Future of Work Startups

Whereby provides browser-based video calling that runs on WebRTC without app downloads, offering meeting features such as breakout groups, screensharing, recording, and transcriptions. It also offers an API and embedding options for developers to add video into their own products, with configurations for use cases like HIPAA-compliant telehealth.

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WhosOnLocation (part of MRI Software's OnLocation suite) provides software to track and manage onsite employees, visitors, and contractors, with features like touchless sign-in, desk booking, and wellness checks. It also offers AI-driven footfall analytics to measure shopper and visitor traffic for workplaces and retail locations.

2 investors

Wishup provides pre-vetted, trained virtual assistants to founders and businesses for tasks such as executive assistance, bookkeeping, medical/administrative support, operations management, and AI workflow automation. It operates as a fully managed subscription service, handling hiring, training, QA, and support, with VAs trained in no-code and AI tools.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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WorkHuman provides a team recognition and rewards platform that enables organizations to celebrate and recognize teams for their workplace accomplishments. The platform integrates social recognition with redemption options for products and experiences from major brands.

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Work& designs, builds, and manages dedicated lactation and wellness rooms for corporate workplaces. The company serves employers and real estate operators seeking to provide compliant, professionally designed spaces that support working parents and employees.

2 investors

Workerbase offers a connected worker platform for manufacturing that digitizes shopfloor work, delivers guided digital work instructions, orchestrates tasks by worker skill, and connects to factory systems and machines. It serves plant and production teams with real-time visibility, a no-code workflow builder, and support for industrial smartwatches alongside phones, tablets, and desktops.

2 investors

Workfellow is a real-time work intelligence platform that analyzes inefficiencies in work methods, systems, processes, and tools to identify automation and optimization opportunities for organizations.

2 investors

Workflowy is a note-taking and task management tool that enables users to organize thoughts and goals across web, desktop, and mobile devices. The platform serves individual thinkers, doers, and creative professionals seeking a lightweight alternative to more complex productivity applications.

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Workmate builds an AI executive assistant that handles administrative and busy work tasks for businesses and individuals. The product is positioned as automated admin support for everyday professional work.

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Workona is a browser-based workspace tool that organizes tabs into project-based spaces, with autosave, tab syncing across devices, tab suspension, and search to switch between work contexts. It targets knowledge workers managing many browser tabs across projects.

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WorkOnward is a local hiring platform that connects job seekers with small businesses in their neighborhood. The platform prioritizes proximity and accessibility, allowing workers to find jobs within walking distance and enabling small business owners to post positions for free and hire nearby candidates without traditional resume-based screening.

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Workrz operates a workforce platform that connects shift-based businesses with trained, flexible workers through a structured employment model. The platform serves organizations that need temporary or gig-based labor in shift-focused roles.

2 investors

Worksana provides employee time-tracking and California labor-law compliance software, offering a facial-recognition kiosk, offline mobile app, and web clock-in along with meal/rest break documentation, attestations, and payroll exports. It serves field- and shift-based businesses in California such as dairy agriculture, janitorial, manufacturing, landscaping, construction, and dealerships.</parameter> <parameter name="hq_country">US

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WorkStep, a Learning Pool company, is a software platform for employee engagement and retention of frontline workers, using automated surveys, predictive analytics, and coaching tools to help HR and operations leaders reduce turnover and improve productivity. It serves companies in e-commerce, manufacturing, retail, CPG, transportation, and logistics.

2 investors

Workstyle Serviced Offices Limited operates furnished, shared office spaces in Westlands, offering flexible membership plans, amenities, and a community network for businesses to work, meet, and collaborate. It serves entrepreneurs and established firms seeking coworking and serviced office space.

2 investors

Worksuite provides a white-labeled freelancer management system (FMS) that organizations use to manage their external workforce, with deployments configured around a client's workflows, compliance requirements, and reporting needs. It serves companies managing freelancers and contingent workers.

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Workwize is a platform for global IT hardware lifecycle management, combining software with local warehousing and logistics to procure, deploy, track, retrieve, and dispose of employee devices across 120 countries. It serves IT, HR, procurement, and finance teams at companies with distributed or global workforces, integrating with HRIS, MDM, IDP, and ITSM tools.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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World 50 operates an invitation-only membership community and peer network for CEOs, board members, and senior executives to collaborate and exchange insights. It serves top corporate leaders across multiple industries.

2 investors

WORQ operates coworking and flexible office spaces in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area, offering private, serviced, and customizable workspaces with short-term leasing, meeting rooms equipped with audio-visual technology, and virtual business address services. It serves individuals, startups, and businesses seeking flexible office solutions.

2 investors

Woven describes itself as a team of people working together collaboratively; the page provides no concrete information about the company's product, service, or market.

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WPS offers an AI-powered PDF editor that lets users edit PDF text, images, forms, and scanned documents while preserving layout, along with tools to convert, merge, split, compress, and sign PDFs. It is part of the WPS Office suite, which also includes Writer, Spreadsheet, and Presentation apps, available on Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android.

2 investors

Wyzetalk offers a mobile-first platform for connecting deskless and frontline workers, accessible via app, mobi site, or USSD, with features for real-time communication, safety and compliance management, digital HR self-service, and an AI frontline assistant. It serves enterprises with large frontline workforces looking to improve communication, engagement, and productivity among employees without company email or desk access.

2 investors

Cross Bit develops workforce enablement products focused on the future of work and improving the experience of working people.

2 investors

Xobni provides software that aggregates contact information from email, messaging, and social media platforms to give users a unified view of their professional and personal relationships. The product works across multiple email clients and mobile devices, pulling together communication history, job details, and social media profiles.

2 investors