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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Professional services |
Founded | January 2012 |
Founder | Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta, Sean Casey |
Headquarters | Chicago, United States |
Area served | National |
Key people | Rick Bowman (CEO) [1] |
Services | Employment agencies, recruitments |
Website |
www |
Shiftgig was a platform that connected gig workers with employers through a mobile application to claim one-time and recurring jobs in real time. [2] [3]
Shiftgig was conceived by entrepreneurs Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta and Sean Casey. [4] [5] Launched in Chicago in January 2012, the company has since expanded throughout the United States. [6]
In October 2012, Shiftgig raised $3 million in its Series A round of funding. [7] In November 2014, the platform raised $10 million from Garland Funds (of Huron Consulting Group) and other Chicago-based investors. [8] In In March 2015, the corporation expanded its services to Dallas [9] [8]
On November 24, 2015, Shiftgig Inc. announced it had raised $22 million in Series B venture funding to expand its mobile marketplace, led by Renren Inc. [10]
Date | Users | Businesses | Source |
---|---|---|---|
October 2012 | 100,000 | 4,000 | Chicago Tribune [7] |
December 2013 | 500,000 | 14,000 | Forbes [11] |
March 2015 | 1.3 million | 27,000 | Dallas Business Journal [9] |
In December 2017, the company was chosen as Innovator of the Year at the 2017 Dive Awards by HR Dive. [12]
In April, 2019, Shiftgig's hospitality and national event staffing markets were acquired by LGC Hospitality [13] and Headway Workforce Solutions. [14] Following that transition, the platform primarily operates as a SaaS company. Its worker engagement platforms, Deploy and BookedOut, continue to operate with their staffing partners.
This article contains content that is written like
an advertisement. (January 2018) |
Company type | Privately held company |
---|---|
Industry | Professional services |
Founded | January 2012 |
Founder | Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta, Sean Casey |
Headquarters | Chicago, United States |
Area served | National |
Key people | Rick Bowman (CEO) [1] |
Services | Employment agencies, recruitments |
Website |
www |
Shiftgig was a platform that connected gig workers with employers through a mobile application to claim one-time and recurring jobs in real time. [2] [3]
Shiftgig was conceived by entrepreneurs Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta and Sean Casey. [4] [5] Launched in Chicago in January 2012, the company has since expanded throughout the United States. [6]
In October 2012, Shiftgig raised $3 million in its Series A round of funding. [7] In November 2014, the platform raised $10 million from Garland Funds (of Huron Consulting Group) and other Chicago-based investors. [8] In In March 2015, the corporation expanded its services to Dallas [9] [8]
On November 24, 2015, Shiftgig Inc. announced it had raised $22 million in Series B venture funding to expand its mobile marketplace, led by Renren Inc. [10]
Date | Users | Businesses | Source |
---|---|---|---|
October 2012 | 100,000 | 4,000 | Chicago Tribune [7] |
December 2013 | 500,000 | 14,000 | Forbes [11] |
March 2015 | 1.3 million | 27,000 | Dallas Business Journal [9] |
In December 2017, the company was chosen as Innovator of the Year at the 2017 Dive Awards by HR Dive. [12]
In April, 2019, Shiftgig's hospitality and national event staffing markets were acquired by LGC Hospitality [13] and Headway Workforce Solutions. [14] Following that transition, the platform primarily operates as a SaaS company. Its worker engagement platforms, Deploy and BookedOut, continue to operate with their staffing partners.