Future of Work Startups
2,720 companies tagged Future of Work, with their investors and founders.
Riipen operates a project-based (experiential) learning platform that connects educators, students, and employers to complete real-world industry projects. It serves colleges and universities, learners, and businesses, bridging classroom learning and workplace experience through a marketplace of work-based learning opportunities.
2 investors
Rise People operates an all-in-one HR platform for Canadian businesses, offering payroll, HR administration, scheduling and time tracking, employee wellness, and group benefits (Rise Health). It serves companies across Canada, covering the full employee lifecycle from onboarding onward.
2 investors
Robomotion is a low-code automation platform that combines deterministic RPA with AI agents on a drag-and-drop canvas, letting users describe automations in plain language and have an AI Assistant build, deploy, schedule, and run them. It automates multi-step work across business systems such as ERPs, banks, CRMs, tax portals, and help desks, serving both startups and regulated enterprises with local or cloud execution.
2 investors
Rocket is a recruiting company that pairs recruiters with its own AI-powered platform for sourcing, screening, and workflow to fill roles, with a focus on engineering and operator talent. Founded in 2017, it emphasizes a lower-volume, high-context service model for its clients.
2 investors
Rollup provides software and workflows designed to accelerate the development and iteration of complex hardware systems across industries including aerospace, robotics, and nuclear technology.
2 investors
Rooster is an interview scheduling tool built as an integration for Workday, automating coordination, reminders, and rescheduling for recruiting teams. It connects with calendars, video conferencing, messaging apps, and talent intelligence platforms to manage complex hiring events.
2 investors
Safeguard Global provides an Employer of Record (EOR) platform and workforce tools for hiring, paying, and managing international employees without a local legal entity. Its Intelligent Workforce tool uses AI and live employment data to compare hiring costs, salary benchmarks, and compliance complexity across 187 countries for finance, private equity, and HR leaders.
2 investors
Saile is a marketplace and credentialing platform for clinicians (physicians, CRNAs, NPs, and PAs) to find locums, telehealth, per diem, consulting, and clinical AI gigs directly from facilities without recruiter agencies. It lets clinicians build one verified credential profile with automated tracking and renewal, see transparent rates upfront, and message hiring managers directly.
2 investors
SaleSeed is a Japanese sales-support (εΆζ₯ζ―ζ΄) company offering services across sales design (AI adoption, CRM/SFA setup), sales execution (sales strategy, BPO), and sales enablement (staffing/recruitment). It serves companies looking to strengthen their sales organizations and productivity.
2 investors
Saywise is a professional profile platform for AI-native builders to showcase their AI projects, skills, and content, making their profiles searchable by recruiters and AI agents. It also lets startups build company profiles and offers features like job-matching agents, AI content creation tools, and mock interviews to connect talent with employers.
2 investors
Scaled Agile provides SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), a set of practices, certifications, and training for implementing Agile at scale in large, complex enterprises. It offers professional certification courses, transformation partner networks, and platform integrations to help organizations adopt Agile ways of working.
2 investors
Scheduler AI is an AI scheduling assistant that books meetings, proposes times, reschedules, reminds, records meetings, and generates follow-up notes through multiple channels including email, webchat, and text message. It serves professionals and teams across various sizes who want to automate their meeting scheduling workflow.
2 investors
Schoo is an online learning service offering live, interactive video lessons and recorded courses on practical work skills across 19 categories, with over 9,000 lessons and 1,000+ recorded classes available free. Aimed at working professionals in Japan, it uses a two-way format where viewers' comments shape the class in real time.
2 investors
Screenful is a reporting and analytics tool that turns Teamwork project data into automated dashboards, custom reports, and agile metrics such as lead time, cycle time, and cumulative flow. It targets agile delivery and project teams, offering ready-made templates and customizable charts to visualize productivity and share insights with stakeholders.
2 investors
Screenhero was a collaborative screen-sharing tool that gave each participant their own mouse cursor for real-time pair programming and remote collaboration, with built-in voice chat. Acquired by Slack in 2015, and its technology informed Slack's later calls and huddles features.
2 investors
Scrintal is a visual canvas tool that lets users organize and connect ideas block by block, combining thinking, writing, and sharing in one workspace. It targets knowledge workers and creative thinkers as a productivity and note-taking application.
2 investors
2 investors
SeniorsAtWork is a Swiss job-matching platform that connects employers directly with experienced professionals aged 50-plus and retired specialists across more than 15 industries. It operates without commissions or traditional recruitment intermediaries.
2 investors
Sharp Performance provides performance coaching and stress management training for professionals in high-stress roles, drawing on expertise from military special operations and sports psychology backgrounds.
2 investors
Sherpa builds an AI operating system for enterprise external workforce management, handling contingent labor, freelancers, suppliers, and AI agents from engagement through payment and compliance.
2 investors
Shiftboard provides cloud-based employee scheduling software that uses data intelligence and configurable automation to build shift schedules and maximize coverage for shift-based operations. It targets workforce managers in high-volume, shift-based industries such as manufacturing, with features for compliance, labor cost management, and worker retention.
2 investors
ShiftKey operates a marketplace connecting licensed, credentialed healthcare professionals with facilities across the US, letting professionals bid on shifts and get paid after work logs are approved. Its platform includes scheduling tools and a Schedule Automation Marketplace Integration (SAMI) product that helps healthcare facilities identify and fill workforce gaps.
2 investors
ShiftMed operates an on-demand healthcare staffing platform that connects hospitals, health systems, and long-term care facilities with credentialed nurses (CNAs, LPNs, RNs) to fill shifts and manage their workforce. It integrates via API with workforce management systems and offers worker benefits such as transportation, insurance, and education.
2 investors
Shortwave builds an AI-first communications app designed for effective human-AI collaboration, starting with email. The platform aims to deliver significant productivity gains by giving users AI access to their business communications data while maintaining user control.
2 investors