Nexco.ai is an AI startup developing advanced automation and data capture tools specifically for executive search. Nexco’s software deploys proprietary agentic AI, which is designed to automate the sophisticated, sensitive data-gathering processes that underpin executive search.

 

Executive search firms generate rich candidate intelligence every week through calls, interviews and reference conversations, but much of the key data stays in consultants’ heads or in unstructured notes, leaving CRMs stale and shortlists built on incomplete information. Nexco’s lead product is a suite of proprietary conversational AI agents trained with deep domain expertise that turn candidate conversations into structured, CRM-ready intelligence covering compensation, motivations, references and contract specifics. A surrounding stack of agents supports consultants from internal report generation to gap analysis on live shortlists, freeing up to 40 hours of consultant time per search to focus on value creation.

 

Nexco was founded in September 2024 by Charlotte Gandell (CEO) and Gareth Cokell (CTO) and is supported by Jeremy Rickman, a former Russell Reynolds partner. DSW Ventures led Nexco’s pre-seed round in May 2026 to accelerate platform development and commercial expansion.