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The startup alum of Skywire and Shiftsmart aims to make his latest venture, Grata, as ubiquitous as Uber.

DALLAS, December 15, 2022 - Grata, the first-of-its-kind online platform for consumers to convey recognition directly to a brand’s frontline employees in real-time, has successfully raised $6 million in seed funding to be targeted towards fueling the company’s next phase of growth. The company has also added industry leaders and powerful innovators to its executive team to launch a culture shifting brand.

/PRNewswire/ -- Grata, the first-of-its-kind online platform for consumers to convey recognition directly to a brand's frontline employees in real-time, has...

This year, we toss out the categories and honor the people who made differences big and small when our community needed them most.

Get Shift Done connects hospitality workers who need a paycheck with food banks that need a helping hand. Jain was chair of the North Texas Food Bank last year as the pandemic and shut down orders gripped the region. Restaurants closed; workers laid off. Food pantries in demand. Volunteers unavailable. In these desperate moments of the pandemic, an idea was at work. Food banks needed people, and hospitality workers who knew food needed work. "We set up the nonprofit in 72 hours. It was kinda crazy, right?," Jain smiled. As the then-chair of NTFB, Jain knew well it takes 32,000 volunteers to h...