XAnge is a European venture capital firm with offices in France, Germany and Belgium, managing over €700 million in assets and investing in early-stage tech startups from pre-seed to Series B. With more than 90 active portfolio companies, the XAnge team is committed to helping founders grow—especially when it comes to one of the toughest challenges in early-stage startups: hiring.
As the portfolio expanded, so did the need for a scalable, efficient way to support recruiting efforts and spotlight open roles across companies. That’s when XAnge turned to Consider.
We spoke with Pauline Paquet, Director of Operations at XAnge, who launched the firm’s startup support function and led the implementation of Consider’s job board. Her goal was clear: provide meaningful hiring support to founders without creating extra overhead for her team.
Before using Consider, XAnge had no centralized way to share open roles across its portfolio. With over 250 investments to date, manually tracking and promoting job opportunities wasn’t sustainable.
“We weren’t sharing open roles because it was too hard,” explained Pauline. “We tried giving companies access to our own ATS in the early days, but it quickly became a nightmare—for them and for us.”
At the same time, portfolio demand for hiring support was rising. XAnge’s Startup Success team fields a steady stream of founder requests, and recruiting help consistently ranks among the top needs.
“Up to 40% of the requests we get from portfolio companies are about recruiting, especially for key leadership or technical roles.”
Beyond supporting founders, XAnge also saw the opportunity to demonstrate impact to Limited Partners (LPs). Showcasing job creation across its portfolio could strengthen LP relationships and underscore the fund’s regional influence.
“It was important for us to showcase opportunities—not just for portfolio support, but also to show our LPs that we’re helping create jobs in the regions where we invest,” said Pauline.
To solve the problem, XAnge implemented Consider’s white-labeled job board. It automatically aggregates live roles from portfolio companies, giving them greater visibility while saving time for the XAnge team.
The board serves multiple purposes: it provides a professional, centralized destination for job seekers; enables XAnge to easily feature roles in newsletters and reports; and creates a trackable record of hiring activity across the portfolio.
Setup was quick and required minimal effort. After a few emails, a DNS redirect, and a list of portfolio websites, the Consider team took care of the rest—including customizing the board to match XAnge’s brand.
“Honestly, I don’t remember much about the setup—it has always just worked.”
Since launch, the board has run smoothly with virtually no maintenance. It continuously surfaces current openings without the need for manual updates, making it a reliable and efficient tool that fits seamlessly into XAnge’s broader platform efforts.
Consider’s job board has delivered consistent, tangible benefits for XAnge, both internally and externally.
With the board in place, XAnge can:
“We include Consider’s analytics in our annual reports. It’s great to see matches happening every week with no effort on our end,” Pauline shared.
For founders, the increased visibility means more exposure to top-tier talent through XAnge’s network—without needing to submit roles manually. The job board also helps maintain a steady connection with XAnge’s talent community, keeping candidates informed and engaged.
An unexpected benefit? Better SEO. With job listings indexed and discoverable, more candidates are finding XAnge and its companies organically through search.
And the results are measurable: 20 roles filled each year via the board, connecting the right talent to the right startups at the right time.
“My favorite part? I don’t have to connect to make it work. It just runs.”
XAnge recently renewed its partnership with Consider for another three years—a reflection of the platform’s reliability, simplicity, and clear value.
“If I were talking to another VC firm, I’d tell them it’s easy, and absolutely worth what you pay—especially for the time it saves.”
As XAnge continues to grow its portfolio and evolve its support programs, Consider remains a core part of the firm’s operational infrastructure. With plans to explore additional features and better track the impact of its talent network, XAnge sees Consider not just as a vendor, but as a long-term partner.
“We signed for three more years because we know it works. I don’t want to touch it—it’s running exactly the way we need it to.”
In a competitive VC landscape, XAnge’s proactive, tech-enabled approach to founder support stands out—and Consider is proud to be part of that strategy.
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