Sedan start of recruitment based on Zenjob, which operates a digital platform that connects students to very flexible temporary jobs in sectors such as retail, logistics and hospitality, closed a C series of 27 million euros (30 million) led by Forestay Capital. Also participating in the financing round: Redalpine, Acton Capital, Axa Venture Partners and Atlantic Labs.
Before this tour Zenjob nail Alum 500 Startup Growth Hacking Program, had raised just under $ 25 million, according to Crunchbase.
The start-up founded in 2015 said it plans to use this money to continue its expansion in Germany, where it currently offers service in 14 cities, allowing employers to book student students at 39 hour, 24 hours in advance only. Rinse with Series C species, now aims to become national by the end of the year.
It also plans its first international expansion: the opportunity to spy in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, as it suggests that the demands of social distancing generate a demand for additional staff in certain sectors. (What we also heard other recruitment startups These last months.)
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"The coronavirus crisis requires social distancing, which has created increased demand for staff, particularly in logistics and retail," said Fritz Trott, co-founder and CEO. "Our service means that we can assist in the almost effortless digital recruitment of hundreds of new students every day to fill these gaps."
The new funding will also go to technology development to generate higher efficiency gains for users.
Zenjob says it wants to be able to use algorithms to help predict more future staff demand, for example.
In addition to job matching, the platform manages billing to reduce administrative requirements for employers who want temporary workers to fill seasonal or short-term vacancies.
Zenjob claims that its application reaches more than 15,000 students per day at this stage. It did not provide data on the number of employers registered to use the service.
Commenting on Series C in a press release, Forestay Capital managing partner Frederic Wohlwend said: "We are delighted to have invested in Zenjob and look forward to working with Fritz and his very talented team. Zenjob is a company that has deployed disruptive technology to shake up the temporary job market and which, before this coronavirus crisis, had already shown an exciting future. Now, during this pandemic, its flexible digital recruiting service, in our opinion, has been confirmed as a model for moving the world of work. "