Groupe Velan Media

What Groupe Velan Media does

Groupe Velan Media Inc. (GVM), founded in 2013 and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, operates a conglomerate of five specialized vertical job board websites targeting the Quebec labor market. Its portfolio includes Droit-inc (legal jobs, founded 2007), Secrétaire-inc (administrative support jobs, founded 2013), Espresso-jobs (digital/IT/AI jobs, acquired 2016), Génie-inc (engineering jobs, founded 2017), and Auto-jobs.ca (automotive jobs, acquired 2018). Each platform combines a self-service job posting marketplace with vertical-specific editorial content — daily news feeds, career advice sections, professional portraits, and industry reports — designed to drive organic inbound traffic from both job seekers and employers. GVM complements its owned platforms with a recruiting and headhunting service staffed by industry-specialized recruiters, addressing employer hiring needs beyond simple self-serve postings.

The company's revenue model is primarily advertising-based: employers pay to post job listings on the specialized vertical websites. There is no publicly disclosed pricing, no subscription SaaS component, and no evidence of API or platform integrations. Distribution is fully digital, relying on the owned websites as the principal go-to-market surface. The platforms are built as standalone vertical properties rather than a unified cross-vertical marketplace, and the company does not disclose any proprietary matching algorithms, AI-driven recommendation systems, or data products. The technology footprint is described as specialized digital platforms but no specific architectural details, SDK offerings, or developer ecosystem are documented. Geographic scope is restricted to Quebec, Canada, with no global footprint claim.

The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, no parent company, and no documented M&A activity since 2018. Founder René Lewandowski serves as CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Droit-inc. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees, and the careers page currently lists no open positions. GVM's strategic posture is that of an established regional niche media operator rather than an actively scaling technology platform.

Name

Groupe Velan Media

Legal name

Groupe Velan Media Inc.

Website

https://groupevelanmedia.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Boards

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Advertising (7310)

akta.pro primary industry

Professional & Business Services Marketplaces (Freelancers, SMB Services) (BPAMAHAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

Keywords

• Specialized job boards
• Online recruitment platforms
• Headhunting services
• Vertical job marketplaces
• Digital job placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Job Posting Services: Employers pay to post job listings on the specialized vertical websites. The platforms serve as the primary marketplace connecting employers with candidates in legal, administrative, digital, engineering, and automotive sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Groupe Velan Media operates a portfolio of five specialized vertical job-board and digital media websites (Droit-inc, Secrétaire-inc, Espresso-jobs, Génie-inc, Auto-jobs) serving Quebec employers and job seekers in the legal, administrative, digital/IT, engineering, and automotive sectors. The platforms combine niche content (daily news, career advice, professional profiles) with self-serve job-posting marketplaces where employers pay to list positions and candidates search and apply. The group also delivers recruiting and headhunting services through a team of industry-specialized in-house recruiters.

Product overview

Groupe Velan Media (GVM) operates as a conglomerate of specialized digital media and job board websites serving the Quebec market. The portfolio includes five distinct job website brands (Droit-inc for legal, Secrétaire-inc for administrative, Espresso-jobs for digital/IT/AI, Génie-inc for engineering, and Auto-jobs for automotive), each serving as both a niche media platform and employment resource. GVM also provides comprehensive recruiting and headhunting services through its team of experienced industry-specialized recruiters. The products share a common focus on connecting employers with candidates within specific industry verticals, with additional career advice and industry news content.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Droit-inc Specialized legal media and job-board platform for Quebec lawyers and legal-sector employers, combining a daily news feed, portraits, reports, and career resources with the first legal job website in Quebec.
• Secrétaire-inc Specialized job-board and career-resource platform for secretaries, assistants, and administrative support staff in Quebec, featuring career advice, news, tools, and employment information.
• Espresso-jobs Leading specialized digital job-board platform in Quebec covering digital communication, marketing, IT, artificial intelligence (AI), video games, and fintech sectors, with career-advice content.
• Génie-inc Leading specialized job-board and career-resource platform for engineers and engineering professionals in Quebec, offering career advice, industry news, and professional profiles.
• Auto-jobs The employment reference in Quebec's automotive sector—the first specialized automotive job website, combining a popular recruitment service with industry news and practical information.
• Recruiting and Headhunting Services Comprehensive recruiting and headhunting services delivered by experienced in-house recruiters specialized in the industries served (legal, administrative, digital, engineering, automotive), tailored to employer hiring needs and candidate career ambitions.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Jobillico: Quebec-founded recruitment platform serving employers and job seekers across Canada with job board, ATS, and career site tools. Directly comparable to GVM as a Canada-centric, French-language-friendly recruitment marketplace with overlapping employer and candidate audiences.
• Jobboom: One of Quebec's longest-standing generalist job boards, now owned by the same group as Workopolis. Competes with GVM's vertical boards for employer job-posting spend and Quebec candidate traffic, particularly at the SMB end of the market.
• Eluta.ca: Canadian job search engine aggregating listings directly from employer career pages. Competes with GVM's job boards for candidate search traffic and offers employers a free organic-listing alternative to paid job-posting.
• Talent.com (formerly neuvoo): Montreal-headquartered global job aggregator operating across multiple markets. Comparable to GVM as a Canadian-origin, Quebec-rooted job marketplace with employer pay-per-click monetization and a French-language product surface.
• Workopolis: Major Canadian generalist job board serving employers and job seekers nationally, with strong Quebec presence. Comparable to GVM as a paid job-posting marketplace, though broader in scope and without GVM's vertical specialization.

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn: Global professional network with integrated job listings, recruiter tools, and direct candidate outreach. A structural competitor to GVM's verticals — particularly Espresso-jobs (digital) and Génie-inc (engineering) — where professionals are highly active on LinkedIn.
• ZipRecruiter: US-headquartered AI-driven job marketplace with employer subscriptions and candidate matching. Comparable to GVM in its marketplace-plus-matching orientation, though broader in geography and lacking GVM's Quebec vertical depth.
• Indeed: Global horizontal job board and search engine dominating candidate search across Canada and Quebec. Competes with GVM for top-of-funnel candidate traffic and sets the price benchmark for paid job postings against which GVM's specialized boards must justify a premium.
• Robert Half: Global staffing and recruiting firm with dedicated practice areas across finance, technology, legal, and administrative support — directly mirroring GVM's vertical specialization but with a placement-fee model rather than job-board advertising.

Emerging players

• Jobberman: Leading recruitment platform in francophone Africa (with operations across multiple African markets). Comparable to GVM as a regional, language-aligned job marketplace serving French-speaking professional talent pools — a useful analog for GVM's pan-Francophone expansion thesis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries5 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 →

Frequently asked questions about Groupe Velan Media