Sabbar, a Saudi-based tech startup and a pioneer in flexible staffing in Mena, has raised a $4 million pre-series A round led by STV, with previous backers Derayah VC and SEEDRA Ventures joining the round as well.
Founded in early 2019 by Mohamed T. Ibrahim, Abdulrahman AlMudaiheem, and Afnan Sherbeeni, Sabbar aims to “create a world where everyone can work”. The team has been disrupting flexible staffing in targeted industries by understanding the pains of their partner companies and the motivation of the workers in a hyper-localised approach.
Ahmad Alshammari, partner at STV, highlights, “We’re proud to back Mohamed, Abdul Rahman, Afnan and the Sabbar team. Sabbar is redefining the resume. By aggregating the labor pool, identifying flexible work opportunities, and removing friction from the matching process, Sabbar is unlocking greater economic value for both workers and businesses.”
Owing to its steadfast data-driven approach, the startup scaled its operations to serve thousands of shifts. Currently, the platform is able to deploy workers to businesses within a 60-min window from the request time and maintain a fulfillment rate reliability of 98%.
Sabbar is also expanding its scope to cover warehousing, logistics, and tourism industries. Moreover, with more than 70,000 workers on their registration waiting list, the startup is aiming to change the status quo of how people perceive blue-collar jobs and provide its workforce with opportunities to upskill, as well as get full-time perks and benefits.
