Jobgether, a Remote Work Search Engine, Raises $1.48 Million in Seed Funding

By HRTech News Desk On Mar 1, 2023

Jobgether, a Remote Work Search Engine, Raises $1.48 Million in Seed Funding

Jobgether, currently doubling users every quarter, is aiming at global leadership in remote/flex search by prioritizing real-world employer flexibility rankings for job seekers

Jobgether, the global search engine for remote and flexible working, has closed a $1.48 million seed financing round with participation from finance&invest.brussels and 4Ventures, as well as business angels. The seed funding will be used to establish and consolidate Jobgether’s leadership in the remote work space by strengthening the search engine’s job aggregation capacity and talent acquisition strategy, focusing on Europe and emerging markets. To date, the site already offers 60,000 remote positions and attracts one million users monthly, out of whom 100,000 have applied for open positions in the last month.

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Increase in Remote Work Rate

The global remote-working revolution – expected to reach between 28% and 40% of jobs by 20251 – is the answer to talent shortages and new lifestyle expectations for people wanting greater flexibility to choose where and when they work. As a result, remote and flexible work is booming worldwide and over half of all job applications on LinkedIn go to remote jobs. Most job boards and search engines mix traditional and flexible jobs and are not designed to highlight work that can be performed remotely. Even so-called ‘remote specialists’ only cover a small percentage of the offers available. None is truly global and there is a lack of real transparency and details on flexibility conditions.

Antoine d’Ydewalle, Partner, at 4Ventures, comments: “Jobgether has identified a large, non-addressed need for both talent and employers. It has already proved its product-market fit and has huge traction on the talent side, which is showing exponential growth. It was a global business from day one, and, with a great leadership team, we are certain Jobgether will succeed in its ambition to become the worldwide leader in remote work searches.”

Find Remote Work from Across the Globe

Jobgether aims to solve this with its platform that helps job seekers find the best remote job opportunities, and employers find the best talent, from any location. The platform identifies and aggregates remote jobs based on an applicant’s location and enriches each job post with detailed information about its flexibility and remote-friendliness. This allows job seekers to make informed decisions when evaluating companies and job openings, and narrow their search to positions that are available for hiring from where they are based.

Arnaud Devigne, co-founder and co-CEO at Jobgether, says: “Workers have never been so unsatisfied and unloyal to their employers and ‘The Great Resignation’ is evidence of this crisis of job satisfaction. With Jobgether, we want to help bring work to the future by enabling employers to create genuinely remote work cultures, and for talent to find these positions efficiently. Employers can diversify their talent acquisition efforts, reach a global pool of candidates, and differentiate themselves from less flexible competitors. And job seekers finally get the necessary, key details to make informed decisions when it comes to remote positions.”

Companies often face legal restrictions on hiring in certain locations. With geo-targeting, Jobgether maximizes the chances of finding jobs that are genuinely available for talent based on their location. Because companies’ policies are often unclear, it then uses AI and machine learning to identify and dynamically score the most flexible employers among those offering positions, creating a “flex score” based on 27 criteria.

Jobgether’s job search and job posting are free. The startup generates revenue from a performance-based solution called “Sponsored Jobs,” aimed at employers who want to promote their open positions and find the right talent faster. Another option is a ‘Flex Package’ which is aimed at fully flexible companies who would like to highlight their employer branding.

The company was co-founded in May 2020 by Juan Bourgois, Arnaud Devigne, Alex Hernandez and Alexis Rodríguez, and went live in June 2021. The company, which is itself remote-first and registered in Brussels, has raised $2.2 million to date.

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