| Shakers |
| Last Funding Event: 13 May 2025 (€15.7M) |
| Founded 2020 €24.0M total raised |
| Shakers connects companies with freelance professionals through an AI-powered platform. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
Nico de Luis, Co-Founder & COO  IESE Business School. General Management |
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| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Adrián de Pedro |
| Héctor Mata |
| Jaime Castillo |
| Jorge Aguirre |
Recent headlines
| IT freelancer marketplace Shakers expands to France |
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| AIM Group | 2026-07-06 |
| TFN at CTX Tech Experience: Spain may have Europe’s strongest foundations for AI infrastructure, so why is VC lagging? |
| Tech Funding News | 2026-03-24 |
| Shakers\xa0CEO Mata: Freelancers perform better than employees on AI projects |
| AIM Group | 2026-03-24 |
| Intelligent Automation Congress |
| Founded 2022 |
| Intelligent Automation Congress is an IT service firm that promotes themes of AI and RPA for business and society. |
| IESE FOUNDERS | |
| Vincenzo Marchica, Founder & Chairman IESE Business School |
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| Sercotel hotels |
| Founded 1994 |
| Sercotel Hotels is a hotel group that offers hospitality, online booking of rooms, affordable hotel packages, and other event organizations. |
| BI4U |
| Founded 2014 |
| BI4U is an IT services firm that specializes in business intelligence and analytics services. |
| Freshis |
| Last Funding Event: 22 Sep 2022 (€0.3M) |
| Founded 2019 €0.9M total raised |
| Fresh products from farm to table in 1 hour, taking care of you, our producers and the world |
| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Jaume Puig Gomà-Camps |
| Lluis Puig Goma-Camps |
| Pablo Engelmann |
Recent headlines
| The Happiness Project |
| Last Funding Event: 28 Oct 2023 (€0.1M) |
| Founded 2022 €0.1M total raised |
| The Happiness Project was formed on the concept that everyone is entitled to a happy and meaningful existence. |
| Innovation Collider |
| Founded 2015 |
| Innovation Collider helps in business growth through technological tools for market & brand development. |
| OTHER FOUNDERS |
| Adam Piotrowski |
| Jerzy Ciecierski |
Recent headlines
| The Innovation Collaborative™ Sees Double Digit Growth, Invites Digital Health Innovators to Join the Community |
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| PRNewswire UK | 2023-08-15 |
| People Matters |
| Last Funding Event: 8 May 2012 (€0.8M) |
| Founded 2009 €0.8M total raised |
| People Matters is Asia’s largest and leading community platform for talent professionals in the arena of people and work. |
Recent headlines
| 58% of GCCs Take More Than 45 Days to Fill Critical Roles, New Ceipal and People Matters Report Finds |
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| PR Newswire | 2026-03-12 |
| People Matters elevates Pushkaraj Bidwai as new CEO |
| Entrackr | 2024-09-13 |
| People Matters – The rare media B2B that ‘made it’ |
| Entrackr | 2023-04-04 |