New Chicago-based holding company brings together specialized businesses offering strategic guidance, executive search, team development and AI-enhanced talent evaluation

(CHICAGO, IL; April 22, 2026) – MALIN Ventures today announced its launch as a new holding company with a connected portfolio of specialized businesses that helps companies navigate pivotal moments in leadership, talent and business performance. Across its businesses, MALIN Ventures delivers strategic guidance, executive search, team development and talent evaluation, allowing clients to access the expertise that best meets their needs.

In a market where companies often turn to separate firms for executive search, team 
development, leadership advisory and talent assessment, MALIN Ventures offers a more cohesive model. Based in Chicago with operations in Nashville, Austin and Miami, the company supports organizations across industries as they face critical business decisions, whether they are preparing for potential fundraising, planning for expansion, hiring senior leaders, strengthening teams or evaluating performance over time. Clients can enter through the business that best matches their needs.

The MALIN Ventures portfolio includes:

• MALIN Access, an early-stage advisory business that helps founders and emerging companies strengthen strategy, prepare for expansion and potential fundraising and navigate critical business decisions with greater confidence. Clients of MALIN Access also have exclusive access to the company’s Growth & Governance Council, a selective group of veteran executives and operators who provide strategic perspective, guidance and access for founders and leadership teams at critical points of development.
• MALIN Leaders, a leadership and talent advisory focused on the identification, evaluation and placement of executive talent across permanent, interim and fractional roles, complemented by board advisory and executive performance coaching.
• TELEMETRY Talent, a talent services business designed to strengthen the layer beneath executive leadership, with an emphasis on speed, rigor and cultural alignment.
• ALIGNITI, a custom AI-enhanced talent evaluation platform that uses role-specific success models and customizable leadership standards to generate more precise, contextual alignment insights before and after hire. 

“Too many companies are left piecing together critical business decisions across separate advisors, search firms and systems,” said Brad Newpoff, Founder and CEO of MALIN Ventures. “We saw an opportunity to build something more cohesive. Whether a client is shaping strategy, hiring a senior leader, building the team underneath that person or looking for a better way to evaluate fit and performance, they can come to us for the support that makes sense for exactly where they are.”

Newpoff brings more than four decades of experience in talent advisory and business leadership to his new venture. Prior to launching MALIN Ventures, he co-founded MalinHughes LLC, a nationally recognized retained executive search and professional services firm, where he served as President and CEO. There, he led the Healthcare Services Practice and developed some of the firm’s most innovative service lines, including its professional services division and proprietary talent evaluation platform. 

With MALIN Ventures, Newpoff introduces a more efficient and integrated model shaped by the realities of how businesses evolve and the pace at which leaders need trusted counsel. By bringing together strategic advisory, executive search, team development and technology-enabled evaluation, the portfolio gives clients a more effective way to navigate leadership decisions and business performance over time.

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