Creagent
Founded 2015 · 1 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Creagent is a platform that uses AI-powered visual matching to connect global companies with design talent for hiring and subcontracting. It serves companies looking to source designers from around the world.
Also known as Creagent Ltd
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Creagent is a design talent sourcing platform that connects companies with designers for both hiring and subcontracting. The service positions itself as a "design broker": clients describe the designer profile they need, Creagent pre-screens qualified candidates, applies a visual screening tool, and delivers a shortlist from which the client can request meetings. The company states that its matching combines data and design, using visual matching powered by AI, and that it reaches over one million qualified designers across Europe and Asia through smart sourcing and open data.
The platform covers a broad range of design disciplines, including graphic, architectural, digital, industrial, service and interior design, and targets industries such as automotive, architecture, gaming, elevators, consumer electronics, hospitality, furniture and home appliances. Earlier profile material describes Creagent as a matching web platform serving both designers and business clients and providing an outsourcing solution, with an emphasis on a pool of talented designers, particularly Nordic, and a stated vision of becoming a leading global design talent supplier.
Business model
Creagent operates an intermediary platform between design professionals and corporate clients, providing screened and shortlisted design talent for hiring and subcontracting, and offering designers access to jobs and projects globally. The company positions its service as an alternative to headhunters at a fraction of their cost.
Traction
Creagent states it reaches over one million qualified designers in Europe and Asia. Team size is reported as four employees in one profile and a range of 1-10 in another.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Creagent presents itself as a one-stop shop for multiple design talent areas and as a lower-cost alternative to headhunting firms, describing itself as a global design broker.
The company cites three differentiators: a single source for all kinds of design talent, quality assurance through combined domain expertise and AI, and pricing described as a fraction of headhunter costs, alongside its visual, portfolio-based screening approach.
Technology
The platform applies AI-powered visual matching and a visual screening tool to candidate portfolios, combined with pre-screening of qualified candidates and use of open data for sourcing.
Go-to-market
The service follows a four-step client workflow: the client describes the ideal designer, Creagent pre-screens qualified candidates, the client performs visual screening with Creagent's tool, and Creagent delivers a shortlist and arranges meetings. Contact is offered through regional Europe and Asia channels.
Global companies and corporations seeking design talent, described as the main client base, across sectors including automotive, architecture, gaming, elevators, consumer electronics, hospitality, furniture and home appliances; on the supply side, designers across graphic, architectural, digital, industrial, service and interior design.
Geography
Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, with an Asia office in Shanghai, China, and a multicultural team across the two locations; talent reach is described as spanning Europe and Asia.
History
Company profiles give a founding year of 2011 for Creagent Ltd, at which point it was listed as prototype-ready with four employees in Helsinki, while a later startup profile lists a founding year of 2015 and a team of 1-10. The company's website carries a 2019 copyright notice for Creagent Ltd and lists both Helsinki and Shanghai contact points.
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Key figures
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primary sources listed
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Creagent do?
- Creagent is a Helsinki- and Shanghai-based platform matching designers to global companies using AI visual matching.
- Who are Creagent's investors?
- Creagent's investors include Superhero Capital.