QuadJobs

What QuadJobs does

QuadJobs was a private, two-sided online marketplace that connected college and graduate students with local and virtual, on-demand part-time work. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, the company operated a web application at app.quadjobs.com alongside native iOS and Android apps, allowing students to discover, apply to, and manage short-duration gigs such as dog walking, house cleaning and decluttering, babysitting, tutoring, elder care, and IKEA furniture assembly. The platform served two distinct user groups: students seeking flexible work that could be balanced with academic commitments, and individual employers (primarily households and small-scale hirers) seeking access to a pool of college-student labor.

The underlying product was a standard listing-and-application marketplace; no proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or APIs are disclosed. QuadJobs monetized as a marketplace intermediary, although specific commission rates, pricing tiers, and revenue mechanics were never publicly disclosed. The company self-described as "the largest marketplace of flexible, part-time jobs for college students," indicating a horizontal niche focus rather than a category-specific labor vertical.

Commercially, the company was extremely small: it operated with 1–10 employees, raised only a single disclosed $50,000 seed round from Connecticut Innovations in May 2016, and never pursued a subsequent funding round. By 2023, QuadJobs announced it had "graduated" and ceased operating its app and website, indicating the company is no longer active. No enterprise customers, partnerships, awards, patents, or ownership details beyond its three co-founders (Betsy O'Reilly as CEO, Andra Winokur Newman as COO and Head of Recruitment, and Bridie Clark Loverro as Creative Director) are on record.

Name

QuadJobs

Legal name

Quadjobs

Website

https://quadjobs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

QuadJobs was a two-sided online marketplace connecting college and graduate students with hyperlocal, on-demand part-time jobs such as dog walking, tutoring, babysitting, and IKEA assembly, serving individual student workers and household employers via web and mobile apps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Employment Marketplace

NAICS

Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Career Exploration & Job Shadowing Programs (EDAMAKAC)

Keywords

• College student jobs
• Part-time marketplace
• Gig economy platform
• Student employment
• On-demand staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenwich

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Marketplace Commission: As a two-sided marketplace connecting college students with part-time job opportunities, QuadJobs likely facilitated transactions between students and employers, though the specific revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

QuadJobs operated a two-sided online marketplace connecting college and graduate students with employers seeking flexible, part-time labor. The platform listed hyperlocal and virtual jobs across categories including dog walking, house decluttering/cleaning, babysitting, tutoring, elder care, housekeeping, and IKEA furniture assembly. Students could apply to jobs through a web app or native iOS/Android apps, while employers posted opportunities and hired directly through the platform. The company ceased operations after announcing it had "graduated."

Product overview

QuadJobs operated as an on-demand college student employment marketplace, offering a unified platform with mobile applications (iOS and Android) and a web application. The platform connected college students seeking flexible part-time work with local and virtual job opportunities across categories including pet care, household services, tutoring, and childcare. The company has announced it has graduated and is no longer operating the app or website.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• QuadJobs Mobile App (iOS)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• Thumbtack: Thumbtack is a broad local-services marketplace spanning cleaning, pet care, tutoring, and handyman work, providing significant overlap with QuadJobs' categories though as one vertical among many.

Direct peers

• Care.com: Care.com is a marketplace for childcare, senior care, tutoring, and household help, overlapping with QuadJobs' babysitting, elder-care, and tutoring offerings on both the supply and demand side.
• TaskRabbit: TaskRabbit operates a two-sided marketplace for household errands and home services (cleaning, handyman, furniture assembly, moving help), directly overlapping QuadJobs' IKEA assembly, housekeeping, and decluttering use cases with a much larger worker pool.
• Wag!: Wag! is an on-demand dog-walking and pet-care marketplace, directly comparable to QuadJobs' pet-care category and overlapping on the supply side of college-student walkers.
• Handshake: Handshake is a college-student recruiting platform connecting students with employers for internships and early-career roles, operating in the same student-employer marketplace category as QuadJobs.
• WayUp: WayUp is a job marketplace explicitly targeting college students and recent graduates for internships, part-time, and entry-level roles, the closest direct competitor in QuadJobs' core student-persona positioning.
• Jobble: Jobble runs a marketplace for hourly and gig workers in retail, hospitality, and event staffing, with explicit positioning toward college students and flexible work — a near-direct parallel to QuadJobs.
• Rover: Rover is a leading pet-care marketplace for dog walking, pet sitting, and boarding, directly competing with one of QuadJobs' top student job categories and employer demand segments.
• Handy: Handy connects consumers with vetted cleaning and home-improvement professionals, competing with QuadJobs on the housekeeping and household-services side of its marketplace.

Emerging players

• Poached: Poached is a niche job marketplace focused on hourly restaurant and hospitality work, sharing QuadJobs' emphasis on flexible, schedule-friendly gigs for younger workers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/quadjobs
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/5309450

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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