Skello raised \u20ac200 million from Bridgepoint, its largest backer, as founders grew their own stake.<\/p>\n
The profitable HR platform for shift workers passed \u20ac50 million in annual revenue in 2026.<\/p>\n
It plans around 100 new hires in 2026 and is eyeing acquisitions across Europe.<\/p>\n
Most rounds this size dilute founders further. Skello<\/a>\u2018s just did the opposite. As part of a \u20ac200 million investment led by Bridgepoint\u2019s Development Capital V fund, the company\u2019s founders and management team are increasing their own stake in the business, even as Bridgepoint becomes Skello\u2019s largest external backer to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n It\u2019s an unusual structure for a round of this scale, and it says something about where Skello sits: profitable, growing, and negotiating from strength rather than needing outside capital to survive. Existing investors Partech and XAnge also reinvested.\u00a0<\/p>\n Quitterie Mathelin-Moreaux<\/a> and Emmanuelle Fauchier-Magnan<\/a>, Skello\u2019s co-founders, said the deal gives them \u201cthe means to significantly accelerate our European development, our AI investments, and our market consolidation strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n Consolidating from a position of strength<\/p>\n Founded in 2016 by Partech alumni Mathelin-Moreaux and Fauchier-Magnan, Skello built an AI-powered scheduling and HR platform for frontline workers, a group the company says makes up nearly 55% of Europe\u2019s workforce and has long been managed on paper or basic spreadsheets.\u00a0<\/p>\n From its Paris hub, with engineering in Lille and a sales office in Barcelona, the company expanded across France\u2019s restaurant, hotel, and retail sectors before moving into Spain, Belgium, and Italy.<\/p>\n The pitch to investors is simple: managers get an app to build schedules compliant with local labor rules and adapt shifts to real-time demand; employees get a mobile app to view shifts, request changes, and clock in. In 2025, Skello launched Skello Assistant, an AI agent that combs through scheduling and payroll data to flag overtime, resolve payroll mismatches, and propose schedule fixes.<\/p>\n The company covers roughly 30,000 businesses and 700,000 daily users. Revenue is growing alongside that reach: Skello crossed \u20ac50 million in annual recurring revenue in 2026 and is already profitable, which is precisely what makes the founders\u2019 increased stake notable. This is capital raised to go on offense, not to stay afloat.<\/p>\n Buying share in a fragmented market<\/p>\n The round is explicitly earmarked for targeted external growth operations, alongside consolidating Skello\u2019s French lead, expanding across Europe, and broadening its product. That points to a roll-up strategy, buying up smaller rivals to build scale, in a category that remains, in Bridgepoint\u2019s own words, \u201clargely underserved and fragmented.\u201d<\/p>\n