“Can the restaurant scheduling system of record own the money movement — payroll, tips, and earned wage access — for hourly restaurant workers?”
Founded 2014 as a restaurant employee scheduling app, 7shifts has steadily expanded into a full team-management and pay platform for restaurants. After a $80M SoftBank-led Series C in 2021, it moved from scheduling into embedded payroll (via Check), tip payouts, and on-demand pay (via Clair), positioning itself as the financial + operations OS for the 55,000+ restaurants it serves. It has processed $1B+ in payroll — the embedded-finance angle is turning shift data into pay rails, not building a bank.
7shifts processes payments through Stripe.
7shifts's lending and capital products are provided by Clair.
7shifts's payroll is powered by Check.
7shifts integrates with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, ADP Workforce Now, Square, Toast, Oracle MICROS Simphony and TouchBistro.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 4 layers in 7shifts's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Lending (Clair and On-Demand Pay (earned wage access, powered by Clair)); Payroll (Check); Accounting (QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, ADP Workforce Now, Square and 3 others).
7shifts was founded by Jordan Boesch and is founded in 2014, headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
7shifts has raised ~$120M+ in total (latest round: Series C, 2021).
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