WE ARE META

What WE ARE META does

We Are META, Lda. (operating as "We Are META") is a Portuguese tech talent team extension and outsourcing firm founded in 2006 and headquartered in Lisbon. The company places pre-vetted tech professionals — branded as "Rhinos" and grouped into a "CRASH" — into client engineering teams across DevOps, Cloud, Data Engineering, Data Science, Software Architecture, and full-stack development roles. It operates from offices in Lisbon, Porto, and Évora (Portugal) and Guildford (UK), serving projects in 13 countries with an active bench of 150+ consultants. The company is a subsidiary of Triveris Group and sits alongside affiliated entities Damia Portugal and Landing Jobs within a recruitment-focused group structure.

The core offering is a staff augmentation service in which consultants are embedded directly into the client's team, working under the client's direction, tools, and processes; clients are matched with candidates within 48 hours of submitting a brief, with a dedicated People Experience Partner assigned per engagement. Two sub-products extend the core: Software Turnkey Projects (custom agile software delivery by dedicated teams) and Smartshore (a nearshore delivery model positioning Portuguese talent at 40-60% below UK/Germany/Netherlands cost benchmarks while maintaining timezone overlap). The company runs a sales-led go-to-market targeting engineering leaders and CTOs across UK, Germany, France, Nordics, and the Benelux region, with no public pricing or rate cards disclosed.

The revenue model is professional services (hourly/day-rate billing on deployed consultants) plus managed-services components within Smartshore engagements. The business is private, wholly owned within Triveris Group, generates no public revenue disclosures, and has no announced funding rounds. Its employer brand is materially strong for its size — Glassdoor 4.8/5 with 100% recommend-to-a-friend, Teamlyzer 4.2/5 with 98% recommend, PME Líder 2025 status, and a place on Teamlyzer's Top 50 IT Companies in Portugal — which functions as both a candidate-attraction and client-trust signal.

Name

WE ARE META

Legal name

We Are Meta, Lda.

Website

https://wearemeta.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

We Are META is a Portuguese tech staff augmentation firm that places pre-vetted engineers ("Rhinos") into European client teams across DevOps, Cloud, Data, and full-stack roles, with offices in Lisbon, Porto, Évora, and Guildford (UK).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT Staff Augmentation Services

NAICS

Professional Employer Organizations (561330), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, AI/ML & Analytics Staffing (BPACADAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

HR Service Delivery, Case Management & Employee Self-Service (BPACAPAL), Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

Keywords

• IT staff augmentation
• Tech team extension
• Nearshore software development
• Tech recruitment services
• Talent outsourcing

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Team Extension / Staff Augmentation: Revenue generated by placing external tech professionals into client organizations. Consultants are embedded within the client's team under their direction, tools, and processes. Fees are charged for the sourcing, vetting, placement, and ongoing management of tech talent.
2. Software Turnkey Projects: Custom software development projects delivered by dedicated agile teams.
3. Smartshore / Nearshore Delivery: Remote development and operations teams that extend client internal capabilities, charged as a managed service component of the team extension model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

We Are META is an IT staff augmentation and team extension outsourcing partner that places pre-vetted Portuguese tech professionals (DevOps, Cloud, Data, Backend, Frontend, Fullstack, Mobile, Scrum Masters, Software Architects) directly into client engineering teams under the client's direction, tools, and processes. Supporting offerings include dedicated agile teams for Software Turnkey Projects and a Smartshore nearshore delivery model aimed at European companies seeking cost-efficient scaling.

Product overview

WE ARE META is a tech talent team extension and outsourcing partner based in Portugal, operating under the Triveris Group. The company's core offering is its Team Extension service, which provides staff augmentation by embedding highly skilled tech professionals (called 'Rhinos') directly into clients' teams. Supporting this core service are two sub-products: Software Turnkey Projects for custom agile software development, and Smartshore for nearshore development and operations teams optimized for European companies. Additionally, the company offers a Living & Working in Portugal Guide as a resource for international candidates considering relocation. The company specializes in placing professionals across DevOps, cloud engineering, data engineering, software architecture, and full-stack development roles, serving clients across 13 countries with operations primarily in Portugal (Lisbon, Porto, Évora) and London.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Smartshore: A nearshore model combining cost advantages of offshore with collaboration quality of an onshore team, enabling European companies to access Portuguese tech talent.

Products and services

• Team Extension (Outsourcing) Staff augmentation service that extends clients' tech teams with external professionals who work under the client's direction, tools, and processes. Provides handpicked tech consultants across DevOps, SysAdmin, Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Software Architect, Cloud Engineer, Backend/Frontend/Fullstack Developer, Mobile Developer, Scrum Master, and related tech roles, with profiles delivered within 48 hours of receiving a brief.
• Software Turnkey Projects Custom software development service delivered by dedicated agile teams embedded in the client's workflow, building projects to client specifications under a project-based engagement.
• Smartshore Nearshore development and operations team service that combines the cost advantages of offshore models with the collaboration quality of an onshore team, providing remote development teams that extend European clients' internal capabilities with full timezone overlap and 40-60% cost savings versus UK, Germany, or the Netherlands.

Quantifiable outcome

• Profiles delivered within 48 hours of receiving a brief
• +3 more outcomes

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

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Triveris GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWe Are META is a company within the Triveris Group, operating as the group's team extension and Smartshore brand for tech talent in Portugal. Triveris Group is the parent company.
• Damia Portugal, Lda.minorOthersNamed as an affiliate in We Are META's Privacy Policy (GDPR compliance disclosure). Personal data may be shared with this affiliate for recruitment and employment purposes.
• Landing Jobs, Unipessoal, Lda.minorOthersNamed as an affiliate in We Are META's Privacy Policy (GDPR compliance disclosure). Personal data may be shared with this affiliate for recruitment and employment purposes.
• GlassdoorminorOthersGlassdoor is used as a third-party employer review platform. We Are META displays its Glassdoor rating (4.8/5, 100% recommend) and Glassdoor ribbon on its website.
• TeamlyzerminorOthersTeamlyzer is a Portuguese tech talent platform used for ranking and employer branding. We Are META is listed on Teamlyzer's Top 50 IT companies in Portugal and displays its Teamlyzer rating (4.2/5, 98% recommend).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Landing.Jobs: A Portugal-based tech recruitment platform specializing in connecting international tech talent with European employers. It is a sister company under Triveris Group (We Are META's parent), making it the closest structural and operational peer — both serve the same Portuguese talent base targeting similar European clients.
• Andela: Global tech talent marketplace that sources and places vetted engineers from emerging markets (initially Africa, now global) into client teams. Directly comparable as a tech staff augmentation firm leveraging a regional talent cost arbitrage.
• BairesDev: Latin America's leading nearshore software outsourcing company, providing staff augmentation and dedicated teams to US and European clients. Highly comparable as a nearshore tech talent provider leveraging a regional talent pool for cost-effective delivery to Western markets.
• Damia Global: UK-headquartered IT recruitment and staff augmentation firm with a Portuguese affiliate (Damia Portugal, Lda.) affiliated with We Are META's parent group. Directly comparable as an IT staff augmentation business serving European tech clients with Portuguese talent.
• Aubay: French-headquartered IT consulting and services firm with significant operations in Portugal and Iberia. Comparable as a European IT consulting and staff augmentation provider, listed on Euronext Paris, serving similar client verticals.
• Toptal: Elite freelance talent network connecting companies with the top 3% of software developers, designers, and finance experts. Comparable as a tech staff augmentation platform serving enterprise clients with vetted remote talent, though more selective/upmarket.
• Turing: AI-powered platform matching companies with pre-vetted remote software engineers globally. Directly comparable as a tech talent marketplace offering staff augmentation, differentiated by proprietary matching technology that We Are META lacks.

Regional players

• Sii Poland: Polish IT staffing and software services provider serving Western European clients with nearshore engineering talent. Comparable as a nearshore IT staff augmentation firm, but anchored to Poland rather than Portugal as its talent base.

Broad incumbents

• Devoteam: European technology consulting firm specializing in digital transformation, cloud, and cybersecurity. Overlaps with We Are META in IT consulting and staff augmentation but operates at much larger scale across broader service lines.
• Akkodis: Global leader in IT and engineering staffing and workforce solutions, part of Adecco Group. Directly competes in IT staff augmentation across Europe at significantly larger scale, with broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/we-are-meta
• Instagraminstagram.com/weare.meta

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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