Paris-based Skello, an AI-powered HR management platform for frontline teams, announced a €200 mn investment to accelerate its European expansion and deepen its work in AI.
Bridgepoint led the transaction through Bridgepoint Development Capital V, its lower middle-market fund focused on fast-growing European companies.
The deal makes Bridgepoint Skello’s lead minority shareholder. Existing investors Partech and XAnge also reinvested. The transaction also allows Skello’s management team to increase its ownership in the company.
Skello was founded in 2016 by Quitterie Mathelin-Moreaux and Emmanuelle Fauchier-Magnan. The company builds software for businesses managing frontline staff, covering scheduling, administrative workflows, compliance and operational performance.
The two co-founders said frontline workers represent nearly 55% of Europe’s workforce, yet many still sit outside the main wave of digital transformation. They said Skello was built for the daily operating reality of these teams, not for back-office HR theory.
According to Beinsure, Skello now counts 2 mn account holders and sees the new investment as a way to move faster in Europe, expand AI development and pursue consolidation in its market.
The company serves 25,000 businesses and 600,000 daily users across France, Spain, the Benelux and Italy. Its customer base ranges from SMEs to large brands, including Starbucks and Intermarché.
Skello operates from Paris, Lille and Barcelona. It employs more than 400 people and reportedly exceeded €50 mn in ARR in 2026, after reaching profitability in 2025.
The raise comes during continued funding activity across European HRTech, workforce management and people-operations software.
Investors still see room in tools built for deskless employees, where payroll, scheduling and compliance remain fragmented across countries.
Jean-Baptiste Salvin, Partner at Bridgepoint, said Skello brings together market leadership, strong growth, a differentiated product and exposure to a European market still fragmented and underserved. He said frontline teams represent a large part of Europe’s working population, with rising demand for digital tools and operational management.
In 2025, Skello launched Skello Assistant, an AI agent built for frontline teams.
The product turns large volumes of workforce data into tailored HR insights and automates follow-up actions, helping managers make faster decisions and reduce daily administrative load.
Cyril Bertrand, Partner at XAnge, said Skello has built a strong technology platform and European footprint over the past few years. He added that XAnge will continue supporting the company alongside Bridgepoint Development Capital and the management team.
Skello will use the new capital across three priorities: strengthening its position in France, expanding further across Europe and widening the functional scope of its platform.
According to Beinsure, the company will support that plan through team expansion, AI investment and targeted external growth deals.
Skello plans to hire 100 people in 2026 across technology, product and sales roles in Paris, Lille and Barcelona. Those hires will support AI development inside the platform and help the company accelerate commercial growth across Europe.
