App has placed 100,000 workers in nine months
Jobandtalent, a workforce marketplace that matches workers with temporary roles, has announced that it secured $500 million in equity investment from Kinnevik and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to facilitate its expansion into the US. The move will significantly increase the size of its tech and sales teams over the next 24 months.
Jobandtalent’s app matches workers with temporary roles at companies in a range of sectors including logistics, e-commerce, warehousing, and manufacturing. As the marketplace grows, the AI learns and makes even more precise matches which means even more workers finding and staying in jobs and reducing a company’s attrition rate.
More than 1,300 companies, including DHL, FedEx, XPO, Ceva Logistics, eBay, IKEA, Kuehne & Nagel, JD Sports, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Argos and GLS make use of the Jobandtalent.
Juan Urdiales, co-founder and CEO of Jobandtalent commented: “With temporary working increasingly becoming the norm, the opportunity to help workers find reliable, consistent jobs is growing by the day. The Jobandtalent platform has found the right roles at the right companies for more than 100,000 workers in the first nine months of 2021 alone, providing them with the benefits and security of full-time employment. We are excited to accelerate the expansion of our team and grow our presence in both new and existing markets – helping more workers find the jobs they want, and helping businesses fill the roles they need.”
Natalie Tydeman, Senior Investment Director at Kinnevik, said: “Jobandtalent’s workforce-as-a-service platform is disrupting the modern labour market and placing people back at the centre of employment. By offering a personalised service driven by data and proprietary technology, Jobandtalent is simplifying the experience of finding work for thousands of people and transforming it for the better. We’re proud to be working with Juan and the team to accelerate the growth of the business.”
