Angelique and Anton built their careers scaling complex businesses across finance, tech, and services—working in high-stakes environments where speed and execution made or broke success.
They launched 10x.team to connect companies with top fractional professionals. But they quickly hit a wall: recruitment was fundamentally broken. Sourcing was outdated. Interviews were superficial. Hiring managers were left digging deep—with no signal, no speed, and no real data.
And if recruitment didn’t work, fractional teams couldn’t work either.
So in evenings and weekends, they started building what they wished they had: an execution-first hiring engine. Not a better resume parser. A better talent predictor.
That’s how 10xHire was born: to help hiring managers focus only on top-performing, execution-ready talent—so they can move fast and hire right.
We believe the future of work starts with how you hire and who you hire.
Founder & CEO
Angelique Schouten
Co-founder & Tech Lead
Anton Zhelyazkov
We’ve founded 10s to make a difference; for start-ups, scale-ups and grown-up companies.
Most people talk; we do things.
They plan; we achieve.
They hesitate; we move ahead.
Our Mission
Recruitment is broken.
Traditional recruiters and headhunters tap the same exhausted talent pools—driven by placements, not performance. Hiring managers are left doing the hard work: digging deeper, validating capabilities, and taking the real risk. With 20% to 50% of new hires are gone or deemed unsuccessful within a year or two leading to a total cost of $540 billion per year globally.
At 10xHire, our mission is to change that.
We help companies hire based on execution, not promises—using AI simulations, outcome-based assessments, and a global talent network designed for action.
As part of 10x.team, we believe we are all part of something bigger.
Just like each thread in a woven fabric, every person, team, and company forms a piece of the larger pattern.
10xHire exists to help you find the right thread—so your company’s fabric is built to last, grow, and thrive.
10xHire – The End of Traditional Hiring