Arjun Vora and Tito Goldstein were working on the corporate side of Uber when they realized that their HR software wasn’t designed to manage hourly employees. The duo realized that many hourly workers lacked a way to complete basic self-service tasks, like logging in and changing payment accounts.
After interviewing hundreds of Uber drivers, Vora, a former product designer at Salesforce, and Goldstein, the former head of design at Hyperloop, decided to build a platform to their specifications.
“Companies need to update their technology toolkit,” said Fora. “They need to be able to find, activate and engage a workforce in ways no different than gig economy companies recruit their employees.”
Fora and Goldstein platform, Team BridgeTeamBridge aims to automate some HR tasks while providing a self-service app experience for hourly employees. On the back end, TeamBridge provides templates and workflows for things like routing and leave tracking, while the app — which businesses can customize — lets employees view and claim shifts, sign any necessary legal documents, and text their managers.
Customers can subscribe to the TeamBridge core platform and, for an additional fee, add self-service and workflow routing capabilities.
“We provide the LEGO pieces needed to build configurable HR workflows and custom mobile apps,” said Vora, CEO of TeamBridge.
Several other companies are moving into the HR software market for temporary workers, including Wingspan, Kronos, Deputy and Homebase. However, San Francisco-based TeamBridge has a strong following, with 100,000 hourly workers on the platform and corporate clients including Convo and Dairy Queen.
Revenue has tripled in the past year — the year after TeamBridge launched — and will more than double again in the first half of 2024, he told me.
“In times of high demand, our customers are looking for ways to help scale their organization effectively,” said Vora. “When there is a slowdown, our customers are looking for automation and efficiency gains to reduce costs. Our ability to do both at TeamBridge allows us to position ourselves to meet any current market needs.”
To set the stage for its next phase of growth, TeamBridge closed a $28 million Series B funding round led by Mayfield with participation from General Catalyst and Abstract Ventures, bringing the startup’s total raised to $41.5 million. The new funds will go toward product R&D and doubling TeamBridge’s 42-person team over the next year, Vora said.