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Upwork is the world’s largest freelance talent marketplace. Our vision is to connect businesses with great talent faster than ever before.
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Total raised
$30M
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 21
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| Mar 29, 2016 | 5 Startup Trends to Watch Out for in 2016 | The startup landscape changes every single year and you have to be prepared for it. If you are beginning a new business this year, or you are going to continue to run your startup through a tricky period, you have to be aware of how 2016 wi... |
| Jun 29, 2015 | Making Diversity Your Strategic Weapon | Gary Lin Contributor Gary Lin is the founder and CEO of glispa. Technology has made it possible to build global companies in half the time and with half the effort than a mere five years ago. Brands of all sizes have an unprecedented opport... |
| May 8, 2015 | Elance-oDesk Relaunches As Upwork | At last, the most awkward of merged company names is killed. Goodbye Elance-oDesk, hello Upwork. and apparently they’re relaunching with a new platform too. Here’s the press release: Elance-oDesk, the world’s largest freelance talent market... |
| May 5, 2015 | Elance-oDesk Rebrands As Upwork, Debuts Slack-Like Chat Platform | A new chapter starts today for Elance-oDesk, a platform where 4 million businesses connect with 10 million knowledge worker freelancers to fill contract jobs. More than a year after the two competitors merged to form one freelancer powerhou... |
| Apr 19, 2015 | Online Jobs Marketplace Freelancer.com Moves Into Home And Local Services | Make way for one more company trying to carve out a business in local and home services. Following in the footsteps of Amazon and Google in their race after the likes of Angie’s List, TaskRabbit, Thumbtack and Handy, Freelancer.com is launc... |
| Apr 15, 2015 | 4 steps to prepare your website for ‘Mobilegeddon’ | If mobile search engine optimization (SEO) has taken a backseat in your marketing strategy, Google just dialed up the pressure for businesses that want to stay competitive. Appropriately dubbed “Mobilegeddon” or “Mobilepocalypse,” Google wi... |
| Apr 15, 2015 | 4 steps to prepare your website for ‘Mobilegeddon’ | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. If mobile search engine optimization (SEO) has taken a backseat in your marketing strategy, Google just dialed up the pressure for busi... |
| Mar 11, 2015 | Recap from CROWD15 in Copenhagen | CROWD15, the biggest crowdsourcing and crowdfunding conference in the Nordics, was held 26 and 27 of February. The conference was held in Copenhagen’s stock exchange’s facilities and Nordicstartupbits was present at the event. The CROWD15 ... |
| Nov 28, 2014 | Funding roundup - week ending 11/28/14 | Yik Yak, Elance-oDesk, Mobilize, Tiger Pistol, Appear Here, Jumia, SimilarWeb, Geenapp, Rete+Pay Seed stage Mobilize, a cloud-based community management solution startup, raised $1.2M in seed funding in a round led by Hillsven Capital, with... |
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FAQ about Elance-oDesk
How much funding has Elance-oDesk raised?
Elance-oDesk has raised $30M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Elance-oDesk?
Parsers VC has collected 21 articles mentioning Elance-oDesk, among them “5 Startup Trends to Watch Out for in 2016” (Mar 29, 2016) and “Making Diversity Your Strategic Weapon” (Jun 29, 2015).
Is Elance-oDesk still active?
Yes, Elance-oDesk is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 13, 2016.