{"id":14500,"date":"2019-03-20T19:06:02","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/skedulo-raises-28m-for-its-mobile-workforce-management-service.html"},"modified":"2019-03-20T19:06:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T19:06:02","slug":"skedulo-raises-28m-for-its-mobile-workforce-management-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/skedulo-raises-28m-for-its-mobile-workforce-management-service.html","title":{"rendered":"Skedulo raises $28M for its mobile workforce management service"},"content":{"rendered":"

Skedulo<\/a>, a service that helps businesses manage their mobile employees, today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B funding round led by M12<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s venture fund. Existing investors Blackbird and Castanoa Ventures also participated in this round.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s service offers businesses all the necessary tools to manage their mobile employees, including their schedules. A lot of small businesses still use basic spreadsheets and email to do this, but that\u2019s obviously not the most efficient way to match the right employee to the right job, for example.<\/p>\n

\u201cWorkforce management has traditionally been focused on employees that are sitting at a desk for the majority of their day,\u201d Skedulo CEO and co-founder Matt Fairhurst told me. \u201cThe overwhelming majority \u2014 80 percent \u2014 of workers will be deskless by 2020 and so far, there has been no one that has addressed the needs of this growing population at scale. We\u2019re excited to help enterprises confront these challenges head-on so they can compete and lean into rapidly changing customer and employee expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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At the core of Skedulo, which offers both a mobile app and web-based interface, is the company\u2019s so-called \u201cMastermind\u201d engine that helps businesses automatically match the right employee to a job based on the priorities the company has specified. The company plans to use the new funding to enhance this tool through new machine learning capabilities. Skedulo will also soon offer new analytics tools and integrations with third-party services like HR and financial management tools, as well as payroll systems.<\/p>\n

The company also plans to use the new funding to double its headcount, which includes hiring at least 60 new employees in its Australian offices in Brisbane and Sydney.<\/p>\n

As part of this round, Priya Saiprasad, principal of M12, <\/a> will join Skedulo\u2019s board of directors. \u201cWe found a strong sense of aligned purpose with Priya Saiprasad and the team at M12 \u2014 and their desire to invest in companies that help reduce cycles in a person\u2019s working day,\u201d Fairhurst said. \u201cFundamentally, Skedulo<\/span>\u00a0is a productivity company. We help companies, the back-office and mobile workforce, reduce the number of cycles it takes to get work done. This gives them time back to focus on the work that matters most.\u201d<\/p>\n

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