Raise acquired a majority share in Shiftfillers, a company that staffs light industrial workers and has an RPO offering.

“By bringing together the resources and expertise of Raise and Shiftfillers, we are expanding our on-demand light industrial staffing solutions,” Raise CEO and Chief Steward Tim Masson said in a press release. “This is a strategic investment that meets the needs of our clients in this very tight labor market and rounds out our total talent service offering to support all labor categories through our traditional sourced business and our managed direct sourcing solutions.”

Shiftfillers was launched in 2020 by Roderick Smyth, founder of TempBuddy, along with Janeesa Hollingshead, the former head of expansion at Uber Works, as well as staffing industry veteran Drew Golin.

“Our partnership enables us to offer our clients a strategic approach to their staffing models that positively improves their cost per unit,” Shiftfillers Chief Operating Officer Karen Febus said in a press release.

Raise was formerly Ian Martin and Ian Martin Workforce. The two firms rebranded to Raise in November 2022. Raise was initially launched in April 2021 as a division of the Ian Martin Group to provide direct-sourcing solutions.