Brigad operates a platform that lets hospitality businesses post short-term shifts or “missions” and notifies self-employed professionals who meet the requirements and availability. Workers choose missions they want, giving them flexibility and control over shifts; Brigad says roughly 80% of missions are accepted by qualified professionals within two hours. The service is already used by major hospitality venues including the Berkeley Hotel (London), The Ritz, Isabel Mayfair, Mosaic Pubs, Sketch, Nobu, and Big Mamma. The company positions itself as a sector-specific alternative to general job boards, addressing severe staffing shortages in hospitality. Brigad plans to use new funding to further accelerate growth in key European markets. Financially, the startup has just completed a €33 million Series B and, since 2016, has raised north of €50 million in total. Brigad is a French startup that links job candidates with companies for short-term assignments. The company operates a technology-driven matching service that pairs candidate profiles with temporary work offers. It currently focuses on hotels and restaurants and operates only in Paris. Brigad raised €2.2 million from previous investors including accelerator 50 Partners and Square Capital. The startup plans to use the funding to expand across Europe, opening offices in London, Bordeaux, and Barcelona. It also intends to expand into additional sectors such as sales, construction, health, and education. Brigad operates an on-demand staffing marketplace connecting restaurants with temporary workers. The company was one of four startups selected to pitch during Uber's UberPITCH program, which spanned 37 cities and 21 countries. Brigad met with Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and Uber's head of EMEA operations, Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty, in Berlin as part of the program. Uber made an undisclosed investment in Brigad alongside three other startups; the company is identified as being based in France. Uber described the investments as unplanned, equal across the four startups, and "relatively small but hopefully transformational." No additional financial or operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$38M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Feb 2023