Future of Work Startups

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

Sharry offers a white-label tenant experience platform for office buildings, giving landlords and property managers a mobile app and web tools for mobile access control, visitor management, desk and meeting-room booking, smart parking, and tenant communication. It serves commercial real estate landlords and property managers looking to manage building access, amenities, and community engagement in one platform.

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 digital marketplace connecting licensed healthcare professionals directly with facilities such as hospitals, clinics, and senior care communities for shift-based work, offering an alternative to traditional staffing agencies and scheduling practices. The platform emphasizes flexibility, transparency, and data-driven matching, and aims to expand its model to other licensed professional workforces beyond healthcare in the United States.

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

Shire builds a digital office platform for volunteer-heavy organizations like political campaigns and nonprofits, enabling remote volunteer onboarding, engagement, and training at scale.

2 investors

Showdigs is a property management platform that automates the rental leasing process from listing to lease signing. It provides tools for listing syndication, self-showing coordination with AI-powered verification, agent-led tours, tenant screening, and inspections for residential property managers in the United States.

2 investors

Shram is a macOS application that monitors a user's activity across apps like Gmail, Slack, WhatsApp, Google Meet, and Calendar to detect conversations needing a response and drafts follow-ups using on-device memory that retains context. It surfaces the drafted follow-up in an inbox for one-click execution, aimed at professionals whose work depends on ongoing relationships.

2 investors

airSlate SignNow is a document management and e-signature platform that enables teams to collaborate on document workflows with real-time updates, role-based permissions, and advanced security controls. The platform integrates with business tools like CRM systems, cloud storage, and project management applications to streamline document processes for organizations of all sizes.

2 investors

Siit builds a service desk platform that centralizes tools and information for teams, enabling leaders to make data-driven decisions, managers to automate workflows, and employees to have a personalized experience.

2 investors

Simperium provides a data layer platform for developers to synchronize data across multiple devices, applications, and users. The product addresses distributed data challenges for app and service builders.

2 investors

SINC is a workforce management tool for tracking staff hours against jobs and tasks, scheduling shifts, viewing live staff locations, and exporting reports for payroll and job costing. It targets small and everyday businesses with field or shift-based staff.

2 investors

Sitter.me is a platform connecting families with professionally-screened childcare providers from local agencies. It also offers software for childcare businesses to manage their operations.

2 investors

SketchDeck provides embedded teams of creative, marketing, and digital talent that integrate into client organizations to handle marketing operations and creative work. The service operates as a staffing and team management solution for businesses seeking to fill skill gaps or scale specific functions.

2 investors

Skilladder provides AI-powered, context-based skill assessments that generate verified skills profiles for candidates, helping employers screen, assess, place, and develop talent based on demonstrated ability. The platform targets hiring and workforce development, with a stated focus on building skills infrastructure for the African workforce.

2 investors

Skills Base offers a skills management platform that helps organizations build a skills taxonomy, map skills to roles and locations, assess competencies, track certifications, and identify skill gaps for workforce development. It is aimed at team leaders and HR, with this page tailored to engineering teams.

2 investors

SkyHive by Cornerstone provides AI-powered workforce intelligence that analyzes real-time labor market data to identify employees' skills, map them to organizational strategy, and surface skill gaps. It serves HR and talent management teams with tools for skills transformation, workforce mobility, and people-data integration.

2 investors

Slapdash builds a command bar interface that aggregates cloud applications and provides low-latency file-system access to accelerate workflows for knowledge workers.

2 investors

Slashwork is a workplace communication platform built around AI that combines group posts, chats, and channels with an API for integrations, automation, and AI agents. It targets communications teams, executives, and white-collar workers, using AI to rank content, aggregate notifications, and summarize activity.

2 investors

SlateUp builds a platform to connect frontline workers in critical infrastructure sectors (warehousing, construction, logistics, healthcare, and energy) with job opportunities and growth paths. The platform enables employers to hire, workers to advance, and provides funding mechanisms for the entire ecosystem.

2 investors

Sling is an employee scheduling and workforce management platform that lets managers build shift schedules, track time and attendance, control labor costs, assign tasks, and communicate with staff. It targets small and medium businesses across industries such as restaurants, coffee shops, hotels, and retail stores.

2 investors

Smith.ai provides an AI Receptionist backed by optional North America-based human agents that screens calls, books appointments, handles payment collection, and updates CRMs for mid-market companies. It also offers Virtual Receptionist plans staffed by live agents available 24/7, plus call analytics and transcription dashboards.

2 investors

SOAR AI Studio is a human-centered AI company building products on a proprietary multi-agent AI platform that turns conversations, meetings, and documents into usable insight while retaining memory of a user's work and preferences. Its products include workplace meeting AI that transcribes and generates action items, and a Citizen Portal that makes public meetings and government decisions searchable.

2 investors