Workstream's platform and mobile app is used by over 5,000 hiring managers to streamline job posting, scheduling, and onboarding. Workstream reduces time to hire by 70% and identifies ways for companies to save money through tax credits.
Location: United States, California, San Francisco
Employees: 201-500
Phone: +1 415-767-1006
Total raised: $118M
Founded date: 2017
Investors 17
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Funding Rounds 3
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 05.10.2022 | Series B | $60M | - |
| 26.08.2021 | Series B | $48M | - |
| 07.05.2020 | Series A | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 17
| Date | Title | Description |
| 01.11.2025 | This startup founder works 11-hour days — but still makes time for family and fitness: ‘Find your own rhythm’ | It’s often said that “there’s no such thing as balance” in entrepreneurship, but startup founder Desmond Lim disagrees. The CEO and co-founder of Workstream, a HR, payroll and hiring platform for hourly workers, says that balance isn’t just... |
| 23.09.2025 | Startups and founders could be hardest hit by $100,000 H-1B visas | The White House plans to require companies to pay a $100,000 fee when submitting petitions for new H-1B visas, though many details remain unclear. Venture capitalists and innovation experts agree that startups will be hit hardest by H-1B vi... |
| 14.05.2025 | Workstream Partners with Instant Financial to Bring Faster, Smarter Payroll Options to the Hourly Workforce | Workstream customers can now offer earned wage access, digital tipping, and modern paycard options through Instant's award-winning payments platform ORLANDO, Fla., May 14, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Workstream, a leading HR, payroll, and hi... |
| 18.11.2023 | Chick-fil-A sells wings through a spinoff restaurant called Little Blue Menu. I tried them and liked them a lot better than CFA's signature chicken sandwich. | Little Blue Menu is Chick-fil-A's attempt to break into two new menu items: chicken wings and burgers. Alex Bitter/Insider Chick-fil-A opened the first physical location of Little Blue Menu, a new restaurant, in Maryland. Little Blue Menu s... |
| 10.11.2022 | Workstream – Employees Next to the Workplace | The post was originally published in Russian on Startup of the Day. Alexander kindly agreed to republish what we think is of great value to our readers. About five years ago, JobToday, CornerJob, and a few less well-known similar services ... |
| 30.09.2022 | Workstream Adds $60M; Extends Series B to $108M | Workstream, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a mobile hiring and onboarding platform, held an additional close of $60M in Series B funding bringing the total of the round to $108M. The round was led by Hans Tung, managing partner of GG... |
| 29.09.2022 | GGV Capital latest to back Workstream’s goal of filling software gap for deskless workers | Recruitment and onboarding for deskless and hourly workers has always been a challenge, and one that startups have taken on in recent years. These employees are often always in demand due to traditionally high turnover rates, and yet, many ... |
| 27.08.2021 | Daily funding roundup - August 27th, 2021 | Workstream raised $48M; Monad secured $17M; Workera.ai landed $16M; Zeal picks up $13M Workstream: Workstream is a San Francisco-based hourly worker hiring and onboarding platform. Workstream has raised $48 million in Series B funding co-le... |
| 26.08.2021 | Workstream’s text-based recruitment tool gets a $48M bet from BOND and beyond | It isn’t only tech giants that are struggling to fill open roles with talented individuals, it’s your local Jamba Juice, too. Since 2017, San Francisco-based Workstream has been working on an answer to recruitment for the hourly worker. The... |
| 26.08.2021 | Workstream Raises $48M in Series B Funding | Workstream, a San Francisco, CA-based hiring platform and mobile app that streamlines the sourcing and onboarding of hourly workers, raised $48m in Series B funding. The round, which brought the total funding raised to date to $60.5m, was c... |
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