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Shiftgig

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Type
  
Privately held company

Headquarters
  
Chicago, United States

Area served
  
National

Founded
  
January 2012

Industry
  
Professional services

Number of locations
  
12

Key people
  
Eddie Lou (CEO)

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Founders
  
Sean Casey, Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta

Profiles

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Shiftgig connects hourly workers and businesses through a mobile application. Aiming to streamline and modernize the traditional staffing industry, it develops an employment-related mobile application, where employees can claim jobs in real-time. Shiftgig's product and business model have been compared with that of both LinkedIn and Uber.

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The company was listed among Business Insider magazine's "25 Coolest New Businesses In Chicago". Shiftgig was also included in CIO's "10 Hot Social Media Startups to Watch".

Overview

Shiftgig was conceived by entrepreneurs Eddie Lou, Jeff Pieta and Sean Casey, seeking to build a community for a user segment underserved by existing professional networks. In the past, people looking for hourly and service jobs, often in the hospitality and retail industries, were limited to searching Craigslist or directly enquiring business by business. Shiftgig seeks to consolidate the posting and searching for jobs in this segment, offering immediate results. In this fashion, the company falls within the definition of an on-demand mobile service, defined as “apps which aggregate consumer demand on mobile devices, but fulfill that demand through offline services.”

Timeline and Growth

Launched in Chicago in January 2012, Shiftgig has since expanded nationwide. In October 2012, Shiftgig raised $3 million in its Series A round of funding. In November 2014, Shiftgig raised $10 million from Garland Funds (of Huron Consulting Group), among other Chicago-based investors. In March 2015, Shiftgig expanded to Dallas, Texas, with plans of expanding to 3 to 5 more cities within the year.

On November 24, 2015, Shiftgig Inc. announced its $22 million in Series B venture funding raised, lead by Renren Inc. to expand its mobile marketplace.

Locations

  • Chicago, Illinois
  • New York City, New York
  • Dallas, Texas
  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • Houston, Texas
  • Miami, Florida
  • Memphis, Tennessee
  • Phoenix
  • Tempe, Arizona
  • Tampa, Florida
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • References

    Shiftgig Wikipedia