Dumpling was founded to give as many people as possible the opportunity to launch and grow their own business. Today, there are thousands of Business Owners, including numerous gig workers, running personal shopping businesses on the platform. We make updates regularly to improve the Business Owner and client experience, and…

Today, we’re thrilled to announce that dumpling has raised a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Forerunner Ventures. With this funding, we’re improving the tools, technology, and business support we provide to thousands of local shopping and delivery businesses. We’re expanding our reach to help even more individuals…

In the midst of this historic movement to end systemic racism, hate, and police brutality against Black people in our country — we are all asking ourselves what we can do to join and support this important fight. Speaking up and making our individual and collective voices heard is something…

At dumpling, everything is personal. We are committed to empowering people in an industry where humans — not machines or algorithms — are best equipped to do the job. We believe that when empowered people have the right tools, the customer wins. …

The beginnings of dumpling started with our original focus on building a community for workers to share their voice and promote positive change at their workplace. The voices of thousands of independent contractors in the Gig Economy quickly jumped out and grabbed our attention. While on-demand apps like Instacart and…