Upskilling, Career Sits and Skilled Trades

Guild, a Career Opportunity Platform, today announced a $175 million Series F financing round. The round will accelerate Guild’s ability to capitalize on momentum expanding into dynamic, in-demand sectors — furthering its mission of unlocking life-changing opportunities for America’s workforce. https://hrtechfeed.com/upskilling-platform-lands-175-million-in-funding/ SkillPointe, LLC, a three-sided marketplace helping to solve the country’s prevalent skilled worker shortage, today announced the closing of a $2.25 million Series B-3 financing round. The Presidio Group LLC (“Presidio”), the leading investment bank to the automotive retail and consumer mobility sectors, served as exclusive financial advisor to SkillPointe. https://hrtechfeed.com/skillpointe-secures-2-25-million-in-series-b-funding/ Hourly.io — which has built an app that tracks working hours, generates payroll, and then calculates and assigns workers compensation insurance to individuals based on that — has closed in on $27 million in funding. https://hrtechfeed.com/hourly-io-gets-27-million/ HourWork, a SaaS recruitment and retention platform for quick-serve restaurant (QSR) franchise owners, today announced the closing of $2.5 million in additional Series A funding led by MassMutual’s MM Catalyst Fund (MMCF), which joins a noteworthy list of investors including Morgan Stanley’s Next Level Fund, Positive Sum Ventures, and RelishWorks. https://hrtechfeed.com/hourwork-gets-another-2-5-million-in-series-a-funding/ Global Employer Brand Agency, Ph.Creative, has launched an new recruitment technology company featuring a flagship enterprise-level careers website SaaS platform. ‘Happy Dance‘ is its name and was originally built by Ph.Creative for its own use. “We’d perfected the system to the point where it was so intuitive, so easy to use, launching as a standalone just made sense. The existing options all come from big, back-end technology operators: they’re systems designed in the dark. By contrast, we’re from an agency world that’s purpose built to be responsive and accommodating. It’s what we do for a living, after all.” https://hrtechfeed.com/careers-website-platform-launches/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices