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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Freelance marketplace |
| Founded |
London, United Kingdom 2007 |
| Founder | Xenios Thrasyvoulou (
CEO) Simos Kitiris ( CTO) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website |
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PeoplePerHour, legally People Per Hour Limited, is a UK-based company whose function is as an online platform giving businesses access to freelance workers. [1]
History
Founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou and Simos Kitiris, [2] the company has offices in London and Athens. [3] Businesses opting to use the website are often start-ups or SMEs looking to grow flexibly by hiring freelancers to handle projects rather than hiring in-house or via agencies.
Reception
In August 2012, PeoplePerHour was named by the science and technology magazine Wired UK as one of "Europe's 100 Hottest Startups of 2012". [4]
In 2012 its 50-person engineering department relocated to Athens. [5] One of the major investors in PeoplePerHour is Index Ventures, which gave the company £2M (3.2M dollars) in 2012. [5] [6] Mike Volpi has named PeoplePerHour among the three "most underrated companies" in the Index's portfolio. [7] In its previous seed round, the company had raised approximately £425k. [8]
See also
References
- ^ "Recruitment site offers freelance jobs". Daily Mirror. 20 July 2012.
- ^ Jamillah Knowles (19 July 2012). "PeoplePerHour publicly launches hourlies for freelancers offering services by the hour". The Next Web.
- ^ "Startup News: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Seeks Master Plan; Reuters is Now Distributing Animated Content". Beta Beat. The New York Observer. 17 July 2012.
- ^ "Europe's 100 hottest startups 2012", Hugo Cox, Wired Magazine, 15 August 2012
- ^ a b Index Ventures Raises $442 Million in New Fund by Mark Scott, New York Times
- ^ PeoplePerHour Secures $3.2M From Index Ventures, New Hires, New iOS App by Mike Butcher, TechCrunch
- ^ Invest in Bankrupt Europe? Sure! Clean Tech? Oh, Hell No. Archived 11 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine by Sarah Lacy, pando.com
- ^ Index Ventures invests in PeoplePerHour as business flows East to West