Companies · Hospitality / Travel

InstaworkSummer 2015Active

San Francisco · CA, USA · Hospitality / Travel · founded 2015 · http://instawork.com

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Instawork — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
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Top 7%
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Latest stage · inferred

Instawork: limited disclosed financing to assess.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page.

Where it sits in Hospitality / Travel

Instawork is one of 1027 Hospitality / Travel companies tracked from San Francisco, CA, USA, on record since 2015. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 94% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

AI analyst read est. — model-extracted from this company's public description, not a verified fact. 30%

operates a technology-led product inferred from public copy

Grounded in: “You are a venture analyst

A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers.

Instawork is the on-demand staffing app for hourly workers and hospitality businesses. Our vision is to create economic opportunity for local businesses and professionals, globally. Workers need a better way to find great local jobs and businesses need a better way to find quality workers fast.

Marketplacehospitality
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Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

No round amounts on record to chart.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps

No staged rounds to sequence.

Modeled valuation trajectory
Base estimate est.
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Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size. Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Not enough modeled valuation points to chart a trajectory.

Financing rhythm
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How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 1027 companies in Hospitality / Travel. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages)
This company
Sector median$3.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages)
This company
Sector median$36.9M

Raised more than 94% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 94% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
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Modeled next size est.
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Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Registry & provenance

Instawork is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

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Similar companies

Nearest neighbours across the whole database — matched on sector, stage and capital scale, and on shared operators (officers or directors named at both companies in public filings). A discovery shortlist, not a valuation cohort — verify before acting, the same way modeled figures are directional.

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3@Marion GuesthouseHospitality / Travelsame sector
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Semantically similar

Matched by meaning, not labels — a local language model reads each company's name, sector and description and ranks the closest in that learned space. This catches look-alikes that cross sector boundaries; the structured list above explains its matches, this one trusts the text. Directional, like every modeled signal here.

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75%
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FirstWork
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Insurance74%
OpenWork
The open source alternative to Claude Cowork
74%
Instacart
Marketplace for grocery delivery and pickup
Ecommerce / Retail72%
HourWork Inc.Other TechnologySeries A$32.6M71%
Sira
AI Native Rippling for Deskless Workers
HR / Worktech71%
Swipe
Super AI Accountant for SMBs
FintechPre-Seed$7.1M71%
Frequently asked
What does Instawork do and where is it based?
Instawork operates in the Hospitality / Travel sector, based in San Francisco, CA, USA. A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers.
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