Akeneo
Akeneo sells product information management software to help companies manage and enrich product data for commerce. The company has raised $196M, most recently a Series D in March 2022, and employs 420 people.
The growth story
Akeneo grew from 229 to 420 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $196M along the way, most recently a Series D in March 2022.
About
Akeneo provides software that helps companies centralize and manage product information across sales channels. Its tools include AI-powered data enrichment, supplier onboarding, and an app marketplace, used by brands like Chico’s and TaylorMade Golf to improve product experiences.
The company has scaled to 420 employees and raised $196M, including a Series D in 2022 led by Salesforce Ventures and Partech. Its growth reflects demand for tools that help businesses manage increasingly complex product catalogs across digital channels.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest function at Akeneo, with 50 employees. The company is led by a team with backgrounds in software and commerce, headquartered in Nantes, France.
The Akeneo org chart
Romain Fouache (Chief Executive Officer) leads 57 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 120 (0% YoY), Sales 58 (-16% YoY), Information Technology 42 (-12% YoY), Customer Success and Support 33 (0% YoY), Product Management 25 (-14% YoY), Business Development 19 (-32% YoY).
Talent flow
Akeneo hires heavily from product information management competitors like Salsify and Adobe. Alumni often move to commerce platforms like OneStock and commercetools.
Most common previous employers of Akeneo staff: Salsify (7), Adobe (6), iAdvize (5), Unifai (5), IBM (5), Microsoft (4). Former Akeneo employees most often moved to OneStock (6), ServiceNow (3), Aguaro (3), Uberall (3), commercetools (3), Storyblok (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Akeneo mafia
Akeneo alumni have founded 14 companies, including OroCommerce, a B2B commerce platform with 122 employees, and Emporix, a headless commerce platform with 38 staff.
14Dariusz Glazewski, was Senior Business Development Manager Eastern Europe until 2023Yoav Kutner, was Co-Founder, Advisor, Board Member until 2026Kristin Naragon, was Chief Strategy Officer until 2025Mark Holenstein, was Chief Operating Officer - Leader of GTM until 2024Emeric Koda, was Head of Sales (VP) - Southern Europe until 2023Shannon V., was Engineering Director until 2023
Steven LARDEUX, was Responsable administratif until 2018
Yonatan Maor, was Engineering Manager until 2021
Carlos Dufour, was Country Manager Spain, Portugal and Latam until 2020
Benjamin Allen, was Sales Development Representative until 2020
Crissa Toledo, was Principal (Enterprise) Channel Account Manager until 2025
Nick Nabai, was Commercial AE | APAC until 2022
Maëlle Costa, was Senior Director of Revenue Operations until 2025
Jonathan Shafir, was Sales & Marketing Manager until 2018Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 71% direct, 12% search, 3% social, 6% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Akeneo: Project Management (166), Management (134), Microsoft Office (117), Marketing (99), JavaScript (96), Business Development (92), Leadership (92), Communication (91).
Where the team actually sits
Akeneo people are concentrated in Pays de la Loire, France (53), Massachusetts, United States (28), Île-de-France, France (24), England, United Kingdom (24). 6 offices on record.
Search footprint
Akeneo attracts about 3,471 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $42K a month if bought through ads. It gained 877 ranking keywords and lost 646 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.40 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Akeneo has 420 employees as of September 2026.
Akeneo has raised $196M in total, most recently a Series D round in March 2022.
Romain Fouache (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Akeneo's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Akeneo staff are Salsify (7 people), Adobe (6 people), iAdvize (5 people).
Former Akeneo employees most often move to OneStock (6), ServiceNow (3), Aguaro (3).
At least 14 companies have a founder who previously worked at Akeneo, including MakoLab, OroCommerce, The Leadership Consortium (TLC).
Akeneo attracts about 3,471 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $42K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Akeneo staff are Project Management, Management, Microsoft Office, Marketing, JavaScript.
Akeneo staff are concentrated in Pays de la Loire, France (53), Massachusetts, United States (28), Île-de-France, France (24).
Akeneo has about 120 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Akeneo has about 58 people in Sales, down 16% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 236 current and 238 former Akeneo profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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