Akela Hub is an AI- and human-assisted scouting platform founded in 2024 by Giels Brouwer, who previously built the football-analytics company SciSports; based in The Hague, Netherlands, it emerged from years of internal use inside corporate innovation studio Unknown Group before launching commercially with a 1 million euro seed round.
The platform combines AI search algorithms with a team of human scouts and analysts to search a database of more than 5 million companies, packaged into three products: Replicruit for sourcing recruitment candidates, Leadlister for sales prospecting, and Alumniscan for mapping alumni networks to find founders, donors, and speakers tied to an institution. The team validates and delivers a longlist of matches rather than a raw search result, with Replicruit promising validated candidate shortlists within 7 working days.
Akela Hub is built for corporate innovation teams, recruiters, and fundraising or alumni-relations offices at universities that need targeted lists of people or companies rather than a self-serve search tool; customers cited include Shell, Unilever, Hyundai, and Bayer. Pricing isn't published: Alumniscan runs on a pay-per-profile-found model, and other products require contacting the company directly.
