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Freelancer management system Shortlist reports $1.5 million funding round

June 07, 2017

Shortlist, a freelancer collaboration platform and freelancer management system, announced a $1.5 million seed funding round. This brings Shortlist’s total funding to $2.3 million.

Shortlist will use the funding to enhance its payment and tax offerings, which help companies automate freelancer and vendor payment operations. The company will also continue expanding its sales and marketing team at its San Francisco headquarters.

Shortlist, which has 15 employees, officially launched its product in 2016, seeking to be a one-stop-shop for enterprises that want to manage independent workers as well as third-party agencies — such as staffing suppliers — from a single platform.

“Many companies are taking advantage of utilizing freelancers and contractors instead of hiring full-time employees, but few have the tools to manage such a large pool of workers effectively,” said Martin Konrad, Shortlist’s CEO and co-founder. “That, coupled with the confusion of worker classification, really highlights the need for a technological solution that automates freelance management from start to finish.”

This funding round was led by Impulse VC, FundersClub, Alchemist Accelerators and angel investors, including Cisco’s VP of Innovation Maciej Kran.