Side is a marketplace that connects students with companies for short-term jobs lasting days or weeks. The platform handles administrative tasks — billing clients, collecting payments, and paying workers — and takes a 20% cut. Students receive notifications on their phones, can apply, chat with companies, and manage their information via the app. Companies post jobs using templates Side provides; typical roles include customer support, sales assistant, events, and packing. So far, 600 companies in London, Paris and Lyon rely on Side, 15,000 people have accepted a task, the marketplace is growing 19% month-over-month, and 90% of jobs are filled in under 24 hours. Side plans to open new cities in France and the U.K. and to improve the structure of the marketplace over time. Side (formerly WeSlash) operates a marketplace connecting students with short-term, hourly freelance jobs and handles administrative tasks such as registering students as self-employed, billing clients, collecting payments and paying students. The platform partners with Axa to provide public liability insurance for students and takes a 20% commission on fees. Students are paid by the hour; the typical gross rate is €15 per hour, leaving students about €12 per hour after Side's cut. Many engagements are 5–10 hours per week. Side is available in France and the U.K. and reports 10,000 students registered and 300 companies that have tried the platform. Customers include startups such as Uber, Doctolib, Deliveroo, Foodora and Drivy, as well as larger companies like Sodexo and Caisse d’Epargne. The company plans to further optimize the platform to enable companies to start working with a student in about five minutes and aims to broaden access to flexible gigs across many job types.

Total raised

$7M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jul 2017