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Manchester's Orka recently landed £3m investment from Praetura Ventures.

by David Prior Manchester-based Orka Technology Group has raised £29million in its latest funding round. The fundraise was a mixture of debt financing from Sonovate and equity funding involving the British Business Bank Future Fund and existing investors, including Peter Searle, the former UK CEO of Adecco. It takes the total raised by Orka to £31.5m since the company launched in 2017. As well as growing Orka Pay, the start-up will use the funding to double its headcount to 50 in 2021 and inv...

HR tech startup Orka raises £29m to scale earned wage access product Orka co-founders (L-R): James Doyle, Tom Pickersgill , Nick Groves. HR startup Orka Technology Group has raised £29m in fresh funding to support its earned wage product and drive its UK expansion.  The Manchester-based startup is designed specifically for hourly workers with its labour-as-a-service platform allowing people to find temporary employment. Last year the startup announced Orka Pay, which allows...

Orka raises £29m to help people find flexible work during the pandemic More than 200,000 jobs have been cut during the pandemic in the UK Orka co-founders James Doyle, Tom Pickersgill and Nick Groves Credit: Orka A Manchester technology start-up that helps people find flexible work during the pandemic has raised £29m in funding. The Orka Works app, which is now used by 50,000 people in the UK, lets people find hourly jobs such as security officer and cleaning shifts from clients including G4S...