London-based job-sharing marketplace and management platform, Roleshare, has raised $1.2M in a seed round of funding led by Plug and Play VC, with participation from Forward VC, Rethink Capital Partners, Techstars VC, Invested, and a number of angel investors. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and expand sales and marketing efforts into new markets. Roleshare is a talent marketplace co-founded by Sophie Smallwood and David Smallwood that matches professionals to share full-time jobs, with a focus on driving a positive impact toward gender equality, economic growth, and well-being. The company’s approach allows companies to retain employees who need or want a more flexible role while benefiting from increased productivity and well-being.
Roleshare’s seed funding round was led by Plug and Play VC and included participation from Forward VC, Rethink Capital Partners, Techstars VC, Invested, and a number of angel investors. The total amount raised was $1.2M, which will be used to accelerate the company’s technology platform and product development. The company’s job-sharing marketplace is designed to help professionals find co-applicants to share full-time jobs, providing more flexibility for individuals who want or need it.
Roleshare’s investors in its recent seed round include 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 funding will be used to accelerate the company’s technology platform and product development and expand its sales and marketing efforts into new markets.
Roleshare is a talent marketplace that matches professionals to share full-time jobs, providing more flexibility for individuals who want or need it. According to a study by McKinsey, $12T could be added to GDP by 2025 if women played an identical role in labour markets to men. The company’s approach allows employers to retain employees who love their jobs but need or want a more flexible role to accommodate family and personal needs or other interests and passions. Roleshare has already attracted high-profile clients, including JP Morgan, BP, and Alphabet’s X Moonshot Factory.
Roleshare’s job-sharing marketplace and management platform aims to drive a positive impact toward gender equality, economic growth, and well-being. The company’s co-founders, Sophie Smallwood and David Smallwood, are excited to scale their solution globally and help enterprises better retain, redeploy, and hire employees of diverse backgrounds and circumstances. Carolin Wais, Director and EMEA IC Member at Plug and Play Ventures, an early-stage investor in Roleshare, believes that the company has the potential to redefine how we think about work and career growth.
