Gigs operates a job posting site tailored to the hourly-pay workforce, letting job seekers enter a zip code to find local listings for roles such as delivery drivers, construction workers, baristas, retail clerks, child-care teachers, and pet groomers. The platform aims to reduce listings for “ghost jobs” and help employers avoid applications from unqualified candidates. Launched this year and based in Los Angeles, Gigs emphasizes improved matching and discoverability for hourly workers. Founder and CEO Allen Narcisse is quoted explaining the company’s mission in coverage by The Wall Street Journal. The company says the new capital will supercharge product development to better empower job seekers and employers. Gigs has raised a total of $5.7M since September 2022. Gigs is a job marketplace that matches employers in retail, food and beverage, logistics, and hospitality with nearby candidates for hourly, part-time, and full-time positions. The platform organizes listings by location, displays a pay range for every position, and enables employers to showcase their brand with photos, video, and dynamic visual components to make postings more engaging. Gigs has launched an employer portal to help companies source qualified local candidates and is available nationally. The company announced a $2.7 million pre-seed funding round and plans to use the proceeds to invest in product, engineering, marketing, and sales. Founder and CEO Allen Narcisse previously co-founded Ebyline (sold to Izea in 2015), led Southern California operations at UberEATS and West Coast markets at Lyft, and served as COO of Workrise. Gigs positions itself to address a persistent U.S. labor shortage—citing SHRM data on the large hourly workforce and many unfilled roles—by improving pay transparency and geographic matching to reduce unqualified applicants.

Total raised

$3M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

May 2023