Cofounders of Sidekicker Tom Amos and Jacqui Bull have just raised a further $20m from Andrew Bassatt’s Seek investments to help capitalise and grow their platform .
What Sidekicker does
Sidekicker is a marketplace connecting employees to casual workers. It has so far given business owners and individuals - such as Uber, Airbnb, Crown and Aussie Post access to a network of 40,000 plus ondemand, prescreened and trusted helpers in their neighbourhood.
They currently have more than 12,000 casual workers and 2000 businesses on the platform, placing up to 2500 jobs per week.
It provides a two-way rating and review system for businesses and employees, adding a layer of transparency to casual hiring arrangements.
What the money will be used for
The money will be used to help improve the UX to help improve candidate finding and the hiring experience - connecting employees to jobseekers .
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Tom tells the AFR “over the last few year - money has been abundant , and it’s created an environment where people haven’t cared about capital enough - it is important to show that your Businesse is profitable ... you can’t be losing money on every transaction.“
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