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Traba

Traba runs a two-sided marketplace connecting warehouses and distribution centers with temporary workers, using AI and software to fill shifts in under a day.

traba.work · New York City

CALL NO.CS·TRABA·26
StageSeries A-IIOctober 2023 · led by Founders Fund[2][4][8]
Raised$46Mdisclosed rounds[1][2][4][8]
Headcount143as of Jun 2026[7]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2021[1][7]
Money

Raised $46M across disclosed rounds.[1][2][4][8]

Series A-II closed October 2023, led by Founders Fund.[2][4][8]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, SciFi VC, Atomic, Lux Capital, Village Global.[1][3][6][10]

People

Mike Shebat, CEO & Co-Founder[1][9][10][16][7][11]

Akshay Buddiga, CTO & Co-Founder[1][9][10][16][7][11]

Gonzalo De Mujica, Founder, Operations & Strategy[7][9][10][11][16]

Lauren Park, Head of Worker Operations[7][9][10][11][16]

Gregory Truong, Head of National Partnerships and Enterprise Growth[7][9][10][11][16]

Guang Yang, Vice President of Product Management[7][9][10][11][16]

Signals
Jul 17 2026newsTraba: The Software Rebuild of Light Industrial Staffing[1]
Jun 18 2026launchTraba launches Neo, an AI layer for supply-chain operations[9]
Oct 26 2023fundingTraba Raises $22M led by Founders Fund as the first investment from Fund VIII company claim, not independently confirmed[8]
Jul 7 2022fundingTraba raises $20M Series A to expand its jobs platform nationally[6]
Comps

Instawork · instawork.com · Same buyer (warehouses, distribution centers) and same job to be done (filling temporary hourly shifts on demand); named together in market maps as a direct tech-enabled rival.[1]

Wonolo · wonolo.com · Same buyer and same workflow (posting shifts for temporary industrial workers); named together as a direct tech-enabled competitor.[1][3]

Bluecrew · bluecrew.com · Same buyer (warehouses, distribution centers) and same job to be done; named together in market maps as a tech-enabled rival.[1]

EmployBridge · employbridge.com · Same buyer and same budget line (contingent industrial labor spend); Traba is undercutting the traditional agency model that EmployBridge represents.[1]

Randstad · randstad.com · Same buyer and same budget line; named by Traba's CEO as a chief rival in the traditional staffing incumbents.[1][3]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[8]

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Traba

CALL NO.CS·TRABA·26

Traba runs a two-sided marketplace connecting warehouses and distribution centers with temporary workers, using AI and software to fill shifts in under a day.

traba.work · New York City

StageSeries A-II
Raised$46M
Headcount143
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2021
CompsInstawork +4

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