Bluecrew is the first hourly workforce-as-a-service provider: combining W-2 labor, a workforce management platform, and data + analytics for workplaces who have hourly workers and fluctuating demand.
Location: United States, Illinois, Chicago
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $14M
Founded date: 2015
Investors 6
| Date | Name | Website |
| 16.09.2022 | Broadway A... | broadway-a... |
| - | FundersClu... | fundersclu... |
| - | Soma Capit... | somacap.co... |
| 21.07.2020 | Y Combinat... | ycombinato... |
| - | GREAT OAKS... | greatoaksv... |
| - | StartX | startx.com |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 26.02.2018 | - | $14M | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.12.2022 | Classet Raises $3M Seed Round to Grow Its Hiring and Training Platform for Skilled Trades | CHICAGO (PRWEB) December 15, 2022 Classet, a recruiting and training software startup for skilled trades companies, today announced that it has raised a $3 million seed round. This initial funding round will be used to scale out their platf... |
| 19.02.2022 | Arlan Hamilton wants to reroute how startups hire | Since launching the venture firm Backstage Capital in 2015, Arlan Hamilton has invested millions in more than 195 companies led by underrepresented founders, from a duo taking on auto insurance to a team rethinking how we virtually learn. D... |
| 05.03.2020 | Bluecrew launches a mobile app to help businesses manage a flexible workforce | Bluecrew, a flexible staffing business owned by holding company IAC, is launching a new mobile app called Bluecrew Manager. Rather than relying on a network of independent contractors, Bluecrew hires its own W-2 employees, who in turn have ... |
| 20.08.2015 | Congratulations To The YC Summer 2015 Class | This week we held Demo Day for our Summer 2015 class at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. It was the 21st Demo Day event in Y Combinator’s history, with a total of 102 pitches spread across two days. Below is a list ... |
| 19.08.2015 | Here Are The 52 Startups That Launched At Y Combinator Summer 2015 Demo Day 2 | Hardware was the clear-cut theme of Day 1, but Demo Day 2 of Y Combinator’s Summer 2015 was a bit more… eclectic. Moving services! Streaming services! Hotel booking, augmented reality, esports! There was a little something for everybody tod... |
| 09.07.2015 | BlueCrew (YC S15) Provides On-Demand Staff With The Stability Of Full-Time Employment | BlueCrew is a startup launching this week out of our Summer 2015 class that provides companies with flexible on-demand staffing services, while also giving workers the stability and support that comes with full-time employment. The platfor... |
| 08.07.2015 | YC’s BlueCrew Provides Workers For The On-Demand World (But Hires Them As Employees With Benefits) | The Damocles sword hanging above the emerging on-demand economy is how to classify workers, and whether the dichotomy between permanent W2 workers and 1099 contractors is even appropriate to the kinds of work that exist today. For example, ... |
| - | Nearly 70% of Americans are looking for extra work to combat inflation | A few months ago, Mike Petree noticed an alarming pattern: His bank account would get uncomfortably low on the weekends before he'd get his paycheck, paid biweekly on Wednesdays. Despite no changes to their daily habits, bills for him and h... |