Yoann Demont, founder of Alteam, sitting outdoorsYoann Demont, Founder

Built for founders, from day one.

Alteam began as YJCollective, a small collective of creative and technology freelancers, with our first project for Glide.

Over the years the same request kept coming back: can you bring the senior people we need, for as long as we need them? That is what Alteam is. I work with founders advancing climate innovation, energy, education, social impact and wellbeing, because that is where a good team changes more than a cap table. My job is simple. Understand what you are building, work out what your product needs next, and put the right people around you within the budget you actually have.

AI makes finding candidates faster. It does not tell you who will hold up when the roadmap changes mid sprint. That judgement is still human, and it is the part I never hand over.

Yoann DemontFounder, Alteam

Our values

Commitment

We commit to your outcome, not a rigid contract. Scale up, scale down, change course, and we move with you.

Problem first

We start with the problem, not the CV. Sometimes the answer is a hire, sometimes it is a better product decision.

Beyond the brief

We work hard and go past our scope when it matters. It is why clients stay with us for years.

Trust, earned

Honest advice, even when it means not selling you a hire. We only put forward people we would work with ourselves.

How we find great talent

  1. 1

    Relationships first

    Our network grows through years of work and referrals from our best talent. You meet people someone vouched for.
  2. 2

    Know your mission

    We take time with you to understand your vision and what you are really building.
  3. 3

    Map the gaps

    We analyse your product and growth needs against your budget, so you hire for what moves you forward now.
  4. 4

    Human plus AI matching

    Our AI sourcer scouts and scores. A human expert reviews every match before it reaches you.
  5. 5

    Vetted on three pillars

    Problem solving, real experience and cultural fit. Every candidate is tested on all three.
  6. 6

    Your choice of model

    Retained contractors or a permanent hire, with a first shortlist within 72 hours.

With the founders we build alongside

Yoann in the Carbon13 podcast studio
Carbon13
Yoann receiving a StartUp Awards London 2023 trophy
StartUp Awards London, winner 2023
The team working together at a shared table in the YJCollective days
YJCollective days
Grow London Global Enterprise cohort group photo
Grow London Global
Yoann speaking with a microphone at a founder event
Yoann, our founder
The Solo Sixty app on a phone
Solo Sixty app
Ben Alderton, founder of Solo Sixty: Alteam completely transformed my view on flexible hiring
Ben, Solo60 founder
Yoann at a working session in a café with a founder
Yoann, founder & Robert, software engineer
Glide app screens on two phones
Glide
Solo Sixty space at Brewery Square
Solo Sixty, Brewery Square
Yoann and a founder in a studio portrait
Klym ex-Product Designer & Yoann, founder
Yoann and two founders in front of a painted mural
Three founders

See the work of our contractors

Our project portfolio, client by client. PDF, 11 MB.
Download the portfolio