Shakers

www.shakersworks.com ↗ ·Madrid ·Series A

Shakers is a Madrid-based AI-powered workforce orchestration platform connecting companies with a curated network of over 10,000 vetted tech freelancers (developers, data/AI specialists, designers, cloud and cybersecurity experts) using proprietary AI matching. Founded in 2021, it serves 450+ companies and has raised a €6M seed round (2023) and a €14M Series A (May 2025) led by Partech.

Founded

2021

Founders

Total funds raised

€20.5M

SectorsFreelance/talent marketplace, AI matching, HR tech, Future of work Start-up MapHR & Future of Work › Talent & service marketplaces

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Founders

Adrián de Pedro

Co-founder & CPO

Héctor Mata

Co-founder & CEO

Jaime Castillo

Co-founder & CRO (Chief Growth Officer)

Nico de Luis

Co-founder & COO

Global models 5

Andela

United States · www.andela.com ↗

Global marketplace matching vetted remote tech talent with companies, the closest large-scale comparable to Shakers' talent-matching model.

$374.6MComparable

Turing

United States · www.turing.com ↗

AI-powered platform matching and deploying remote software engineers with companies, mirroring Shakers' AI-matching approach.

$247MComparable

Upwork

United States · www.upwork.com ↗

Large freelance marketplace connecting businesses with independent tech and creative talent, same core marketplace model as Shakers.

$170MComparable

Braintrust

United States · www.usebraintrust.com ↗

Talent marketplace connecting enterprises with vetted freelance technologists via AI-driven matching, closely analogous to Shakers.

$100MComparable

A.Team

United States · www.a.team ↗

Curated network/marketplace of elite freelance tech talent assembled into teams for company projects, similar vetted-freelancer model.

$70MComparable

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Investors 11

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Athos Capital

www.athos-cap.com

2 rounds, led 1 · 2023–25 Spain

Brighteye Ventures

www.brighteyevc.com

2 rounds, led 1 · 2023–25 Luxembourg

Clave Capital

clave.capital

2 rounds, led 1 · 2021–23 Spain

Led Series A 2025 France

Wayra

wayra.com

2 rounds · 2023–25 Spain

Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación

mondragon-corporation.com

Seed 2021 Spain

Harvard Business School Alumni Angels

Seed 2021 United States

Hilario Albarracín

Seed 2023 Spain

Funding rounds 3

Date	Round	Amount	Lead
2025-05-13	Series A	€14M	Partech +4 more
2023-10-30	Seed	€6M	Brighteye Ventures, Adevinta Ventures, Athos Capital +4 more
2021-10-13	Seed (estimated)	€500K	Clave Capital +2 more

News 6

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Published	Article
2026-10-02	VDS 2026 anuncia su agenda: más de 600 ponentes y 17 unicornios se darán cita en Valencia ↗ El Español 2026-10-02
2026-09-10	DISRUPTORES Innovation Awards 2026: los 5 finalistas a mejor startup del año ↗ El Español / Invertia Disruptores 2026-09-10
2025-05-13	Madrid-based Shakers raises €14M to power the freelance workforce across Europe ↗ Tech.eu 2025-05-13
2025-05-13	Madrid-based startup Shakers raises €14 million to help businesses integrate teams of specialised talent with AI ↗ EU-Startups 2025-05-13
2023-10-30	Shakers capta seis millones para llevar su 'match' entre talento especializado y 'corporates' al siguiente nivel ↗ El Español (Invertia) 2023-10-30
2023-10-30	Shakers Raises €6M in Seed Funding ↗ FinSMEs 2023-10-30