What Teamside does

Teamside is a French IT and digital recruitment consultancy headquartered in Bordeaux, operating since 2018 as a SAS (Société par Actions Simplifiée). The firm specializes in placing IT professionals across Data, Infrastructure, Digital/Web, Security, Sales, Finance, and Marketing roles for client companies and IT service firms (ESN). Services are delivered through three integrated lines: direct recruitment for end clients, consulting/audit/RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing), and mission-based technical staffing through its wholly owned subsidiary Team@ker. Teamside serves a hybrid client base spanning PME, startups, and large enterprise groups, primarily in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region with additional offices in La Rochelle and Paris.

The company's revenue model combines transaction-based placement fees and professional services fees, with pricing negotiated per engagement and not publicly disclosed. Teamside operates as a sales-led business, combining direct outreach to targeted candidates with personalized consultation and structured feedback cycles with clients. Marketing is anchored on the company website (teamside.fr), partner-driven referrals through ecosystem organizations (French Tech Bordeaux, Invest in Bordeaux, SPN, Placeco), and direct engagement. The firm has no proprietary software platform; differentiation is asserted through the technical literacy of its recruiters, a benevolent and transparent candidate experience, and ongoing advisory support beyond active searches. The current management team of approximately six identified members is led by founders Augustin Hayaux du Tilly (CEO) and Vincent Rado (Co-Founder/Business Manager IT), supported by talent acquisition, business development, and office management staff.

Name

Teamside

Legal name

TEAMSIDE

Website

https://teamside.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Teamside is a Bordeaux-based French IT and digital recruitment consultancy, founded in 2018, that places technology professionals for PME, startups, ESN, and large groups via direct recruitment, RPO consulting, and its Team@ker mission-staffing subsidiary, with offices in Bordeaux, La Rochelle, and Paris.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

RPO Technology, ATS Administration & Recruitment Operations (BPACABAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Contingent Workforce / Contractor RPO (Contractor Recruiting) (BPACABAK), Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

Keywords

• IT recruitment services
• Digital talent acquisition
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• IT consulting services
• Technical staffing solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Bordeaux

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Recruitment placement fees: Teamside charges fees for placing candidates with client companies. The recruitment process includes approach directe (direct search), evaluation, and selection services.
2. RPO and consulting services: Recruitment Process Outsourcing and consulting services, including employer brand positioning, market analysis, and process improvement recommendations.
3. Technical staffing / mission-based placement: Placement of specialized consultants (e.g., application support consultants) on long-term missions, working through Team@ker subsidiary for specialized IT roles.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Teamside is an IT and digital recruitment consultancy that places permanent candidates with client companies and ESN/Software Firms through direct-search recruitment, candidate evaluation, and selection services. It also delivers consulting, audit, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) engagements focused on employer brand positioning, market analysis, and HR process improvement. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Team@ker, it provides mission-based technical staffing, placing specialized consultants on long-term IT projects for client firms.

Product overview

Teamside is a unified recruitment and consulting service offering, not a software platform. The core offering comprises three integrated service lines: (1) Direct Recruitment services for end-client companies seeking to fill permanent IT and digital positions, (2) Consulting/Audit/RPO services providing ongoing HR transformation advisory and recruitment process outsourcing, and (3) Mission-based staffing through its Team@ker subsidiary, which places consultants on long-term client engagements. These services share the firm's expertise in IT and digital professions and are delivered through a network of recruitment professionals across Bordeaux, La Rochelle, and Paris offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Team@ker: A subsidiary of Teamside focused on technical staffing and consulting missions for IT and digital projects, particularly for client companies seeking long-term mission consultants.

Products and services

• Direct Recruitment Services (Recrutement client final) Full-service IT and digital recruitment for end-client companies (PME, startups, large groups), including direct approach, candidate evaluation, and selection for permanent roles in Data, Infrastructure, Digital/Web, Security, Sales, Finance, and Marketing.
• Consulting / Audit / RPO Services Recruitment Process Outsourcing, HR audit, employer brand positioning, market analysis, and ongoing advisory engagements that help companies improve their recruitment processes and employer attractiveness for IT and digital talent.
• Team@ker Mission-based Technical Staffing Placement of specialized IT and digital consultants on long-term missions and structured IT projects for client companies and ESN/Software Firms, operated through the wholly-owned subsidiary Team@ker.

Quantifiable outcome

• Recruitment process transparency and regular feedback cycles leading to successful placements

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• French Tech BordeauxcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench Tech Bordeaux represents entrepreneurs, engineers, designers and developers working collectively for innovation and economic development of startups in Bordeaux and the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. Teamside participates in this ecosystem, positioning itself within the regional tech community.
• Invest in BordeauxminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEconomic Development Agency of Bordeaux and Gironde advising and supporting companies (startups, VSEs, SMEs, groups) in establishment, investment or development projects in Bordeaux and Gironde.
• AwamcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAgency specialized in graphic design and web development providing global support to PME, start-ups and large groups in marketing strategy reflection and production. Awam designed and developed Teamside's website (teamside.fr).
• PlacecominorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternet platform covering economic news of the Gironde ecosystem, positioned between media and business club, covering business leader issues.
• WelcodeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTraining organization developing developers and acculturating teams to digital. Provides short B2B training courses in web technology for employee skill development.
• SPN (Syndicat des Professionnels du Numérique)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional organization federating digital industry actors, supporting member development, and helping companies with digital transformation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Silkhom: French recruitment firm focused exclusively on IT, digital, and engineering profiles. Comparable business model of direct-approach sourcing for technical roles, with overlapping target customer base of PME, ESN and large groups.
• Externatic: Boutique French IT recruitment firm specialized in tech profiles (developers, infrastructure, data) with a comparable direct-search methodology. Similar size band and pure-play IT positioning make it a tight comparable to Teamside.
• WHEELS IT: French IT recruitment boutique focused on infrastructure, development, and digital profiles. Similar size and positioning to Teamside with overlapping geographic coverage in regional France.
• Easy Partner: French IT recruitment and consulting firm recruiting developers and technical profiles for PME, startups and large groups. Directly comparable in vertical specialization, RPO-adjacent services, and direct-approach methodology.
• Fed IT (Fed Group): French recruitment specialist with a dedicated IT/digital division (Fed IT) focused on tech and digital talent placement across PME and large groups. Closest comparable to Teamside in vertical focus, multi-city footprint, and SME-targeting approach.
• Talentpeople: French IT/digital recruitment specialist covering development, infrastructure, data and project management profiles. Closely comparable in niche focus, candidate-side specialization, and SMB-to-mid-market client base.

Broad incumbents

• Akkodis (formerly Akka Technologies): Major European IT engineering services and consulting group that also recruits and places IT talent through its staffing operations. Represents the scaled incumbent against which Teamside's specialized, regional model is differentiated.
• Hays France: Global recruitment firm with a dedicated IT/digital practice in France covering permanent and contract placement. Comparable IT specialization but at much larger scale and broader geographic coverage than Teamside.
• ManpowerGroup France: Global staffing leader with substantial French IT/digital recruitment operations including permanent placement, temporary staffing and RPO. A broad incumbent that competes on scale and breadth rather than Teamside's specialized boutique focus.
• Robert Half France: Global specialized recruitment firm with French operations across technology, finance, and administration. Comparable in targeting specialized white-collar roles including IT, but at materially larger scale and with proprietary processes.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/teamside4

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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