# Nicolas Meunier

> Nicolas Meunier is the Founder and CEO of talent.io, a Paris-based reverse recruitment platform that flips the traditional hiring model on its head - instead of candidates chasing companies, vetted tech companies apply to pre-screened software engineers. A Stanford-trained computer scientist and Ecole Polytechnique alumnus, Meunier co-founded talent.io in 2015 after previously co-founding CruiseWise (acquired by TripAdvisor) and working as a senior software engineer at Cruise Critic. Under his leadership, talent.io has grown to serve 2,000+ tech companies and 150,000+ developers across 8+ European cities, raising $11M in funding from top investors including Alven Capital and Ventech.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at talent.io
- **Organizations:** talent.io, CruiseWise, TripAdvisor / Cruise Critic, Stanford University, Ecole Polytechnique
- **Nationality:** French
- **Education:** Engineering Degree (Ingenieur), Ecole Polytechnique, M.S. Computer Science (AI focus), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded CruiseWise, successfully acquired by TripAdvisor in 2013, Founded talent.io in 2015, growing it to Europe's leading reverse recruitment platform for tech, Raised $11M in total funding from Alven Capital, Ventech, Elaia Partners

## Career timeline

- **2005-2008** — Engineering degree at Ecole Polytechnique, France
- **2008-2010** — M.S. in Computer Science (AI) at Stanford University
- **2010** — Teaching Assistant at Stanford, teaching Machine Learning (Graphical Probabilistic Models)
- **2010-2013** — Co-founded CruiseWise, a cruise search engine startup in San Francisco, serving as CTO
- **2013** — CruiseWise acquired by TripAdvisor (May 2013); joined as Senior Software Engineer at Cruise Critic
- **2013-2015** — Senior Software Engineer at TripAdvisor / Cruise Critic
- **2015** — Co-founded talent.io in Paris with Amit Aharoni and Jonathan Azoulay
- **2015** — talent.io raises €2M seed round from Alven Capital, Elaia Partners, Ventech
- **2016** — talent.io expands to Berlin and London
- **2017** — talent.io raises $8.8M Series A led by Alven Capital and Ventech
- **2017** — Expanded to Lyon, Lille, Hamburg, Toulouse, Bordeaux
- **2015-present** — CEO of talent.io, growing platform to 2,000+ companies and 150,000+ developers

## Achievements

- Co-founded CruiseWise, successfully acquired by TripAdvisor in 2013
- Founded talent.io in 2015, growing it to Europe's leading reverse recruitment platform for tech
- Raised $11M in total funding from Alven Capital, Ventech, Elaia Partners
- Scaled talent.io to 2,000+ client companies and 150,000+ developers across 8+ European cities
- Pioneered reverse recruitment model in Europe where companies apply to pre-screened engineers
- Built selective screening process: only 10% of engineer applicants accepted on platform
- M.S. in Computer Science (AI focus) from Stanford University
- Engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique (one of France's most prestigious grandes ecoles)

## Latest updates

- **2017-05** — talent.io raises $8.8M Series A to accelerate European expansion
- **2017-09** — Expanded talent.io to Lille and additional French cities
- **2016-01** — talent.io launches in Berlin and London markets

## Links

- Website: https://talent.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas-meunier-246513a
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/talent_io
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/talentioEU

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Last updated: 2026-05-11