What Start Hub Consulting does

Start Hub Consulting s.r.l. is an Italy-based HR consulting firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Milan with operational offices in Bologna. The company operates across two integrated pillars: Talent Marketing, which delivers employer branding, recruiting marketing campaigns, communication services, and event organization for large national and international enterprises (including Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, PwC Italy, KPMG Italy, ABB, and Dassault Systèmes), and Start Hub Training, which designs funded training plans for cooperatives, SMEs, and executives by accessing Italian instruments such as Fondi Interprofessionali, Fondo Nuove Competenze, and Credito d'Imposta Transizione 5.0. Sub-brands School 4 Innovation (HR-focused learning and development) and Innovation Manager Hub (a community of 200+ international companies and 80 universities) extend the portfolio into training and innovation networking.

The firm's proprietary assets include the Digital Recruiting Week platform, an annual virtual recruiting event attracting approximately 50,000 graduates and undergraduates, and a candidate database of 100,000+ contacts used for email marketing campaigns. Core technical components are minimal: Start Hub operates as a professional services firm with no proprietary software platforms or AI/ML products, relying instead on partnerships with Indeed (as an official partner agency managing campaigns across 25+ job search engines), Talent job board, Jobmetoo by Seltis Hub (Digital Diversity Week), Sapienza Innovazione, and Fondirigenti. The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification (DNV-GL) for training delivery and ANPAL authorization (Prot. 107) for personnel research and selection.

The business model is project-based professional services revenue from enterprise consulting engagements and SME/cooperative training contracts, sold through direct enterprise sales with no reseller or intermediary layer. GTM is largely direct field sales to HR departments of large Italian enterprises, supplemented by self-service participation in the Digital Recruiting Week platform. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; quotes are scoped per engagement. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or institutional investors, and operates exclusively within Italy.

Name

Start Hub Consulting

Legal name

Start Hub Consulting s.r.l.

Website

https://starthubconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Start Hub Consulting is an Italy-based HR consulting firm founded in 2019 that delivers employer branding, recruiting marketing, and funded training services to large enterprises, SMEs, and cooperatives through its Talent Marketing and Start Hub Training brands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Management Consulting Services (54161)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Learning, Training & Corporate Education Consulting (BPAHAGAE)

Keywords

• HR consulting services
• Employer branding
• Recruiting marketing
• Funded training programs
• Digital recruiting events

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. HR Consulting Services: The company generates revenue through professional consulting services including talent marketing, employer branding campaigns, recruiting events, and training programs. Revenue is project-based, typically structured as engagements with enterprise clients for specific HR initiatives.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Start Hub Consulting is an HR consulting firm that provides employer branding, recruiting marketing, communication campaigns, and event organization services to large national and international companies through its Talent Marketing brand. It also delivers funded and catalog-based training programs for cooperatives and SMEs through Start Hub Training, leveraging Italian interprofessional funds and government incentives. The firm operates proprietary digital event platforms including Digital Recruiting Week (~50,000 participants annually), Speed Date, and Digital Diversity Week to connect employers with graduate candidates.

Product overview

Start Hub Consulting is an HR consulting firm founded in 2019, operating as a platform of interconnected brands and services. The core offering is Talent Marketing (communication, employer branding, consulting, and events), complemented by Start Hub Training (funded and catalog-based training services). The company portfolio includes two distinct sub-brands: School 4 Innovation (Italy's leading HR training institution) and Innovation Manager Hub (largest innovation network in Italy with 200+ companies and 80 universities). Major event products include Digital Recruiting Week (annual digital recruiting platform with ~50,000 participants), Digital Diversity Week (inclusion-focused recruiting), and Speed Date (pre-selected STEM graduate recruitment). Training services span Interprofessional Funds advisory, New Skills Fund access, and Credito d'Imposta Transition 5.0 consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Talent Marketing: Recruiting marketing, employer branding, brand identity and marketing services for national and international companies
• Start Hub Training
• School for Innovation (School 4 Innovation)
• Innovation Manager Hub

Products and services

• Talent Marketing HR consulting services specializing in communication campaigns, employer branding, event organization, and recruiting marketing for national and international companies.
• Start Hub Training Training services for cooperatives and SMEs, designing training plans in response to professional and organizational needs and facilitating access to funding through interprofessional funds.
• Digital Recruiting Week Annual digital recruiting event series with approximately 50,000 graduates participating annually, connecting employers with STEM, diversity, engineering, and coding candidates.
• Speed Date Recruitment service connecting companies with pre-selected recent STEM graduates through structured digital meeting experiences.
• School 4 Innovation Italy's leading HR training institution that redefines Learning & Development by connecting the corporate, university, and innovation worlds. Part of Start Hub Consulting's brand portfolio.
• Innovation Manager Hub Italy's largest innovation network connecting companies, universities, and institutions, uniting innovation managers from over 200 international companies and 80 university partners.
• Network Networking and training innovation services connecting companies with universities, placement offices, HR professionals, and innovation stakeholders through events and partnerships.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50,000 graduates and undergraduates participate annually in Digital Recruiting Week events
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 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 major and core.

• Indeed & GlassdoormajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for Employer Branding Masterclass events, bringing together HR and marketing leaders for educational sessions on employer branding trends and best practices.
• Sapienza InnovazionemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Start Hub Consulting has been a partner of Sapienza Innovazione since 2022. The consortium, founded in 2006 by Sapienza University of Rome and Unicredit, implements high-level training projects, cultural and social events.
• IndeedcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerStart Hub Consulting is an official Indeed partner agency, managing job posting and sponsorship campaigns across over 25 job search engines. The partnership enables access to hundreds of thousands of candidates through Indeed's recruitment platform.
• Talent (Job Board)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with Talent job board platform for recruitment advertising and employer branding campaigns, complementing the Indeed partnership for multi-channel recruiting reach.
• Jobmetoo by Seltis HubmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Digital Diversity Week, a 100% digital event dedicated to disability and inclusion in the workplace. Jobmetoo specializes in disability and inclusion consulting and operates a platform for recruiting people with disabilities and protected category candidates.
• FondirigentimajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartnership with Fondirigenti (professional development fund for executives) to deliver the Employ-Ability project, a program bringing together doctoral candidates and companies for intrapreneurship and soft skills development.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Universum: Global employer-branding agency running university outreach, talent insights and employer-brand strategy; most directly comparable to Start Hub Consulting's Talent Marketing and Digital Recruiting Week proposition.
• Randstad Italia: Major Italian staffing and HR solutions provider with employer-branding and recruitment-marketing capabilities; directly comparable to Start Hub Consulting's Talent Marketing offering for enterprise clients.
• ManpowerGroup Italy: Large Italian HR services provider with workforce solutions, talent acquisition and training; competes with Start Hub Consulting in recruiting-marketing and corporate training engagements.
• Gi Group: Italian-headquartered HR services group offering staffing, talent attraction and training; competes with Start Hub Consulting in employer-branding and recruiting-marketing engagements for Italian enterprises.
• LinkedIn Talent Solutions (Italy): Operates in the same employer-branding, social recruiting and talent-attraction space in Italy, competing for the same enterprise marketing budgets and offering branded-content and recruitment-marketing products.
• TMP Worldwide Italy: Employer-branding and RPO firm operating in Italy, providing recruitment marketing, EVP development and candidate-experience design — closely overlapping with Start Hub Consulting's Talent Marketing services.
• Indeed Italy: Italy's leading job-search platform and Start Hub Consulting's core GTM partner; competes in talent-attraction and recruitment-advertising distribution while collaborating on Employer Branding Masterclass events.

Others

• Fondirigenti: Italian interprofessional fund for executive training; an active partner of Start Hub Consulting rather than a competitor, but materially relevant as the funding channel through which the company delivers its executive training programs.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with talent acquisition, employer brand and leadership development practices; competing with Start Hub Consulting for enterprise HR engagements but as a much larger, broader-scope player.
• Mercer Italia: Global consulting firm providing broader HR and workforce consulting, including employer-brand advisory and talent strategy; overlaps with Start Hub Consulting but serves a wider portfolio of HR services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/starthubconsulting
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/start-hub-consulting
• Instagraminstagram.com/starthubconsulting
• Xx.com/starthubcons

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 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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