# Welcome to the Jungle

> Welcome to the Jungle is a Paris-founded employer-branding and job-search platform that turns static job listings into immersive, media-rich company profiles - videos, photography and editorial content that show what it is really like to work somewhere. Launched in 2015 by Jérémy Clédat and Bertrand Uzeel, it pairs a consumer job-search destination drawing 3.5 million monthly visitors with a B2B SaaS suite used by 5,500+ companies to build their employer brand and manage candidates. After acquiring UK job-search app Otta in 2024, it operates across France, Europe and the United States.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Paris, France
- **Founders:** Jérémy Clédat (Co-founder & former CEO/co-CEO), Bertrand Uzeel (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** 300+ employees (110-300 range across sources; 300+ reported at the time of the Otta acquisition)
- **Products:** Welcome to the Jungle job-search platform, Welcome to the Jungle Solutions (SaaS suite), Employer branding media production, Otta
- **Notable:** Reached ~3.5 million unique monthly visitors and 5,500+ partner companies., Raised a $54M (€50M) Series C in January 2023, one of France's notable HR-tech rounds., Acquired UK job-search platform Otta in January 2024 to expand into the UK and US.

## Products & services

- **Welcome to the Jungle job-search platform** — Consumer-facing job board and career media destination combining job listings with immersive company profiles, videos, photography and editorial content.
- **Welcome to the Jungle Solutions (SaaS suite)** — B2B employer-branding and candidate-management software: company profile pages, an applicant tracking system (Welcome Kit), multiposting, campaigns and analytics.
- **Employer branding media production** — High-production-value video and photography services that let companies portray authentic workplace culture on their WTTJ profile.
- **Otta** — Candidate-first job-search platform using matching technology to pair users with roles by preferences, skills and values, operating in the UK, US and EU.

## Achievements

- Reached ~3.5 million unique monthly visitors and 5,500+ partner companies.
- Raised a $54M (€50M) Series C in January 2023, one of France's notable HR-tech rounds.
- Acquired UK job-search platform Otta in January 2024 to expand into the UK and US.
- Grew to ~€78M revenue in FY2025 with SaaS at ~62% of group revenue.
- Built a media-first moat: high-production video and editorial content driving ~60% of traffic.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Co-founder Jérémy Clédat stepped down as co-CEO on July 1, joined the board, and was appointed Chief Creative Officer at French health insurance unicorn Alan; the company ended its dual-leadership model and began a search for a successor.
- **2026-05** — Reports emerged that Jérémy Clédat would hand over the reins of Welcome to the Jungle.
- **2025-01** — FY2025 metrics reported: ~€78M revenue, SaaS ARR ≈€42.8M (~62% of group revenue), ~92% retention on ATS-integrated accounts.
- **2024-01** — Acquired London-based candidate-first job-search platform Otta to expand across the UK and US; Otta co-founders Sam Franklin, Theo Margolius and Xav Kearney joined.
- **2023-01** — Closed $54M (€50M) Series C to scale employer-branding solutions and expand internationally, with a focus on the US.

## Links

- Website: https://welcometothejungle.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/welcome2thejungle
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/wttj
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/welcometothejungle/

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Last updated: 2026-07-17