Gigs, the job platform that connects companies to job seekers looking for hourly jobs in their neighborhood, announced the company's official launch of its employer portal to help retailers, food and beverage, logistics, and hospitality companies with their full-time and part-time hiring needs. The news comes jointly with the company announcing $2.7 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson & Co with additional investment from Wonder Ventures and several angel investors. Gigs intends to use the funds to invest in product, engineering, marketing, and sales to further its goal of helping companies find qualified candidates and job seekers to find part-time or full-time work that matches their skills and interests.

Gigs is a start-up company that helps businesses succeed by helping find the most qualified hourly workers. While established solutions serve the entire labor force, Gigs is creating a marketplace that matches businesses and workers based on the leading indicators of reliability: geographic location and pay transparency.