# WorksMate

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

- Industry: Internet
- Headquarters: Seoul, South Korea
- Website: www.1gada.com
- Total disclosed funding: $3.2M
- Latest round: Series B (Mar 27, 2025)
- Investors on record: 8

## About

Founded in 2020 and based in Seoul, South Korea, WorksMate operates a mobile application platform that connects day laborers to construction companies in Korea. In November 2022, WorksMate raised KRW 4 billion in pre-series A funding from new investors Seoul Investment Partners, Seoul Business Agency, PlanH Ventures, NHN Investment, Korea Social Investment, Infobank, IBK Capital, and DT&Investment. As of 2022, the company is led by its CEO Kim Se-won.

WorksMate offers a personnel hiring platform through which job seekers and hiring companies can find jobs and employees in the construction industry respectively.

The company plans to use the November funds to expand its business.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Mar 27, 2025, $2.7M — JB Investment, DT&Investment, ES Investor, Colopl Next Korea
- Seed, Sep 1, 2021 — Korea Tech Incubator for Startup, POSTECH Holdings
- Seed, Aug 31, 2020, $0.5M — The Invention Lab, HDC I-Service

## Investors

- The Invention Lab (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-invention-lab) — Seed
- HDC I-Service — Seed
- Korea Tech Incubator for Startup — Seed
- POSTECH Holdings (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/postech-holdings) — Seed
- JB Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/jb-investment) — Series B
- DT&Investment (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/dt-investment) — Series B
- ES Investor (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/es-investor) — Series B
- Colopl Next Korea (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/colopl-next-korea) — Series B