Roleshare, a London, UK-based provider of a matching and management platform for sharing a job, raised $1.2M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Plug and Play VC, with participation from Forward VC, Rethink Capital Partners, Techstars VC, Invested, Phil Chambers, David Blake, Athena Karp, Roger Wade, Dave Pell, Richard Fearn, Vuyiswa M’Cwabeni, Scott Mackin, Brian Lo, Laurent Christen, Kevin Withane, Ayesha Ofori, Tessy Antony de Nassau, Frank Floessel, Catherine and Jonathan Lenson, Neha Tanna, Samantha Johnson, Alex Macdonald, Elissa Grey, Abby Wong, Adam Howe, Harmeet Rehal, Nicholas Macdonald, Daniel Afan-Williams, Henry De Zoete, Matthew Bell, Andrew Jackson, Aarish Shah, Matthew Roberts, Jean-Michel Gauthier, David Buxton, Christopher Judd, Christopher Jones, Sam Marks, Scott Dann, and angels from Lumus Investment Collective.
The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its technology platform and product development, and expand its sales and marketing efforts into new markets.
Co-founded by Sophie Smallwood and her husband, David Smallwood, Roleshare provides a job talent marketplace matching professionals to co-apply and share full-time jobs, driving positive impact toward gender equality, economic growth, and wellbeing. The system makes it easy for enterprises to retain and redeploy women and employees of diverse backgrounds and circumstances seeking more flexibility, by matching complementary skills to share mid to senior jobs, or with its own fractional talent community looking to share roles.
Roleshare has already attracted some high-profile clients including JP Morgan, BP, and Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory, where pilot programs are underway.
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