Quess Becomes the 1st Indian Co. to Join Global HR Industry Body, Joins World Employment Confederation

Quess Joins World Employment Confederation as Regional Corporate Member

Quess Corp Ltd., India’s largest staffing and workforce solutions provider, has been inducted as a Regional Corporate Member of the World Employment Confederation (WEC), effective April 1, 2025. With this, Quess becomes the first Indian and South Asian staffing company to join WEC as a corporate member, a milestone that underscores India’s growing importance in the global workforce landscape.

“The World Employment Confederation represents the gold standard in global employment practices, policy frameworks, and sustainable workforce development. As the first Indian company to join WEC as a Regional Corporate Member, Quess is proud to contribute to advancing ethical labour practices, skilling, and formal employment, both in India and globally,” said Lohit Bhatia, President, Workforce Management, Quess Corp.

This announcement was made following WEC’s General Assembly on April 7, 2025, which also saw the election of new Board members and the appointment of a new Vice-President. The developments mark a continued evolution in WEC’s efforts to expand its reach across high-growth regions and further its role as the global voice of the private employment services industry.

Commenting on the development, Bettina Schaller, President of the World Employment Confederation, said, “I am delighted and honoured to welcome QUESS as our first Regional Corporate Member in the Asia-Pacific region. I had the pleasure of spending three weeks in India at the beginning of this year and witnessed firsthand what a workforce solutions powerhouse QUESS is! The company’s values and ambitions are perfectly aligned with the World Employment Confederation’s mission to showcase the economic and social role played by a well-regulated industry in enabling work, adaptation, security and prosperity in our societies. I am enthusiastic about our collaboration and confident that QUESS' contributions will extend far beyond India, benefiting workers, businesses, and governments across the APAC region and globally."

Quess brings deep on-ground impact to the WEC network, adding nearly 400,000 individuals to formal employment each year, half of whom are first-time entrants into the formal workforce. Ranked among the top five staffing companies globally by volume and 37th by value, Quess has emerged as a key driver of workforce formalization, wage equity, skilling, and social security in India.

The company’s WEC membership follows its recent signatory status with the Global Coalition for Social Justice, reinforcing its commitment to ethical recruitment, inclusive growth, and international collaboration. Through WEC, Quess will contribute to advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a particular focus on decent work, economic opportunity, and youth empowerment.

India is currently the world’s third-largest staffing market by scale and one of the fastest-growing. With over 6 million workers in formal staffing and industry revenues exceeding USD 18 billion, the sector plays a vital role in driving tax compliance, labour protections, and economic development. Quess’s inclusion into WEC creates new opportunities for cross-border learning and policy engagement, while also amplifying India’s voice in shaping the future of work.

About Quess Corp

Established in Bengaluru in 2007, Quess Corp Limited (BSE: 539978, NSE: QUESS) is India’s leading business services provider - that leverages its extensive domain knowledge and future-ready digital platforms to drive client productivity through outsourced solutions. Quess provides a host of managed outsourcing and technology-enabled services across processes such as sales and marketing, customer care, after-sales service, back office operations, staffing, manufacturing, facilities & security management, HR & F&A operations, IT & mobility services etc. Quess has a team of over 616,000 employees, serving 3000+ clients across India, North America, APAC and the Middle East as on Dec 31st, 2024.

For further details on Quess Corp Ltd., please visit: http://www.quesscorp.com

On-Demand Workforce Platform Avenue Growth Raises New Round of Funding Led by India Accelerator

Rachit Mathur, Founder & CEO, Avenue Growth

Avenue Growth plans to utilize the funds in the expansion of its verticals, strengthen its technology platform and expand its leadership team

Avenue Growth – an on-demand workforce platform has recently raised a new round of funding led by India Accelerator – India’s only seed accelerator program with Global Accelerator Network. The investment round also witnessed participation from other prominent ventures including Growth Opportunities Fund, IAES Ventures LLP and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity).

Incepted in 2019, Avenue Growth empowers businesses to scale their operations in a lean manner by using On-Demand workers while giving opportunities to the workers to be Micro Entrepreneurs. Recognized as a business growth platform, Avenue Growth helps companies find, hire and manage flexible workers within a few simple steps.

The company is aggressively expanding its service portfolio and planning to launch new verticals in the GIG Workforce space. The platform plans to allocate the acquired funds to the growth of new verticals. Apart from this, the platform is also planning to utilize these funds to further strengthen its technology platform and expand its leadership team.

Delighted with the funding, Rachit Mathur- Founder and CEO said, "We are delighted to partner with India Accelerator. They are the first institutional investors who are joining us on this journey and we are honoured to have them onboard. The team has been very supportive and is continuously helping us unlock more opportunities. This is the beginning of a new business journey and we look forward to working with them and building a strong business."

Commenting on the investment, Deepak Nagpal, Managing Partner, India Accelerator, said, “India is an emerging gig economy, gaining overwhelming traction. Post the pandemic, the demand for the workforce started turning towards a mature side and it becomes imperative to make the market ready for disruption. There is an increasing demand for an on-demand workforce and we look forward to seeing Avenue Growth bridging the supply-demand gap while revolutionising the market for on-ground skilled workers.”

In a short span, Avenue Growth has acquired leading Indian and Global companies as its clients including Swiggy, Airtel, TATA AIA, V5 Global and many others. It is building niche industry verticals in the company and in the new financial year, the company will be launching three new verticals that will drive its idea for GIG work in India and how every Industry is embracing it.

Avenue Growth has previously raised funding from leading angel investors including Mr. Rajesh Sud, Mr. Aditya Malik, Mr. Avtar Monga, Mr. Priyavrata Mafatlal amongst others. Over the last few years, the company has been growing 5X year on year and emerging as a leading GIG Workforce platform in the country.

India Accelerator is the first GAN partnered accelerator in India, endeavoring to provide 360-degrees cross-functional mentorship, business growth and funding to entrepreneurs.

Government of India has recognised India Accelerator (IA) as the 'Best Accelerator of the Country!'. IA has created a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the country, have got 150+ startups under our portfolio, and have 1400+ mentors in our network who help startups in our industry-focused specialized verticals (HealthTech, AgriTech, Social, Energy, FinTech, Web 3.0, B2B SaaS, etc.). They work closely with Corporates and academia to help promote the development of an entrepreneurial mindset and generate innovative solutions to their real-world problems.