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7shifts Raises $80 Million in Series C Funding Led by Softbank Vision Fund 2 to Strengthen Restaurant Operations

Funding follows year of explosive growth as restaurants leverage 7shifts team
management platform to drive staff retention and operational efficiency in face of labor challenge.

Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer's investment firm is leading a $21.5 million raise for 7Shifts, a tech tool that helps restaurants get a leg up on the labor crisis

Meyer's growth fund, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, is leading a $21.5 million raise, 7shifts announced Tuesday.

7shifts Partners With Gusto to Help Restaurants Reduce Costs and Streamline Their Operations

7shifts, the leading software platform dedicated to simplifying labor management for restaurants, and Gusto, the leading payroll, benefits, and HR technology platform for small businesses, today announced a new partnership that makes it easier for restaurants everywhere to schedule and pay their teams more efficiently. The integration seamlessly syncs work hours from 7shifts to Gusto to ensure timely and accurate payroll.

7shifts Named One of North America's Fastest-Growing Companies on Deloitte’s 2020 Technology Fast 50™ & Fast 500™ Lists

7shifts, the leading software platform dedicated to simplifying labor management for restaurants, has been presented the Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ program award for its rapid revenue growth, entrepreneurial spirit and bold innovation.

Why 7shifts founder Jordan Boesch fired the majority of his customers

Jordan Boesch wants his customers to absolutely love what he builds for them. When he launched 7shifts in 2014, it was to help his father, who owned and operated a small restaurant in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Boesch saw that his father’s employees were having a hard time with their current scheduling system, so he taught himself to code. In the below video interview for the #CIBCInnovationEconomy series (recorded in July 2019), Boesch shares more about how 7shifts moved away from, then back to, the restaurant industry.

Revel joins 7shifts to sync labor management with sales

Revel Systems, has joined with restaurant labor management solution company, 7shifts, to create a way for operators to synchronize sales data with the scheduling and labor management software to keep restaurants compliant with labor regulations, while enhancing efficiency & profitability.

Saskatoon-Based 7shifts Raises Additional $7.9 Million CAD in Series A

Saskatoon-based restaurant labour management platform 7shifts has raised an additional $7.9 million CAD ($6 million USD) in growth equity funding, bringing the total capital raised in its Series A to more than $20 million CAD.

Why Good Employees Quit Restaurants

7shifts, a scheduling software platform, surveyed about 2,000 restaurant professionals, everyone from cooks to servers to juice bars and pizzerias, to determine what makes them happy in their restaurants, and what managers could do to improve workplace satisfaction.

7shifts Announces Education Program to Empower the Next Generation of Restaurant Professionals

7shifts launches 7shifts for Education—a selection of programs to empower hospitality students and academic professionals such as scholarships, classroom use accounts, and (coming soon) educational resources on labor management.

7shifts Releases Engage Dashboard to Help Restaurants Quantify Employee Engagement and Reduce Turnover

The new solution provides restaurants with an employee engagement score, which is made up of a set of key behavioral indicators related to their worked shifts. When combined with 7shifts scheduling and labor management tools, Engage allows restaurateurs to instantly identify the most and least engaged members of their team; information that can then be used to increase staff employee job satisfaction and reduce costly turnover, saving restaurants thousands every month.

Chanticleer Holdings Partners with 7shifts to Streamline Best Labor Practices

Chanticleer Holdings, Inc. owner, operator, and franchisor of multiple nationally recognized restaurant brands, today announced that it has partnered with 7shifts to streamline best labor practices across its entire organization.

Saskatoon restaurant scheduling company 7shifts raises $10-million in financing

After several smaller rounds of funding, 7shifts has announced that it has raised US$10-million in financing, led by New York private-equity group Napier Park Financial Partners alongside New York’s Teamworthy Ventures, Toronto’s Relay Ventures and U.S. hiring-service entrepreneur Peter Harrison. The venture-funding deal is a milestone for Saskatchewan – the biggest cloud-tech deal in the province since 2013...

7shifts Partners with Lightspeed to Help Restaurants Quickly Manage and Reduce Their Labor Costs

7shifts announces its integration with Lightspeed POS to help restaurateurs schedule more efficiently and reduce labor costs by unlocking the power of their real-time sales & labor data. Labor costs are quickly reduced thanks to the inclusion of 95 percent accurate forecast shift requirements and labor variances.

Regina tech startup 7Shifts' revenue grew 300% in 2015, headquarters moves to Saskatoon

The 28-year-old CEO and co-founder of 7Shifts, a startup created in 2011 that makes a scheduling and communication app for restaurants, moved his base of operations from Regina to the company’s Saskatoon office in November. Another office is also set to open in Toronto.

7shifts and Hyr announce partnership to create restaurant staffing solutions

7shifts and Hyr are announcing a partnership which will help restaurants face their labour struggles head on. 7shifts and Hyr will be able to predict when a worker is needed to fill a shift at a 7shifts customer location. That way they will ensure that every shift is covered — whether it be a scheduled shift, a no-show or call-off.

Koomi, 7shifts partner for more accurate QSR staffing

Restaurant scheduling and workforce management platform 7shifts has announced its integration with cloud-based POS, Koomi. The integration combines real-time sales data from Koomi with 7 shift's scheduling and labor management tools without the need for manual uploads or spreadsheets, according to a press release.

Restaurateurs Reduce Labor Costs by up to Four Percent and Increase Profitability with TouchBistro and 7shifts

TouchBistro and 7shifts announced today that restaurateurs are reporting a reduction in labor costs of up to four percent by utilizing the tools provided. The tools help restaurateurs schedule shift assignments that achieve the optimum labor to cost ratio when plotted against predicted sales, thus improving overall profitability.

Yogurtland launches franchising technology through

ByPass, 7shifts partnership Article 3 excerpt = Bypass, an enterprise point-of-sale (POS) solution will seamlessly integrate with 7shifts, an employee scheduling software, to offer flexibility to multi-unit operators.

7shifts, Toast Partner to Streamline Employee Clock-Ins and Schedule Enforcement

7shifts announced an app integration with Toast, an all-in-one restaurant technology platform and one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the United States, to provide continued efficiencies in restaurant operations management.

Score with the Playbook for Employee Retention with 7shifts and Toast

The teams from Toast and 7shifts have been hard at work analyzing the reasons why restaurant employees quit at such an alarming rate and coming up with effective, informed solutions that enable restaurant management to empower and retain their staff members. We've launched The Employee Retention Playbook: A 30-page game plan, filled with everything you need to know and do to retain and attract staff.

Saskatoon’s 7shifts Secures $3.5 Million U.S. Investment

Saskatoon-based 7shifts, a restaurant employee scheduling solution, announced today the company has raised $3.5 million US. The funding round was led by Tandem Capital and existing investor Relay Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $4.5 million.

Bus.com, 7shifts Among Startups In Lazaridis Institute’s Second Cohort

The Lazaridis Institute in Waterloo has announced the 10 companies accepted into its second cohort of the ScaleUp program.The program supports startups that are in the growth stage of their businesses, and includes one-on-one mentorship, to prepare for the next round of funding.

7shifts lands major investment as tech sector pushes for expanded computer science programs

7shifts makes a scheduling app used by more than 1,600 restaurants around the world and recently attracted $1.2 million in venture capital from Toronto-based Relay Ventures.