JobGet

JobGet

Tony Liu and Billy Lan launched JobGet in Boston in 2019 after observing that America's largest workforce segment — hourly workers — was stuck using desktop-era job boards on mobile phones. The company replaced static applications with a chat-based, video-capable hiring interface. Early enterprise customers included McDonald's franchisees and large retail chains, which adopted the tool to reduce time-to-hire for shift work. JobGet operates a two-sided marketplace for frontline employment. The platform spans quick-service restaurants, retail, hospitality, and logistics — the four verticals that collectively employ over 70 million U.S. workers. Employers pay a subscription fee to post roles and receive matched candidates; job seekers use the free mobile app to apply without résumés, scheduling interviews directly via in-app chat. In May 2023, JobGet acquired rival hourly-hiring platform Snagajob's Hourly platform assets, a deal that roughly doubled its employer base and added active users across the Southeast and Midwest. Following the acquisition, the combined entity serves more than 7,000 employer locations and lists over 750,000 monthly active job seekers. The company raised a $52 million Series B in September 2021 led by JAZZ Venture Partners and Pillar VC, with participation from returning investors that include Petteri Vainikka (co-founder of Envoy) and AA Investments. The round followed 4x year-over-year revenue growth as employers rebuilt staffing rosters post-pandemic. JobGet employed approximately 80 people as of mid-2024, with the full team based in Boston. The firm has not disclosed a public valuation or any non-dilutive funding vehicle. In October 2024, the company restructured following the Snagajob asset integration; co-founder Billy Lan moved into a product advisory role while Tony Liu continued as CEO leading a refocused go-to-market effort. JobGet's structure differs from horizontal job boards because its matching algorithm does not crawl or aggregate. Every listing originates from a paying employer with a verified hiring need. The closed platform eliminates ghost jobs and candidate spam, which gives large multi-location operators — the company's core customer — a lower cost-per-qualified-applicant than they would get from ZipRecruiter or Indeed. The company's long-term bet is that hourly hiring will shift entirely to mobile-first, chat-native pipelines, and that the winner will own both sides of the marketplace rather than licensing data from a third-party aggregator.