow, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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17.0/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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CompanyExecutive SearchRecruitingTalent MarketplaceFractional ExecutivesBoard SearchHiringHuman Resources

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 17.0/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 8.9 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

SignUp

SignUp

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
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  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bolster.png
name: Bolster
description: Bolster is an executive search and recruiting platform that pairs experienced recruiters with an AI-powered talent
  platform to place full-time executives, board members, and fractional or interim leaders for high-growth companies, startups,
  and venture capital firms. Bolster emphasizes speed (typically five days to a first interview), transparent flat-fee pricing,
  and a data-driven approach informed by analysis of more than 280,000 executives across 30,000+ companies, with 350+ placements
  and a 40% repeat-client rate. It is backed by Union Square Ventures.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bolster/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Executive Search
- Recruiting
- Talent Marketplace
- Fractional Executives
- Board Search
- Hiring
- Human Resources
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bolster-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://bolster.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://bolster.com/blog
- type: Pricing
  url: https://bolster.com/pricing
- type: SignUp
  url: https://pages.bolster.com/join
- type: Support
  url: https://bolster.com/contact
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://bolster.com/terms
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/70057837
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence