When Emma Capron founded Slash Intérim in 2021, she was barely 21. Too young, some would say, to take on the behemoths of the temp-work sector. Old enough, she believed, to see exactly what wasn’t working.
Capron grew up in a family deeply rooted in temporary recruitment. Her parents launched their own agency 18 years ago. Capron witnessed firsthand how the industry seemed frozen in time. While technology reshaped nearly every corner of the job market, interim work remained stubbornly analog, administratively heavy, and surprisingly hostile to the very people who powered it: the recruiters themselves.
Four years later, Slash Intérim is profitable, national, and reportedly doubling its growth year after year. To accelerate, the startup has just raised its first funding round of €6 million to create a new and durable interim work model.
“I didn’t invent anything,” she insisted. “I just looked at a model that already worked incredibly well in real estate – the independent agent model – and asked myself how to transpose it to interim.”
A Legacy Sector in Need of Overhaul
Unlike many French tech companies born from a brainstorm or a spreadsheet, Slash comes from something simpler: proximity.
Capron noted the daily friction inside traditional interim agencies, such as the layers of admin, the inefficiencies, the outdated tools, the chronic lack of autonomy, and the talent drain that followed. Recruiters faced an impossible equation: rising expectations, shrinking margins, no real path for progression.
“At every level, expectations have changed,” she explained. “Candidates want proximity, companies demand reactivity, and recruiters want freedom while still being supported.”
Traditional agencies, bound to heavy structures and legacy processes, could no longer keep up.
Enter the “IAD” epiphany. As independent real estate networks exploded in France, Capron’s father said, “We need to create the same model for interim recruiters." The idea stuck in Emma’s mind and ultimately became Slash.
Turning Recruiters Into Entrepreneurs
Slash Intérim gives recruiters the power to launch their own business without upfront investment and without losing the safety net of a structured organization behind them. Independent recruiters join Slash and pay a €99/month subscription to receive:
- A digital platform from which to manage their activity
- Contracting, billing, payroll, compliance, and admin services
- Continuous training (including a mandatory three-day onboarding at HQ)
- A support network, weekly meetings, and ongoing coaching
Recruiters source local companies needing interim workers, find candidates, match them, and send anonymised CVs - a standard practice in interim. If the company proceeds, Slash handles the rest.
Revenue is split 50/50 on the margin between the recruiter and Slash.
“Some of our independents place eight people a month, others seventy. It’s their business. They decide their pace,” Capron explained. On average, recruiters earn between €40k and €50k a year, with the strongest performers surpassing €100k.
According to Capron, Slash boasts an accessible, human-centered model that is growing purely by word of mouth.
“Until now, we have never used any marketing channels. Everything is bouche à oreille (word of mouth)," she said. “Although that is about to change as we have just hired our first CMO.”
The Early Days: Door-to-Door
Founded in La Roche-Sur-Yon, Slash Interim began in Vendée, then expanded into Brittany with its first temporary workers. Recruiters joined, started placing candidates, talked to friends, and the network grew quietly but rapidly across France.
“We’re very strong in the south of France and in the Grand Ouest,” Capron noted. “There are lots of large accounts in the Paris region, so we don’t have a big presence there. Our DNA really lies with SMEs.”
The “SME DNA” is central to the company’s culture. Slash’s independent recruiters meet companies in person, detect opportunities, build relationships, and source candidates with local knowledge.
According to Capron, the model works especially well outside the big cities, a hybrid mixture of tech-assisted sourcing and high-touch proximity.
“We go and meet the companies. We look at job boards like HelloWork and Indeed, and our AI helps detect which company is behind each job post,” Capron explained. “Then our recruiters identify the right candidate and send an anonymised CV. It’s fast. Candidates often start pretty much immediately.”
Growing at Triple-Digit Speed
The figures are encouraging for a four-year-old business:
- 100% growth per year since launch
- 500+ client companies, mostly SMEs
- 100 independent recruiters across France
- €25M in volume of business expected this year, with €50M targeted for 2026
- A headquarters of 10 employees, with plans to double after the funding
Capron says that turnover among independents follows a distinctive curve: over a third of new recruiters leave within the first three months, but those who pass this stage stay. Slash currently records a 90% retention rate after that initial period.
As regards recruiter profiles, Capron notes that there is no single “type” of independent recruiter. Still, patterns emerge: Age is mostly between 30 and 45, an even gender split, and a strong presence of former commercial profiles with deep expertise in logistics, building, industry, or healthcare. Many have never worked in the interim industry before.
Funding To Disrupt Legacy Industries
This week, Slash announced its €6 million fundraising led by Réflexion Capital, the specialist investor in profitable tech companies, a rare category in France.
“They were the first investors we spoke to,” she recalled. “We had cultural alignment, and they have a real culture of profitability.”
Réfexion Capital Partner Ivan Michal said in a statement:
“Slash Intérim ticks all the boxes: strong growth, rapid profitability, and a deeply innovative vision. We are convinced it will transform the interim employment market for the long term.”
Alongside Reflexion Capital are well-known business angels: Malik Benrejdal, co-founder of IAD Group, Laurent Delaporte, former CEO of Qapa (sold to Adecco), Guillaume Sarkozy, ex-head of Malakoff Médéric, and Marc Brimeux, from SAFTI Immobilier.
Capron plans to use the new funds to double the headquarters team, strengthen the Slash platform, accelerate AI for job detection and matching, improve training and onboarding for recruiters, and, more generally, structure the company for national scale.
The key to doing that is balancing scale while maintaining a human touch. With 100 independents spread across the country, community matters.
“We bring everyone together for a big annual convention,” Capron said. “And every Monday we have a visio call to share news and stay connected. We also offer many webinars so independents can train à la carte...People need to feel they’re part of something, that they’re not alone."
Still, Slash’s ambitions are clear.
Already profitable, with triple-digit growth, and a network model that investors recognize, the company is now looking to accelerate.
“We want to become the IAD of the interim sector,” Capron said. “Our goal is to reach 1,000 independent recruiters by 2030. We want to be present everywhere in France and then expand into Europe.”
