What Skillbee does

Skillbee is a private, venture-backed mobile-first job marketplace founded in 2020 that connects migrant workers with employers across the Gulf, Europe, Canada, and Australia. The company was launched in the UAE during the COVID-19 pandemic and is headquartered in New Delhi, India, with regional offices in Dubai (regional HQ) and Singapore. Its core products include the Skillbee mobile application (available on Google Play Store), a web-based job portal, dedicated employer-facing services (Staffing Services and a Post Jobs portal), and WhatsApp-integrated job sharing. The platform supports over 500,000 registered users, partners with more than 20,000 companies, and lists over 1,000 new jobs daily across 50+ categories including construction, driving, hospitality, and manufacturing.

The platform operates a freemium business model: job search and application services are free for workers, while revenue is generated through employer-side hiring solutions and partnerships. Differentiators include direct employer connections without consultant middlemen, a "no commission charges" positioning for workers, multi-geography coverage (UAE, Poland, Romania, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Canada, Australia), and rapid job placement claims of as little as 24 hours. Marketing is digital-first via app store optimization, organic social (Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube), SEO across category and location landing pages, and word-of-mouth through WhatsApp sharing.

Skillbee has raised $3.2 million in seed funding (March 2022), led by Good Capital with participation from Vibe Capital, Wamda Capital, Access Bridge Ventures, Bharat Founders Fund, First Cheque, and Middle Eastern investors. The company operates with an 11–50 employee headcount and has no disclosed AI/ML capabilities, patents, awards, or M&A activity in the available data. Its primary segments are migrant workers (persona) and employers (business unit), with India-origin workers seeking overseas employment as a secondary geographic segment.

Name

Skillbee

Legal name

Skillbee

Website

https://skillbee.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Skillbee is a mobile-first job marketplace founded in 2020 that connects migrant workers with employers across the UAE, Europe, Canada, and Australia, operating a freemium model with free services for workers and employer-side hiring solutions, serving 500,000+ users and 20,000+ companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Skilled Trades (Electricians/Plumbers/HVAC/Carpenters) Staffing (BPACAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Skilled Trades & Industrial Direct Hire (BPACAFAG)

Keywords

• Job marketplace
• Migrant worker jobs
• Overseas employment
• Blue-collar recruitment
• Staffing platform

Headquarters

HQ city

Delhi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Employer Job Postings and Hiring Services: The platform appears to provide free job search services to workers while monetizing through employer partnerships. The platform connects over 20,000 companies with workers, suggesting a B2B hiring solution revenue model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Skillbee operates an online job marketplace connecting migrant workers seeking overseas employment with verified employers across the UAE, Europe, Canada, and Australia. The platform exposes job listings across 50+ categories (drivers, welders, housekeepers, electricians, technicians, etc.) via a mobile application, web portal, and a dedicated employer portal, while monetizing through employer-side hiring services rather than worker fees.

Product overview

Skillbee is a job placement super app and web platform designed to connect migrant workers with employment opportunities across multiple countries. The core offering consists of the Skillbee Mobile Application (available on Google Play Store) and the Skillbee Web Platform, which together provide job search, application, and hiring services. The platform supports over 500,000 registered users and partners with more than 20,000 companies, offering job postings across 50+ categories including Delivery, Housekeeping, Driving, Warehousing, Construction, and Healthcare across UAE, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Additional services include staffing solutions for employers and job posting capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Skillbee Mobile Application

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500,000 registered users from various countries
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Apna: Apna is India's largest blue-collar and gray-collar jobs and livelihoods marketplace, connecting job seekers with employers via a mobile-first app. Highly comparable to Skillbee in target worker demographic (drivers, housekeeping, retail, skilled trades) and B2B hiring model, though focused on the domestic Indian market rather than cross-border migration.
• BetterPlace Tech: BetterPlace is an India-based blue-collar workforce management platform offering recruitment, verification, upskilling, and payroll for frontline workers. Overlaps directly with Skillbee's blue-collar placement model and adds the worker lifecycle layer (verification, training) that represents a natural extension path for Skillbee.
• WorkIndia: WorkIndia is a mobile-first job platform for blue-collar and entry-level job seekers in India, focused on categories like delivery, housekeeping, retail, and manufacturing. Closely comparable product (app-driven, free for workers, employer-monetized) serving the same worker persona Skillbee targets before migration.
• Bayt.com: Bayt.com is the largest job site in the Middle East and North Africa, with millions of professionals and a broad employer base. While it skews white-collar, it competes for the same cross-border employer demand in UAE/Gulf that Skillbee targets, and represents the incumbent Skillbee must displace.
• GulfTalent: GulfTalent is a leading recruitment platform focused on professional and middle-skill jobs in the Gulf region, with operations across UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and beyond. It is a direct competitor for cross-border employer hiring into the Gulf, though it leans more professional than Skillbee's blue-collar base.

Broad incumbents

• Naukri (InfoEdge): Naukri.com is India's dominant job aggregator with broad category coverage including blue-collar segments (Naukri Shiksha, Jeevansathi-adjacent products). As a public-market incumbent with massive employer relationships and brand recognition, it is the entrenched alternative Skillbee must differentiate against on the supply and demand sides.
• OLX / OLX People: OLX is one of the largest classifieds platforms in India and the UAE, with significant job-listing traffic across blue-collar categories. It represents a broader incumbent with overlapping audiences, free basic listings, and global brand recognition that competes for the same worker and SMB employer mindshare.
• Indeed: Indeed is the world's largest job search engine, operating globally including across the UAE, Europe, Canada, and Australia — geographies that overlap exactly with Skillbee's footprint. As a global incumbent with employer budgets and SEO dominance, it sets the competitive ceiling on Skillbee's ability to monetize search-driven demand.

Emerging players

• WorkMotion: WorkMotion is a global employment platform offering Employer of Record (EOR) and international HR services to hire talent across 160+ countries without local entities. It is an adjacent emerging player in the cross-border hiring category Skillbee serves, though it targets higher-skill knowledge workers rather than migrant blue-collar labor.

Regional players

• Jobberman: Jobberman is one of the largest job platforms in Africa, operating across Nigeria, Ghana, and other markets with a similar SMB employer / job-seeker marketplace model. It is a regional peer rather than direct competitor, but the comparable marketplace mechanics make it a useful analog for Skillbee's emerging-market playbook.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/SkillbeeHQ/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/skillbeehq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/skillbee

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors5 records

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M&A

Investments

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