Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk) Stock
Employment platform for freelancers
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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, Quora, Prosper Marketplace, 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 Financial Corporation, 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, Stripe, Magic Leap, DoorDash, Bloom Energy, Slack, Brex
New Enterprise Associates
Robinhood, Databricks, Jet, TAE Technologies, Scopely, Bloom Energy, Opendoor, Radiology Partners, DataRobot, Tempus
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, Reddit, Zenefits, Pinterest, Opendoor, Slack
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
Forbes - May, 17 2019
The Best Paying And Most Sought After Jobs For New Grads And Freelancers NowForbes - May, 4 2019
What The Next Generation Of Freelancers Will Look LikeForbes - Apr, 22 2019
New Technology Has Sparked A Freelance Boom -- Here's What's Coming NextForbes - Feb, 19 2019
Managing The Stress of Freelancing: Six Ways To Take ControlForbes - Jan, 9 2019
Upwork's CEO Stephane Kasriel Is Just Getting StartedTechCrunch - Oct, 3 2018
Upwork pops more than 50 percent in Nasdaq debutMarketWatch - Sep, 6 2018
Upwork files for IPO with plans to list on Nasdaq under ticker symbol ...Wall Street Journal - Sep, 6 2018
Upwork Moves Ahead With IPO PlansTechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
Benchmark and Tiger double down on going publicTechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
Freelance marketplace Upwork files to go public on Nasdaq as UPWKTechCrunch - May, 5 2015
Elance-oDesk Rebrands As Upwork, Debuts Slack-Like Chat Platform - TechCrunchTechCrunch - Nov, 25 2014
Eight Months After Merger, Elance-oDesk Raises Another $30 Million Led By BenchmarkWSJ - Feb, 4 2014
Elance Taps Growing Demand for FreelancersPando Daily - Dec, 18 2013
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