Randstad Holding nv launches the Randstad Innovation Fund, a strategic corporate venture fund to invest in HR technology companies. HR technologies ensure future, innovative solutions to make HR processes more efficient and bring fresh answers to HR challenges.
Our ambition is to shape the world of work, and technology is a crucial element to achieve this. The Randstad Innovation Fund can play an important role in accelerating the understanding of technology innovations in our industry and will be able to give input for our future strategy and contribute to innovative solutions for our clients.
The Randstad Innovation Fund intends to build a portfolio of multiple smaller investments over the next couple of years. The fund will invest in the following areas: social sourcing, online platforms, mobile solutions, virtual solutions, gamification and big data analytics. The Randstad Innovation Fund will be managed by Ilonka Jankovich and Paul Jacquin.
The fund's first investment is in Gigwalk, an online platform that enables leading consumer brands and retailers to track and improve retail execution by using the world's largest network of mobile-enabled independent contractors. Gigwalk's mobile crowdsourcing and online enterprise platform complements Randstad's capability in managing workforces and offering solutions to our clients. Randstad is joining investors, such as Nokia Growth Partners, August Capital, Harrison Metal, and SoftTech.
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More information on Gigwalk
Since launching in 2011, over 500,000 Gigwalkers have completed more than 4 million Gigs for businesses across North America. Based in San Francisco, California, Gigwalk is backed by August Capital, Harrison Metal, Nokia Growth Partners, Randstad Holding, SoftTech, Greylock Discovery, Accelerator Ventures, and Founder Collective. For more information, visit gigwalk.com
about randstad
Randstad is a global talent leader with the vision to be the world’s most equitable and specialized talent company. As a partner for talent and through our four specializations - Operational, Professional, Digital and Enterprise - we provide clients with the high-quality, diverse and agile workforces that they need to succeed in a talent scarce world. We help people secure meaningful roles, develop relevant skills and find purpose and belonging in their workplace. Through the value we create, we are committed to a better and more sustainable future for all. Headquartered in the Netherlands, Randstad operates in 39 markets and has approximately 40,000 employees. In 2023, we supported 2 million talent to find work and generated a revenue of €25.4 billion. Randstad N.V. is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam. For more information, see www.randstad.com.
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