Smartstaff

Overview

Smartstaff is a blue-collar workforce-management platform digitizing the employee lifecycle for contingent/manufacturing labor -- digital onboarding, automated timesheets, payroll processing, recruitment, employee retention, and salary-advance/earned-wage-access features. Recruited, trained, and employed 11,000+ workers across 50 manufacturers (this figure is the platform's placed-workforce count, not Smartstaff's own headcount), helping them earn INR 100+ Cr in wages. Earlier round of $4.3M from Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, Arkam Ventures; Series A of $6.2M led by Nexus Ventures, with Arkam Ventures, Blume Ventures, and Alteria Capital (incl. $500K debt from Alteria Capital), closed Feb 14, 2025. Total disclosed: $12.6M across 6 rounds. Founding year conflicts between sources (2020 vs 2021) -- left null rather than picking one with false confidence.

Key Facts

Sector

B2B Platform

Stage

Series A

Focus Areas

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