# Bandana

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/bandana

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Brooklyn, US
- Website: www.bandana.co
- Total disclosed funding: $12M
- Latest round: Seed (Apr 26, 2024)
- Investors on record: 4

## About

Based in New York, US and founded in 2022, Workwise Solutions Inc., doing business as Bandana operates as a software development company that provides a marketplace for hourly wage workers to search for job opportunities. The company was Co-founded by its CEO Timothy Makalinao and others. In August 2024, Bandana raised USD 8.5 million in venture funding led by General Catalyst Partners, with participation from other Craft Ventures and Triple Impact Capital.

The firm offers an online platform that helps job seekers to find jobs and help employers to post jobs. The marketplace application helps hourly wage workers search for job opportunities by filtering jobs by pay, benefits, location, and other key criteria.

The firm plans to use the August 2024 funding to support the development of its product using artificial intelligence-based searching tools and expansion.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, Apr 26, 2024, $8.5M — General Catalyst Partners, Craft Ventures, Triple Impact Capital
- Seed, Sep 7, 2023, $3.8M — General Catalyst Partners, Craft Ventures, Triple Impact Capital, Sarah Smith Fund

## Investors

- General Catalyst Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/general-catalyst-partners) — Seed
- Craft Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/craft-ventures) — Seed
- Triple Impact Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/triple-impact-capital) — Seed
- Sarah Smith Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/sarah-smith-fund) — Seed