When I Work Raises $15M

What does When I Work do?

When I Work, is an employee scheduling and communication app. This is the easiest way of scheduling, communicating and tracking time with hourly employees. This uses mobile apps, web, social media, text messaging and email. This app can be used as a powerful tool for employers in communicating with employees and ensuring schedules are communicated properly. The company serves businesses in managing hourly workers and shift based work schedules from small business with as few as 10 employees to huge companies with more than 10,000 employees. This company’s customers are from different industries including hospitality and healthcare to retail, restaurants and service based organizations.

How much When I Work was funded?

The company raised $15M in Series B on June 8, 2016 from e.ventures, Arthur Ventures, High Alpha and Drive Capital.

Previous funding

• $4M in Series A on January 8, 2014 from Greycroft Partners, ventures and Arthur Ventures
• $5M in Series A on July 13, 2015 from Arthur Ventures, Greycroft Partners and ventures

What is next for When I Work?

When I Work plans to use the latest funding for aggressively acquiring product, engineering, marketing and sales talent. The company also plans on continuing more customer inspired functionality in its products and create new collaboration and communication tools built for the workforce who are on hourly basis, filling a gap where such innovation was previously done by desk based workers.

More about When I Work

When I Work was founded on July 1, 2010 by Chad Halvorson. It has its headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The company offers 2 products Time & Attendance and Scheduling. Together these two enables managers in quickly and easily creating or updating work schedules, approving changes in shifts about 30 minutes and quickly alerting their team of upcoming shifts through phone.