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Instawork

eCommerce & Marketplaces · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2015

On-demand staffing app for gig workers and hospitality businesses MoreLess

Instawork operates as an online platform that connects businesses with a pool of over 5 million vetted short-term, seasonal, and temp-to-hire workers. The company primarily serves businesses that are in need of hourly workers, a market that has been increasingly difficult to navigate through traditional staffing agencies. Instawork's platform simplifies this process, providing businesses with access to qualified and reliable workers.

The company's business model is centered around its intelligent matching system, which pairs businesses with suitable workers from its extensive database. This system is supported by a rigorous vetting process that ensures only reliable workers are connected with businesses. This has resulted in a high demand for Instawork's workers, with 93% of businesses wanting their workers to return and a low 2% no-show rate.

Instawork also provides businesses with the ability to view profiles and experience of workers as soon as they pick up a shift. For businesses interested in full-time workers, they can search, connect, and hire from Instawork's database.

The company generates revenue by charging businesses for the service of connecting them with workers. During the pandemic, the platform became indispensable for businesses and workers alike, further solidifying its position in the market.

Keywords: Online Platform, Staffing Solution, Hourly Workers, Short-term Employment, Seasonal Employment, Temp-to-hire, Vetting Process, Worker Database, Intelligent Matching, Full-time Employment.

Valuation $100–500M
Revenue $10–50M
Headcount 2–5k
Total funding $100–500M
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Company overview

Instawork company information

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Status
Operational
Founded
2015
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
2,490
Open positions
50
Dealroom signal
92.4
Investment activity
2 companies · latest Aug 2024
Capital deployed
Preferred round
ACQUISITION
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Valuation & funding

Instawork funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES DOther financing May 2023 $60M $240M Greylock Partners · Spark Capital · Craft Ventures · 9Yards Capital
FundingOther financing Feb 2022 $0 TCV
SERIES COther financing Jul 2021 $60M $240M Benchmark · Greylock Partners · Spark Capital · SV Angel
SERIES BOther financing May 2019 $18M $72M SV Angel · GV · Spark Capital · Burst Capital
SERIES AOther financing Feb 2019 $10M $40M SV Angel · Y Combinator · Liquid 2 Ventures · Tuesday Capital
SEEDOther financing Dec 2015 Y Combinator
SEEDOther financing Aug 2015 Y Combinator · George Hu · Amr Awadallah · Eckart Walther
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Financials

Revenue and workforce over time

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YearRevenueGrowthEmployees
2026 $24M 0% 2,490
2025 $24M 0% 2,200
2024 $24M 0% 1,799
2023 $24M 0% 1,557
2022 $24M 0% 1,083
2021 $24M 0% 492
2020 $24M 222
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Growth signals

Instawork website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Instawork is 670K monthly website visits, up 17.5% over the last three months. Instawork's team grew 13.2% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits670K 3-month web change+17.5% 1-year team growth+13.2%
Monthly website visits106 observations · Oct 2017–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

Instawork compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Instawork's talent

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Team profiled 37 named & role-tagged
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Key operators 2 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

29 investors on Instawork's cap table

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Seed 15 investors entered at this stage
Y Combinator
George Hu
Amr Awadallah
Eckart Walther
Othman Laraki
Carlton Robinson
Joshua Schachter
Avichal Garg
Tuesday Capital
SV Angel
Rob Solomon
Steve Chen
Vishal Makhijani
Curtis Spencer
Akash Garg
Series A 5 investors entered at this stage
Series B+ 9 investors entered at this stage
Craft Ventures
Greylock Partners
Four Rivers Group
WndrCo
Corner Ventures
Tilman Fertitta
TCV
9Yards Capital
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald Jr

Global footprint

Where Instawork has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
13 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States84.4%
🇮🇳 India12.8%
🇨🇦 Canada1.2%
🇨🇴 Colombia0.2%
🇨🇷 Costa Rica0.2%
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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Instawork

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Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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