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Shakers Funding News- Madrid-based Shakers Raises €14Mn Series A Funding

May 13, 2025 | By Kailee Rainse

Spanish startup Shakers has raised €14 million in Series A funding to grow its platform that helps companies build high-performance teams using both freelancers and AI agents.

SUMMARY

  • Spanish startup Shakers has raised €14 million in Series A funding to grow its platform that helps companies build high-performance teams using both freelancers and AI agents.

The funding round was led by Partech, with support from KFund, Brighteye Ventures, Athos Capital, and Wayra (Telefónica’s innovation arm).

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Shakers’ platform connects businesses with vetted tech freelancers and uses AI to match them with projects. It also helps create and manage hybrid teams of human experts and AI agents to handle complex, long-term tasks.

"Leveraging our matchmaking system, developed over three years and certified for transparency and quality standards, we recommend a highly targeted selection of freelancers who best match your project's defined parameters. " Héctor Mata, CEO and co-founder of Shakers, explained.

Shakers has raised €14 million to grow its presence across Europe. The money will help the company double its team in the next year and speed up the development of new AI features. By 2027, Shakers plans to run over 10,000 hybrid projects across Europe.

This growth comes as more companies shift toward flexible work and freelance talent. The freelance economy is booming, especially in Europe. The region’s IT outsourcing market is expected to grow from €180 billion to over €280 billion by 2030, thanks to rising demand for project-based work and AI-powered tools.

"Our long-term vision is to create a true hybrid workforce, where humans and AI agents collaborate seamlessly. Freelancers will focus on creativity, strategic decisions, and complex problem-solving, while AI agents handle assigned routine tasks. AI will act as a coordinator, assigning tasks based on respective strengths, and personalized AI agents will serve as copilots, adapting to each freelancer’s working style."

Their philosophy touts "freeworkers" as opposed to freelancers: "Freeworkers are digital natives who actively integrate AI tools into their daily workflows, viewing them as capability multipliers. Unlike traditional freelancers who mainly sell their time, freeworkers adopt a proactive mindset, focusing on creating value to transformational projects, and developing their careers beyond billable hours or without the need to commit to a single company for a decade."

Shakers’ platform looks at over 1,000 data points for each freelancer to check their skills, experience, and how well they fit with a company’s culture. This helps skip early interviews and technical tests, making the hiring process faster and easier.

“At Partech, we believe that while AI is reshaping the way we work, exceptional talent will always be at the heart of the future of work,” said Simone Riva, Senior Principal at Partech. “From our very first conversation, it was clear the Shakers team is building something special - a fast, intuitive platform tailored to the flexible workforce of tomorrow. They’re redefining how companies find, hire, and collaborate with top talent.”

About Shakers

Shakers is a Spanish startup based in Madrid that helps companies find freelance tech talent. Its platform makes it easy to build external or hybrid teams, so businesses can adopt new technologies and stay competitive. Since launching in 2018, Shakers has raised $6.34 million and now works with over 450 companies, including big names like Microsoft and Inditex.

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