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, Snap, WeWork, Twitter, Domo, Prosper Marketplace, Nextdoor, One Medical, Docker, Asana
Charter Venture Group
DAG Ventures
Bloom Energy, FireEye, Prosper Marketplace, One Medical, Eventbrite, Oportun, Vectra AI, Mode Media, New Relic, Glassdoor
FirstMark Capital
Pinterest, Aura, InVisionApp, DraftKings, Discord, Shopify, Pendo, Upgrade, Happy Money, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk)
Focus Ventures
Pivot3, Apigee, Sojern, Turn, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Shape Security, Dynamic Signal, Reputation.com, Picarro
Globespan Capital Partners
Redfin, Betterment, Turbonomic, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Credit Sesame, Cloudshare
Integral Capital Partners
Jackson Square Ventures
OfferUp, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Demandbase, Centrify, Strava, Sparkcentral
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Snap, AppDynamics, Spotify, Magic Leap, DoorDash, Instacart, Epic Games, Bloom Energy, Slack, Dollar Shave Club
New Enterprise Associates
Jet, Bloom Energy, Opendoor, Letgo, Databricks, Databricks Fund, Robinhood, Automation Anywhere, 23andMe, Box
Pequot Capital
Sigma Partners
View, DocuSign, Acquia, Rethink Robotics, Upwork (Fka: Elance-oDesk), Kateeva, Demandbase, Centrify, Hightail, Strava
T. Rowe Price
Cruise, Airbnb, Magic Leap, Rivian Automotive, Deliveroo, Pure Storage, LivingSocial, Cloudera, Ginkgo Bioworks, Toast
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
Forbes - May, 4 2019
Forbes - Apr, 22 2019
Forbes - Feb, 19 2019
Forbes - Jan, 9 2019
TechCrunch - Oct, 3 2018
MarketWatch - Sep, 6 2018
Wall Street Journal - Sep, 6 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
TechCrunch - Sep, 6 2018
TechCrunch - May, 5 2015
TechCrunch - Nov, 25 2014
WSJ - Feb, 4 2014
Pando Daily - Dec, 18 2013
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