Long relegated to the margins of the public debate, the condition of platform workers resurfaces, this time carried not by a strike or a court decision, but by a structural innovation. By raising 1.5 million euros, Stairling, a French start-up, intends to redefine the rules of the game for VTC drivers, between claimed freedom and legal security finally accessible.
In an economy where 60 % of drivers operate without social net, often forced to choose between legal precariousness and hidden dependence, Stairling offers a Employment-as-A-Service modelarticulated around a turnkey permanent contract, automated load management, and a declared pay. The objective is to offer the protection of the wage -earning without renouncing the agility of independence.
The drivers keep up to 80 % of their raw incomewhile benefiting from complete coverage (unemployment, retirement, health). They also keep their freedom to choose the platforms they work with.
Stairling claims to have already attracted more than 500 drivers In less than nine months. “” We can no longer accept that tens of thousands of drivers are forced to choose between precariousness and illegality. At Stairling, we prove every day that another model is possible, a model that respects workers’ rights without renouncing freedom“, Decords in a press release Mimoun B. El Alamico -founder and CEO.
The traction seems to be there with more than 15 million euros in business volume generated in ten months, the platform claims a annual recurrent turnover (arr) of 2 million euros.
Beyond the only economic dimension, the strategy is also political. At a time when the European Union is preparing to strengthen the legal framework around the work of platforms, Stairling is positioned in proactive compliance solutionlikely to become a standard for the entire sector. The company highlights a cooperative and transparent model, where drivers find a form of power to act.
Investors are not mistaken. “” In a market where Gig Economy workers are underestimated by traditional models, Stairling builds the infrastructure that allows them to save better, save and project themselves“, Says Thomas BigagliPartner at Plug and Play Ventures. Alexis RobertParty at Kima Ventures, adds: “They finally build the infrastructure that drivers have deserved for a long time, real access to social protection, without giving up their independence. »»
Stair was founded by Mimoun B. El Alami. Based Paristhe company has lifted 1.5 million euros with Plug and Play Ventures,, Kima Ventures,, Source Ventures,, 199 ventures,, The Hookas well as several Business Angels. This lifting aims to finance its expansion in France and to initiate a European deployment. The start-up claims a cooperative model, a centralized management of social and fiscal procedures, and one objective: to become the reference social infrastructure for platform workers.
