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Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk) Stock
Employment platform for freelancers
About Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk) Stock
Upwork (formerly known as Elance-oDesk) is a leading online freelancer platform, resulted from the merger of Elance and oDesk announced in December 2013 (closed in March 2014). The service connects businesses to freelancers around the world with a wide variety of skills, such as programming, 3D printing, and social media services.
UpWork currently has over 10 million freelancers from over 180 countries, who compete for three million tasks/projects each year.
Investors
Benchmark Capital
Uber, WeWork, Snap, Twitter, Domo, Nextdoor, One Medical, Prosper Marketplace, Quora, Minted
Charter Venture Group
DAG Ventures
Bloom Energy, FireEye, One Medical, Vectra, Eventbrite, Prosper Marketplace, Algolia, Oportun, Taulia, Mode Media
FirstMark Capital
Pinterest, Discord, Upgrade, Cockroach Labs, Aura, Pendo, InVision, DraftKings, Hyperscience, Shopify
Focus Ventures
Pivot3, Apigee, Sojern, Reputation.com, Turn, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Shape Security, Dynamic Signal, 3VR, Picarro
Globespan Capital Partners
BitSight, Betterment, Redfin, Turbonomic, Credit Sesame, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Cloudshare
Integral Capital Partners
Jackson Square Ventures
Plume Design, Alto Pharmacy, Seismic, OfferUp, Demandbase, Strava, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Centrify, CREXi, Sparkcentral
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Snap, AppDynamics, Spotify, Instacart, Magic Leap, Stripe, DoorDash, Bloom Energy, Slack, Brex
New Enterprise Associates
Robinhood, Databricks, Jet, TAE Technologies, Scopely, Bloom Energy, Opendoor, Radiology Partners, Tempus, Letgo
Pequot Capital
Sigma Partners
View, DocuSign, Welltok, Demandbase, Acquia, Strava, Rethink Robotics, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Kateeva, Centrify
SV Angel
Snap, Instacart, Stripe, Anduril Industries, DoorDash, Zenefits, Pinterest, Opendoor, Slack, Faire
T. Rowe Price
One97, Flipkart, WeWork, Cruise, Airbnb, Rivian, Magic Leap, Nuro, Caris Life Sciences, Vroom
Funding History
| September 2006 | $101M |
|---|---|
| August 2014 | $33.4M |
Management
CEO
Fabio Rosati
SVP of Marketing
Jaleh Bisharat
Board Member (Benchmark)
Kevin Harvey
Press
TechCrunch - Nov, 25 2014
WSJ - Feb, 4 2014
Pando Daily - Dec, 18 2013
TechCrunch - May, 5 2015
Wall Street Journal - Sep, 6 2018
MarketWatch - Sep, 6 2018
TechCrunch - Oct, 3 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
Forbes - Jan, 9 2019
Forbes - Feb, 19 2019
Forbes - Apr, 22 2019
Forbes - May, 4 2019
Forbes - May, 17 2019
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