$CONNECTD · Connectd CEO sees fractional work platform reaching 17k professionals by year-end on AI-driven restructuring tailwinds

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Connectd is one of the fastest growing companies in Europe with 17m ARR: Roei Samuel, CEO, Connectd

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Connectd CEO sees fractional work platform reaching 17k professionals by year-end on AI-driven restructuring tailwinds

2026-04-14 · 4 company · 3 thematic

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roei samuel

Founder and CEO of Connectd, a fractional work platform reaching 17M ARR. Previously founded and sold a content creation technology company to Gfinity at age 26. Active angel investor and venture scout for Hat.

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“Two weeks ago, can you guess which company our biggest source of inbound inquiries is from? ... Glock. And the week before was Amazon. Right? It's an interesting proxy of AI-led restructuring and layoffs... we're going through the biggest…”

—roei samuel

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AI-led restructuring at large enterprises is creating massive demand for fractional specialists, and Connectd's cross-border network effects position it to become the category lea…