Inspiring

What Inspiring does

Inspiring, formally operating as Inspiring Vision Lda., is a privately held Portuguese recruitment and staffing services company headquartered in Amadora. The company operates primarily as a B2B staffing agency targeting Portuguese companies in the e-commerce, retail, and supermarket sectors, while simultaneously functioning as a self-service job portal for workers. Its core service involves matching job seekers — who register free of charge online — with company vacancies across temporary, permanent, and outsourced arrangements. The company also operates a sub-brand called Mercadão, which delivers e-commerce picking, packing, and home delivery services for major supermarket chains, and provides dedicated on-site IT support services under contract to ANACOM (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações), Portugal's national communications regulator.

The company's technology stack centers on a web-based candidate registration portal that captures worker personal details (name, IBAN, NIF, address, telephone) and integrates with workplace assignment systems for Glovo, Inspiring, and Pingo Doce. The portal supports third-party authentication via LinkedIn, document transfers through Dropbox and Google Drive, and geographic job-search functionality through Google Maps. Inspiring maintains a distributed field operations model across multiple Portuguese regions — Lisbon, Porto, Braga, Coimbra, Aveiro, Leiria, Setúbal, and the Algarve (Portimão, Faro) — with field teams managing picking, delivery, and on-site client service delivery. The company discloses no proprietary AI/ML capabilities, patents, or trademarks.

Inspiring's revenue model is a professional services arrangement: services are free for job seekers and quote-based (proposal-request driven) for corporate clients, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, with companies initiating contact through a 'Pedido de Proposta' form and Inspiring deploying field teams to manage ongoing client relationships. The company is led by a three-person executive team (CEO Clara Lopes, CFO Eduardo Filho, COO Eduardo Lopes), is privately held with no external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity disclosed, and reports a 1–10 employee headcount. Public-sector co-financing via Portugal's POCentro/PT2020/FSE program is referenced on its website.

Name

Inspiring

Legal name

Inspiring Vision Lda.

Website

https://inspiring.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inspiring Vision Lda. is a Portuguese recruitment and staffing agency placing workers in e-commerce and retail roles across Portugal. Its Mercadão sub-brand delivers e-commerce picking and delivery services, and the firm provides IT support to ANACOM, Portugal's communications regulator.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACAKAG

Recruiting Administration Outsourcing (Recruitment Support, Scheduling, Onboarding Ops)

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/HR Outsourcing (HRO) & Shared Services

SECONDARYBPACAFAF

Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Permanent Placement & Direct Hire

SECONDARYEDAAAKAO

Career Coaching, Mentoring & Placement Support Services

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Career Readiness & Employability Skills (Resume, Interview, Workplace Skills)

Keywords

• Staffing agency services
• Recruitment solutions
• E-commerce fulfillment
• Workforce management
• Temporary employment

Headquarters

HQ city

Amadora

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Staffing Services: Inspiring acts as a recruitment and staffing agency (agência de emprego) and service provider (prestação de serviço) in Portugal. The company helps people find work positions and helps companies find the best resources for their teams. The service is free for workers; companies are charged for recruitment and staffing solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Inspiring operates as a recruitment and staffing agency (agência de emprego) and service provider in Portugal. The company places job seekers into temporary and permanent positions across e-commerce, retail, and IT-support roles, and supplies managed field workforces for picking, packing, and delivery operations to supermarket and e-commerce clients. Companies pay for staffing and recruitment services via individually negotiated proposals, while the service is free for workers.

Product overview

Inspiring (Inspiring Vision Lda.) is a recruitment and staffing services company operating primarily in Portugal's e-commerce sector. The company offers a portfolio of services including temporary staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, and IT services. Key service offerings include: (1) Recruitment and Staffing Agency - core service helping job seekers find employment and companies find workers; (2) Mercadão - an e-commerce picking and delivery sub-brand providing shoppers for major supermarket chains and online retailers; (3) IT Services - providing IT support at client sites including ANACOM. The company primarily serves the e-commerce, retail, and logistics sectors, with operations across multiple regions of Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recruitment and Staffing Services Full-service recruitment agency providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, and consulting services to companies in Portugal, while helping job seekers find employment at no cost. The service is free for workers; companies are charged via negotiated proposals.
• Mercadão E-commerce picking, packing, and home-delivery sub-brand where shoppers/pickers sourced and managed by Inspiring handle order fulfillment and last-mile delivery for major supermarket chains and online retail clients in Portugal.
• IT Services (ANACOM) End-to-end IT and computer support services delivered by a dedicated Inspiring team deployed at ANACOM (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações), covering user support and infrastructure maintenance for Portugal's national communications regulator.
• Picker/Shopper Services E-commerce order fulfillment service including online shopping, product selection and picking, careful packaging, and customer delivery coordination for retail and supermarket clients in Portugal.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ANACOM (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInspiring provides IT/informatics services to ANACOM, the National Communications Authority of Portugal. The Inspiring team is deployed at the ANACOM offices, delivering IT support and services to the regulator's operations. This is one of Inspiring's named operational teams, indicating a direct service delivery partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Egor: Portuguese HR, recruitment and outsourcing group offering temporary staffing and permanent placement, competing in the same national market as Inspiring.
• Multitempo: Portuguese temporary work and staffing agency serving retail and logistics clients, a direct domestic competitor in flexible workforce supply.
• Talenter: Portugal-based staffing and workforce solutions provider covering temporary work and outsourcing, closely comparable in offering and geography.
• Gi Group Portugal: International staffing group with a strong Iberian presence in temp and permanent placement, competing directly in Portuguese workforce supply.
• Synergie Portugal: Staffing and HR services firm operating in Portugal across industrial and retail sectors, comparable in temporary staffing offering and geography.

Emerging players

• Jobandtalent: Tech-enabled staffing platform focused on logistics, warehouse and delivery workforce across Iberia; directly overlaps with Inspiring's e-commerce picking/delivery temporary staffing niche.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Portugal: Global staffing leader with a large Portuguese operation across temporary and permanent placement; overlaps broadly but at far greater scale than Inspiring.
• Adecco Portugal: Major global staffing firm operating in Portugal with retail and logistics staffing lines, an incumbent competitor in Inspiring's core market.
• ManpowerGroup Portugal: Established multinational staffing provider active in Portuguese temporary and permanent recruitment, overlapping with Inspiring's services at larger scale.

Others

• Mercadão: Portuguese online grocery marketplace and personal-shopper fulfillment platform; adjacent to Inspiring as a customer/ecosystem participant in e-commerce grocery picking and delivery rather than a staffing competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/projetomigos
• Xx.com/inspiring
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inspiring-vision-portugal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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