Principle 01
Network Before Databases
The people worth hiring in this market are not applying to anything. They are reached through someone who already trusts us.
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The hard half is everything around it: whether the role was worth opening, whether the brief was honest, and whether anybody had decided what good looks like before the search began.
The people worth hiring in this market are not applying to anything. They are reached through someone who already trusts us.
We prioritise context, relationships and signal over volume. Ten profiles is not service — it is work moved from us to you.
One lead service, and the people work that tends to follow it.
Permanent and contract search across technical, commercial, and leadership roles — from a company’s first senior hire through to building out a whole function. Our depth is in Web3, AI and frontier technology, and we work wherever the right person is.
Lead serviceCompensation structuring for equity and token packages, interview and assessment design, or an experienced HR hand for a few days a month. Taken on selectively, where we have the right person for the brief.
On requestIntroductions across our ecosystem — to operators, investors and people worth knowing — with no mandate attached and no fee.
OpenThe advisory and the introductions exist because clients asked for them after a search, not because we set out to sell a bundle. Take the part you need and leave the rest.
We cannot promise you a hire by a date — nobody honestly can. We can promise you exactly what happens, and when.
The brief conversation is free, and it is the fastest way to find out whether we are the right people for your search.
Most agencies make you ask, then quote you based on how much they think you will pay. Here it is instead.
Scoped to the role and payable on the day they start — not on the day they sign.
No retainer and no upfront fee. Work that does not end in a hire costs you nothing.
Replacement first, refund as the fallback. Period agreed per engagement — you wanted the person, not the money back.
Retained and multi-hire arrangements are priced differently — ask. Harder searches are quoted accordingly, and you will hear that before we start rather than after.
Not for introductions, not for CV work, not for anything, ever. Hong Kong law caps what an agency may charge a job seeker. We charge nothing at all, and we are happy to be held to that.
We run on a network of specialist recruiters rather than a floor of juniors. If you already have a desk in Web3, AI or frontier tech, this is the part that concerns you.
Bring your own client and the larger share of the fee is yours. Bring the candidate on our client and it splits evenly. Both numbers are in the agreement, not negotiated case by case.
We do not take over accounts you introduce, and we do not approach them behind you. That is written down, not promised.
You will know when you get paid before you start, including what happens during the guarantee period. No agency should be vague about this, and we are not.
The agreement, the splits and the payment terms go to you first. Read them, take advice on them, then decide.
One email with your patch and the kind of roles you run. We will send back the agreement and the numbers, and you can decide from there.
Who you work with
Searches are run by named people, not by a desk. You will know who is working on yours.
In their words
Every quote here is from someone we have actually placed for, published with their permission.
If something is not covered here, please ask us directly.
Hexus Network is a specialist recruitment and executive search firm for companies in Web3, AI and frontier technology.We also provide people and HR advisory to selected clients, usually alongside or following a search.
Technical, commercial and leadership roles, from a company’s first senior appointment through to building out a whole function.We handle both permanent and contract hires, with particular depth in Web3, AI and frontier technology.
Our depth is in Web3, AI and adjacent frontier technology. We are based in Hong Kong and work with clients and candidates internationally.Where a search sits outside our area of expertise, we will say so at the outset rather than take the assignment.
With a conversation about the role, at no cost and with no commitment on either side.If we take the search on, you receive a written brief covering the role, the market and our approach within three working days.
We work on a contingency fee, payable on the candidate’s start date — terms are scoped per role.There is no retainer and no upfront charge, and no fee is due if you do not make a hire. Retained and multiple-hire assignments are quoted separately.
No. We do not charge candidates for any service, at any stage.Our fees are paid by the client company only.
Permanent placements include a replacement guarantee, with the period agreed per engagement.Our first step is to replace the candidate at no further fee. Where a replacement is not appropriate, refund terms are set out in our terms of business.
Yes. We advise on compensation structuring, including token and equity packages, on interview and assessment process design, and we provide fractional HR support.These engagements are taken on selectively, where we have the right specialist for the brief.
Yes. Hexus Network holds Employment Agency Licence No. 82799, issued by the Labour Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government.The licence number appears on our contracts and correspondence, and can be verified with the Labour Department.
Send it to us directly and we will give you a straight answer.
We build the people infrastructure, you run the business.
Contact
Tell us what you are hiring for. If we are not the right people for it, we will say so and point you somewhere better.
hello@hexus.network Send an email15/F, Two Sky Parc
51 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong
Hong Kong
Employment Agency Licence No. 82799