Y Combinator startup WorkClout used this pitch deck to raise $2.3 million in seed funding. We asked how it's helping firms cope with coronavirus.

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WorkClout CTO Richard Girges, CEO Arjun Patel and CPO Bryan Trang

• Software startup WorkClout raised $2.3 million in a seed fundraising round backed by Y Combinator, Spider Capital and Mehta Ventures.
• The firm - a graduate of Y Combinator's winter cohort - helps manufacturers allocate tasks and upskill employees.
• Founder and CEO Arjun Patel described WorkClout as a "Swiss Army knife" for frontline employees.
• He told Business Insider the company was in talks with health workers to discuss using WorkClout's software to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
• We got an exclusive look at the pitch deck WorkClout used to raise millions in seed funding.
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WorkClout, a US software startup and Y Combinator graduate, has raised $2.3 million in seed funding.

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The firm, founded in 2018 by CEO Arjun Patel, started out helping manufacturers make the transition to automation - but has since pivoted to focus on employee performance.

After interviewing more than 100 manufacturers, WorkClout found most manufacturers needed help training their frontline workers.

As a result, the firm designed a new tool to help businesses train employees in-house, allocate tasks and provide detailed instructions for those taking on new responsibilities.

"We realized there was kind of a ceiling to what we were doing," Patel told Business Insider.

"The new mission was to become a kind of Swiss army knife for frontline employees, so they can use our platform to be as productive as possible, and get a sense of exactly what they need to do."

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced millions of Americans to take time off work, WorkClout has started offering its services to manufacturers on an "emergency" basis - and is in talks to help hospitals too.

"We're in talks with one hospital at the moment," said Patel. "Obviously, with the need to self-isolate once you show symptoms, there's an urgent need for health workers to be deployed and allocated tasks as efficiently as possible.

"We're hoping we'll be able to do our bit to help them get through the next few months."

We got an exclusive look at the (redacted) pitch deck WorkClout used to raise millions in seed funding: