Gale Healthcare

What Gale Healthcare does

Gale Healthcare Solutions, founded in 2016 by Tony Braswell and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, operates a mobile application platform that matches per diem nurses with available shifts at healthcare facilities. The platform functions as a two-sided marketplace: nurses self-onboard via the mobile app and access shift listings, schedule flexibility, and a same-day pay financial feature, while healthcare facilities post open shifts and receive automated matching against the 58,000-clinician supply pool, with approximately 1,000 new candidates joining the network each week.

The underlying technology is a mobile-first marketplace platform with shift-matching and credentialing workflows; the company also operates a Gale Foundation arm that supports nurses and serves as a vehicle for internal hiring, technology licensing, and acquisitions. Reported same-day pay capability and integrated credentialing represent the primary functional differentiators versus traditional nurse staffing agencies.

Gale earns revenue primarily through transaction fees and commissions on shifts placed between nurses and healthcare facilities (a marketplace/take-rate model), with B2B contractual relationships on the facility side and a long-tail self-serve funnel on the nurse side. The company reported $207 million in revenue in 2021 and was ranked #10 among the fastest-growing U.S. staffing firms by Staffing Industry Analysts, reflecting a 97.7% compound annual growth rate from 2017 to 2021. In January 2022 it closed a $60 million Series A growth equity round led by FTV Capital, with stated use of funds for platform and network expansion into additional healthcare roles and U.S. states.

Name

Gale Healthcare

Legal name

Gale Healthcare Solutions

Website

https://GaleHealthcareSolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Gale Healthcare Solutions operates a mobile marketplace platform that connects per diem nurses with healthcare facility shifts, offering same-day pay and schedule flexibility. It serves over 58,000 clinicians and thousands of healthcare facilities across the United States, earning revenue via transaction fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staffing Commission/Transaction Fees: The company operates a marketplace model where it matches nurses with healthcare facilities and earns revenue through transaction fees or commissions on placed shifts. Revenue reported as $207 million in 2021.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Gale Healthcare Solutions operates a mobile technology platform that connects per diem nurses with available shifts at healthcare facilities. The platform enables instant shift matching and offers same-day pay to nurses, with schedule flexibility. The company is expanding beyond nursing into other healthcare roles and additional states.

Product overview

Gale Healthcare Solutions operates as a unified nurse staffing platform that connects healthcare facilities with per diem nurses through its core technology platform. The platform provides shift matching services, same-day pay capabilities, and schedule flexibility for nurses. The company is expanding from its core nurse staffing offering to other healthcare roles and additional states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Gale Healthcare Solutions Platform A technology platform that connects per diem nurses with available shifts at healthcare facilities, providing shift matching, same-day pay, and schedule flexibility. Targeted at healthcare facilities seeking on-demand nursing coverage and at licensed nurses seeking flexible per diem work.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Aya Healthcare: Largest US travel nurse staffing firm with growing digital capabilities. A scaled incumbent Gale competes against on the facility-buyer side, particularly for travel nursing contracts.
• AMN Healthcare: Diversified healthcare staffing giant spanning nurses, physicians, and allied health. Public company benchmark for unit economics in healthcare staffing and a potential acquirer or competitor.
• CHG Healthcare: Large diversified healthcare staffing provider (CompHealth, RNnetwork, Weatherby). A scaled incumbent that competes with Gale on facility relationships and serves as a potential strategic acquirer.

Direct peers

• ShiftMed: Mobile-based per diem nursing and allied health staffing marketplace. Closest direct competitor — same dual-sided model, same-day pay feature, and overlapping healthcare facility customer base.
• IntelyCare: Tech-enabled per diem nurse staffing platform using an AI matching engine. Competes for the same nurse and skilled nursing facility customer base as Gale with a comparable marketplace model.
• Nomad Health: Online marketplace connecting nurses (and allied health clinicians) directly with healthcare facilities. Overlapping marketplace mechanics and target customer segment, with a focus on travel and permanent placement.
• Vivian Health: Healthcare job marketplace for nurses and allied clinicians, including per diem shift matching. Comparable platform with overlapping supply-side value proposition and same-day pay equivalents.
• CareRev: On-demand healthcare staffing marketplace for nurses and allied health professionals. Direct competitor on per diem shift marketplace mechanics with overlapping hospital and post-acute customer base.
• SnapNurse: Tech-enabled travel and per diem nurse staffing platform. Same product category, same target customers, and direct competitor on speed-of-fill and same-day pay.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Per diem and travel nurse staffing firm targeting the same healthcare facility buyers. Smaller-scale direct competitor with overlapping clinical roles and shift-based service model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gale_jobs
• Facebookfacebook.com/galehealthcare

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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