Hospitality staffing platform Qwick closes $40M funding round to “end understaffing”

Qwick, a hospitality staffing platform, has secured a $40 million Series B investment to accelerate growth.

The round was led by Tritium Partners with participation by current investors Album VC, Kickstart, Desert Angels and Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund.

Qwick says it connects service-industry professionals directly with food and beverage shifts in real-time, provides them with the flexibility to work on their own schedules and enables them to get paid as quickly as 30 minutes after their shift.

Founded in 2017 and launched in 2018, Qwick says it is focused on hiring and building out technology to fuel its expansion. The company plans to deepen its reach in existing markets and broaden its availability in new cities. It will also continue to hire at its Phoenix headquarters and around the country.

“Staffing-as-a-service is the future of work in the hospitality industry,” says Qwick co-founder and CEO Jamie Baxter. “We’re excited by Tritium’s conviction in Qwick and belief in our mission to end understaffing.”

Qwick has facilitated more than 500,000 hospitality shifts and plans to double that output within months, according to Baxter.

“Our projection is to fill over one million hospitality shifts in 2023 alone,” he says.

Over the past year, Qwick has expanded from 13 to 23 active markets, more than doubled its number of hospitality business partners, grown its pool of “experienced, ready-to-work professionals” by nearly 70% and hired its first CTO, according to the company.

David Lack, managing partner at Tritium Partners, says Qwick “has truly changed the way people work.”

“Jamie and his leadership team continue to prove Qwick’s strength and effectiveness in this space,” Lack says.

“We’re proud to be partners with Qwick and to support its exceptional growth as it transforms staffing services for hospitality businesses and professionals.”