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Homebase

Can a scheduling and time-tracking tool for hourly-workforce SMBs become the all-in-one HR and financial operations platform for local businesses?

HQSan Francisco, California, United States
Latest roundSeries D
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / HR & Payroll
The story

Homebase began as a scheduling and time-tracking tool for hourly-workforce businesses such as restaurants, retail, and local service businesses. Over time it expanded into a broader HR and workforce management platform, adding payroll processing via an embedded payroll stack (evidenced by its partnership with Check, the embedded payroll infrastructure provider). The company has also added content and tooling around small business financing (educational content on lines of credit and small business loans), though there is no direct evidence of Homebase operating its own lending product.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2014
Homebase (Pioneer Works, Inc.) founded as an employee scheduling and time-tracking platform for local businesses.· pivot
2018
Raised Series B funding to expand workforce management capabilities.· banking
The stack
Payments / PSP
Checkout.com
Payroll
Check
Accounting gap: none