| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.11.2016 | Gigwalk Reaches One Million Gigwalkers and Delivers New Enhancements to its Enterprise Cloud Solution | SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–November 2, 2016–
Gigwalk, a leader in enterprise cloud for workforce management, today announced a milestone of reaching over one million Gigwalkers (mobile-enabled independent contractors) using its Cloud Mar... |
| 28.02.2016 | How Smart Founders Can Take Advantage Of The Platform Shift | Brian Feinstein Contributor
Brian Feinstein is a partner at BVP, where he focuses on consumer Internet and enterprise software investments, and helps oversee BVP's efforts in Brazil and Russia.
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| 27.11.2015 | How Mobile Apps Are Transforming The Job Search | Yarden Tadmor Contributor
Yarden Tadmor is the founder and CEO of Switch.
Searching for a job is just like dating, banking or procrastinating on chores until someone else does them: It’s something we all have to do. So why shouldn’t the job... |
| 14.09.2015 | 81 Sites To Find Side Gigs To Earn More Money Now | Who doesn't need more money? If you're not up for forex trading, selling an organ on the black market or dabbling in illicit activity, income on the side is easier to find than ever before, thanks to the burgeoning freelance economy and the... |
| 07.08.2014 | M4JAM: the new startup that uses micro-jobbing to solve SA’s biggest problem | When the founders of the startup M4JAM (Money for Jam) secured a rare meeting with legendary banking innovator and investor, Michael Jordaan, he threw down a challenge to them. He encouraged them to stop the talk and build their product in ... |
| 07.08.2014 | M4JAM: the new startup that uses micro-jobbing to solve SA’s biggest problem | When the founders of the startup M4JAM (Money for Jam) secured a rare meeting with legendary banking innovator and investor, Michael Jordaan, he threw down a challenge to them. He encouraged them to stop the talk and build their product in ... |
| 21.03.2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/21/14 | Stir, Chatwala, Parchment, Bitvore, Tango, Pley, Crowdtap, Gigwalk, Upverter, Testbirds, MachineShop
Seed stage
Meducation, a medical education network aimed at medical students and professionals, completed a $1 million seed funding round f... |
| 21.03.2014 | Gigwalk Completes $10M in Series B |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Software platform for consumer brands that delivers local visibility of in-store conditions and fosters better collaboration with retailers, today announced the completion of its Series B financing.
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| 20.03.2014 | Mobile Workforce Startup Gigwalk Pivots, Raises $10M From Nokia And Others | Exclusive: Gigwalk, a mobile app that allows consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to enable a mobile workforce, has raised $10 million from Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), new investor Randstad Holding NV and existing investors August Capit... |
| 20.03.2014 | Gigwalk Completes $10 Million in Series B Funding Led by Nokia Growth Partners | Surpasses 500,000 Gigwalker Milestone & Expands Leadership Team. Solidifies Position as the World’s Largest Enterprise Platform for On-Demand Mobile Workers
SAN FRANCISCO – March 20, 2014 – Gigwalk, a software platform for consumer bra... |
| 20.03.2014 | Gigwalk and its half-million ‘Gigwalkers’ land $10 million | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Five hundred thousand “Gigwalkers” are roaming th... |
| 20.03.2014 | Funding Daily: March 20, 2014 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Take a look at today’s funding deals: Silicon Val... |
| 20.03.2014 | Gigwalk Raises $10M in Series B Funding | Gigwalk, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a local visibility software platform for consumer brands, raised $10m in Series B funding.
The round was led by Nokia Growth Partners with participation from new backer Randstad Holding nv and ... |
| 15.08.2013 | Gigwalk Expects Its Mobile Workforce To Double With Debut Of Android App | Gigwalk, until now an iPhone-only service, has launched an Android version of its app, which posts crowdsourced jobs for the mobile workforce marketplace. Now the 400,000 Android users who had signed up in anticipation can now go out and ge... |
| 20.02.2013 | Gigwalk, An Amazon Turk For Real World Work, Gets An Upgraded Backend For Businesses | Gigwalk, the mobile temp agency that allows users to get assigned jobs (or “gigs”) from companies in need of real-world data or market research, is today upgrading its business-facing platform as the service grows to accomodate larger-scale... |
| 22.10.2012 | Gigwalk raises a fresh $6M, expands Bing Maps partnership | Temp work marketplace Gigwalk has raised another $6 million.
Gigwalk pairs businesses with short term workers for a wide range of jobs, including mystery shopping, photography, and flier distribution. Launched last year, the company has rai... |
| 22.10.2012 | Gigwalk Raises $6M in Series A Venture Funding | Gigwalk, a San Francisco, Calif.-based mobile work marketplace connecting businesses with smartphone enabled field works around the country, has raised $6m in Series A venture funding.
August Capital joined existing investors Greylock, Harr... |
| 22.10.2012 | Gigwalk Announces $6M in Series A Funding |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Gigwalk's mobile work marketplace gives businesses instant access to talented, smartphone-enabled workers across the country.
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| 22.10.2012 | Paid Task App Gigwalk Raises $6M From August Capital, Greylock; Expands Deal With Microsoft | Gigwalk, a mobile app that allows users to get assigned basic “gigs” or jobs from companies via their location, has raised $6 Million in Series A venture funding from August Capital with existing investors Greylock, Harrison Metal, SoftTech... |
| 22.10.2012 | Gigwalk raises a fresh $6M, expands Bing Maps partnership | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Temp work marketplace Gigwalk has raised another ... |
| 10.04.2012 | Gigwalk Adds Company Work Groups, Messaging And Field Tools To Paid Task Mobile App | Gigwalk, a mobile app that allows users to get assigned basic “gigs” or jobs from companies via their location, is unveiling a new suite of tools to allow companies to manage local work via the phone.
Gigwalk, which launched last year, basi... |
| 05.11.2011 | The Moonlight Hustle | It’s unbelievably hard to find your rung on the career ladder now. At least 9.1% of us can’t even grab a hold, and vastly more of us, maybe even 71%, are not where we want to be with our work.
The recession is one major contributor to job w... |
| 26.09.2011 | AdMob Founder Omar Hamoui Invests In Paid Task Mobile App Gigwalk | AdMob founder Omar Hamoui has made an investment in Gigwalk, a mobile app that allows users to get assigned basic “gigs” or jobs from companies via their location. The startup has raised a total of $1.7 million from Hamoui, Greylock, Jeff C... |
| 04.08.2011 | Tech Moves: Kindle veteran Julie Sandler joins Madrona | Madrona Venture Group has long mined Amazon.com for talent, not only backing entrepreneurs with ties to the online retailer but also choosing investment professionals with the Amazon pedigree. And now the Seattle venture capital firm — an e... |
| 19.07.2011 | Gigwalk adds Microsoft, offers 110K paying odd jobs (Infographic) | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Microsoft’s search engine Bing will soon add crowdsourced photos to its map results. It will do so using the on-demand job board Gigwal... |
| 12.07.2011 | Zaarly Launches On Android | Android users, say hello to Zaarly. For those not yet familiar with the peer-to-peer mobile startup, they’ve had a whirlwind year thus far. Built at hackathons and startup weekends over the first few months of this year, Zaarly took first p... |
| 14.06.2011 | Zaarly Crosses $1M In Jobs Posted, In Just Under A Month | In less than a month after its nationwide launch on May 14th, peer to peer marketplace Zaarly has crossed $1 million in posted transactions, and commemorated them with a colorful infographic depicting the break down of the early days of Zaa... |
| 04.05.2011 | Gigwalk helps businesses recruit a mobile workforce | A startup called Gigwalk is launching a service today to help businesses manage and recruit workers for basic jobs that can be accomplished on their iPhones. The company has already attracted $1.7 million in seed funding from some well-know... |
| 04.05.2011 | Gigwalk Raises $1.7M in Seed Funding | Gigwalk, a Mountain View, CA-based on-demand mobile workforce, has raised $1.7m in seed funding.
Investors include Michael Dearing of Harrison Metal, Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC, Reid Hoffman of Greylock Discovery Fund, Bill Trenchard of Fo... |
| 04.05.2011 | Gigwalk Launches: Wanna Get Paid for Taking Pictures with Your iPhone? | In the 1990s, peer-to-peer networks were a revelation. They allowed people to pool together tiny parts of their computers, and those pooled together parts could do far more together than the average computer or connection could do on its ow... |
| 04.05.2011 | Greylock-funded Gigwalk attacks data, mobile | It's mobile for the real world: Gigwalkers execute tasks in their area, businesses pay them money
How does a startup get seed funded by angel investors with names like Michael Dearing (Harrison Metal), Jeff Clavier (SoftTechVC) and Reid Hof... |
