Shakers Expands to France for On-Demand Tech Talent

Shakers, a prominent European platform connecting businesses with on-demand tech and AI specialists, has officially launched its services in France. This strategic move follows a successful €14 million Series A funding round completed in May 2025, led by Partech, with significant contributions from Kfund, Brighteye Ventures, Athos Capital, and Wayra. The capital infusion fuels the company's continental expansion, building on its established presence in Spain, the UK, Portugal, and Italy.

The French market presents a critical opportunity for Shakers, given the escalating demand for specialized technology professionals and the increasing adoption of flexible work models. The company differentiates itself through an AI-powered matching system and its proprietary 'Shakers Verified' program. This rigorous vetting process, which includes technical assessments and validation interviews, ensures that companies gain access to highly skilled and immediately deployable talent within 48 hours. This approach directly addresses the persistent challenge of rapid, high-quality tech recruitment.

Founded in 2021 by Héctor Mata, Nico de Luis, Adrián de Pedro, and Jaime Castillo, Shakers emerged from the founders' firsthand experience with the difficulties of sourcing top-tier tech talent and securing substantial freelance projects. The platform aims to modernize the IT outsourcing sector, which has seen limited evolution over decades. The European IT outsourcing market is projected to expand from €180 billion to over €280 billion by 2030, underscoring the growing need for agile, specialized talent solutions like Shakers.

“The synergy between AI and independent professionals is reshaping operational models,” stated Héctor Mata, CEO of Shakers. “We are setting a new benchmark for talent acquisition, functioning as an operating system for performance-driven freelancers. This provides them with traditional employment benefits while offering companies the agility to accelerate innovation.” Shakers' rigorous selection process, which includes technical evaluations, interviews, and reference checks, results in only about 4% of applicants being accepted, guaranteeing a high caliber of professionals.

In France, Shakers will empower businesses to rapidly augment their teams in critical areas such as application development, cloud integration, generative AI projects, advanced analytics, and cybersecurity. The platform's 'freeworker' model allows for the seamless integration of elite experts without expanding permanent headcount, fostering hybrid configurations that expedite digital project execution. This model is particularly relevant as companies increasingly explore agentic services requiring highly specific and quickly deployable expertise.

Beyond client services, Shakers cultivates a comprehensive ecosystem for its freelancers, dubbed 'Freelancer OS'. This integrated suite offers banking, insurance, and productivity tools, aiming to provide the stability of traditional employment alongside the autonomy of independent work. This initiative supports the 'freeworkers' – a new generation of professionals building demanding careers project by project. Philippe Collombel, General Partner at Partech, commented, “Shakers is redefining tech recruitment by leveraging AI to identify top talent for high-value, long-term assignments. This strategy benefits both companies, enhancing execution quality and continuity, and freelancers, who gain access to ambitious and attractive projects.”