PeopleMatter provides a cloud-based hiring, training, scheduling and communication platform that automates and streamlines processes and paperwork companywide. The company is led by President and CEO Nate DaPore. PeopleMatter recently acquired assessment provider PeopleClues, which had customers in Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Its clients include Comfort Inn, Firehouse Subs, Five Guys, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn Express, IHOP, Jack in the Box, Jiffy Lube, Kids Quest, Marriott, Moe’s Southwest Grill and Wendy’s. The company intends to use new funding to launch products, invest in sales and marketing and expand internationally. In October 2013 PeopleMatter raised $16M in a Series E round. PeopleMatter is a SaaS platform built specifically to manage HR and talent workflows for hourly workers in the service industry, including applicant tracking, hiring, onboarding, training and scheduling. Its product targets hospitality, retail and food-service employers. Current clients on the PeopleMatter platform include Ruby Tuesday, Bruegger’s, Thortons, The Krystal Company, Flash Foods, American Retail Services, Noodles & Company and franchise locations of Domino’s, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Carl’s Jr. The company has said it will expand product capabilities to provide more insights and analytics around data stored on its platform. CEO Nate DaPore stated the new funding will be used primarily to scale the product and pursue strategic acquisitions. With the reported $19 million round, PeopleMatter’s total funding rises to $47 million. PeopleMatter provides a SaaS-based talent management solution designed to help organizations hire, develop, schedule and engage hourly workforces in foodservice, convenience store, hospitality and retail verticals. The platform includes modules such as PeopleMatter HIRETM, which has processed more than 238,000 applicants since its September 2009 launch, and the recently added PeopleMatter LEARNTM and PeopleMatter SCHEDULETM. Led by President and CEO Nate DaPore, the company focuses on product innovation and customer acquisition. PeopleMatter intends to use new capital to continue accelerating product innovation and customer-acquisition strategies. The company is headquartered in Charleston, S.C. No revenue or user metrics beyond applicants processed were disclosed in the article.

Total raised

$49M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series E

Latest activity

Oct 2013