Shortlist offers a single platform to manage and pay freelancers and independent contractors, consolidating onboarding, background checks, project approvals, task routing, invoicing, payments, tax forms (1099/W9), timesheets and analytics. The product is aimed primarily at very large customers that manage high volumes of contractors, though it also serves smaller firms. Customers include Publicis Groupe, CBRE, Hays, Roche, AKQA and Western Governors University, with main verticals in media, content production and higher education. The company reports 20–30% month-over-month customer growth and its users manage over 25,000 contractors on the platform; the team has 15 employees. Shortlist offers a free tier for companies with fewer than 100 users and under 1,000 freelancers, while its paid enterprise product adds SSO, custom branding, integrations and access to payments and tax features. The company plans to use new funding to continue product development, with a particular focus on improving payouts and payments, and says it may consider adding a freelancer marketplace in the future.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Jun 2017