Vator Splash LA 2015 Finalist - Staffly

Mitos Suson · December 15, 2015 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/4131

Check out Bjorn Ovick's presentation on stage and the judges' feedback

Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Staffly, a startup that instantly connects retailers with screened, insured, and trained Staffly™ Staffers through their mobile devices. Staffly handles the time-consuming responsibilities of interviewing, background checks, training, payroll, workers’ comp, and taxes. Staffly Staffers are always ready to show up and work.

Among the judges were Kara Nortman (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Alex Gurevich (Partner, Javelin Venture Partners), Hilary Perchard (VP - Business Development, Sky Media), Larry Marcus (Managing Director,Walden Venture Capital).

Thanks to our main sponsors Wilson Sonsini, KPMG, Javelin Venture Partners, Sky Media, Wavemaker, All Good Living Collective, Bread and Butter Wine, and our co-production partner, Bixel Exchange.

Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Health 2016 conference is around the corner on February 23, 2016 at Kaiser Theater in Oakland. Speakers include Helmy Eltoukhy, PhD (Founder & CEO, Guardant Health), Ryan Howard (Founder & Chairman of the Board, Practice Fusion), Sonny Vu (CEO & Founder, Misfit Wearables), Lynne Chou (Partner, Kleiner Perkins) and more. Join us! REGISTER HERE.

Mitos Suson

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Staffly, Inc.

Startup/Business

Joined Vator on March 20, 2015

Staffly instantly provides retailers with screened, insured and trained Staffers.

Retail employee attrition rates are 67% and workers miss 21 days a year of work. Over half of the absences are last minute. The normal for main street business owners is always to be down a person or two.

Thousands of people looking for part-time work. 80% of college students want to work part-time, 47% of stay at home parents think that working part-time would be ideal, and 54% of baby boomers expect to work part-time in retirement.

Staffly handles the time-consuming responsibilities of interviewing, background checks, training, payroll, workers’ comp, and taxes. Staffly deploys our Staffer service into retailers by providing a short retailer orientation to our Staffers, enabling them to quickly hit the ground running. Staffly Staffers are always ready to show up and work.

Upfront Ventures

Angel group/VC

Joined Vator on July 25, 2014

Upfront Ventures, previously GRP Partners, is an LA based Venture Capital firm that focuses on early stage investments (mostly Seed & Series A).

GRP, rebranded as Upfront Ventures in June 2013, has been operating since 1996, making investments in tech companies like Overture, CitySearch, BillMeLater, Envestnet, DealerTrack, CyberSource, Qualys, and HDI in that time. For the firm, the rebrand represents its movement toward a new, 21st-century style of investing, emphasizing openness and transparency.

Javelin Venture Partners

Angel group/VC

Joined Vator on January 23, 2014

Invests in early-stage tech companies with incredible potential, managed by teams of energetic, trustworthy and capable leaders. Key focus areas include digital media, Internet commerce, mobile and healthcare IT. Javelin looks for advanced bleeding-edge innovations, where the addressable market size is substantial and strong competitive advantages exist. A typical investment is between $1 to $4 million, with reserves for follow-on investments. In addition, Javelin also considers smaller seed investments for unique companies just getting started. Located in downtown San Francisco, while invests throughout the world. Javelin is a very active investor with a long-term outlook and the objective of creating substantial value.

Walden Venture Capital

Angel group/VC

Joined Vator on January 23, 2014

Walden Venture Capital targets Sprout Stage™ investments. We seek products or services with mass-market potential and powerful underlying technologies taking active supporting roles typically as first institutional investors. Our target sectors are digital media and cloud services for consumers and enterprise. We care deeply about Founders and Management and work diligently to help manifest their vision. Our portfolio includes leaders in music, mobile, internet media and breakthrough cloud services.