PeoplePerHour - About the company
PeoplePerHour is a series A company based in London (United Kingdom), founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou, Simos Kitiris, Thrasos Thrasyvoulou and Ioannis Kitiris. It operates as a Freelance Marketplace. PeoplePerHour has raised $33.2M in funding, with a current valuation of $*****. The company has 1906 active competitors, including 168 funded and 64 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Upwork, Fiverr and Braintrust.
Company Details
Peopleperhour.com is an online marketplace that helps gap the bridge between freelance or self-employed professionals and small or medium-sized businesses. Businesses looking for freelancers can browse all services on offer,post a job or get in touch with a freelancers after viewing their profiles.Offers a single platform to manage,pay and communicate. A down-payment is done to start the job, rest is released after completion. Freelancers can be rated based on performance. Won Business website of the year at The Good Web Guide Awards in 2013.Backed by angel investor Michael van Swaaij (founder of eBay Europe and ex-chairman of Skype)
- Website
- www.peopleperhour.com/
- Social
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2007
Location
London, United Kingdom
Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$33.2M in 7 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Post Money Valuation
$***** as on Oct 18, 2012
Investors
Ranked
8th among 1906 active competitors
Employee Count
7 as on Jan 31, 2022
Legal entities associated with PeoplePerHour
PeoplePerHour is associated with 1 legal entity given below:
Legal Entity Name | Date of Incorporation | Revenue | Latest Employee Count | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PEOPLE PER HOUR LTD CIN: 06369697 , United Kingdom, Active | Sep 11, 2007 | - | 7 (As on Jan 31, 2022) |
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PeoplePerHour's funding and investors
PeoplePerHour has raised a total funding of $33.2M over 7 rounds. Its first funding round was on Jan 02, 2008. Its latest funding round was a Series A round on Oct 18, 2012 for $*****. 1 investor participated in its latest round. PeoplePerHour has 5 institutional investors and 41 angel investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of PeoplePerHour:
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Filter this listDate of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Oct 18, 2012 | 8473692 | Series A | 4433706 | 2069344 | 4371324 | 8023582 |
Dec 08, 2010 | 4975341 | Series A | 6992316 | 7108458 | 5387571 | |
Feb 17, 2010 | 6610233 | Seed | 9647409 | 3806538 | 9348444 |
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PeoplePerHour's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of PeoplePerHour are Xenios Thrasyvoulou, Simos Kitiris, Thrasos Thrasyvoulou and Ioannis Kitiris.
Here are the details of PeoplePerHour's key team members:
- Xenios Thrasyvoulou: CEO & Founder of PeoplePerHour and founder of 1 other company. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Simos Kitiris: CTO & Co-Founder of PeoplePerHour. They serve on the board of 1 company.
- Thrasos Thrasyvoulou: Co-Founder of PeoplePerHour.
- Ioannis Kitiris: Co-Founder of PeoplePerHour.
PeoplePerHour's Board of Directors
PeoplePerHour's board has 1 active member. Xenios Thrasyvoulou is part of team.Here is the list of PeoplePerHour's board of directors:
Name | Type | Representing | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | - | Current | 18y 7m | |
{gtquhv | Team | - | Past | 6y 9m |
ruqnbmj | Independent board member | - | Past | 8y 8m |
gbbpvut | Independent board member | - | Past | 7y 4m |
zjnivit | Independent board member | - | Past | 2y 5m |
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PeoplePerHour's employee count trend
PeoplePerHour has 7 employees as of Jan 22. Here is PeoplePerHour's employee count trend over the years:
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PeoplePerHour's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of PeoplePerHour include Upwork, Fiverr and Braintrust. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of PeoplePerHour, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Upwork 1999, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of freelance marketplace connecting businesses with independent talents | $74M | 84/100 | |
2nd | Online freelance marketplace for multi-industry | $111M | 81/100 | ||
3rd | Braintrust 2018, San Francisco (United States), Series A | Decentralized marketplace for tech freelancers | $29M | 68/100 | |
4th | Freelancer 2009, Sydney (Australia), Public | Online freelancer marketplace for multiple industries | - | 67/100 | |
5th | Clickworker 2005, Essen (Germany), Acquired | Crowdsourced marketplace for data processing jobs | $6.04M | 66/100 | |
6th | Online job board for freelancers | $68M | 64/100 | ||
7th | SteadyIQ 2017, Culver City (United States), Series B | Provider of technology-enabled platform that provides a digital paystub solution | $24.1M | 63/100 | |
8th | PeoplePerHour 2007, London (United Kingdom), Series A | Freelance Marketplace | $33.2M | 62/100 | |
9th | Immunefi 2020, Switzerland, Series A | Online freelancer marketplace for blockchain experts | $29.5M | 62/100 | |
10th |  Contra 2019, San Francisco (United States), Series B | Online freelance professionals networking platform | $45M | 61/100 |
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PeoplePerHour's Investments and acquisitions
PeoplePerHour has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
News related to PeoplePerHour
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PeoplePerHour partners with Indeez to provide industry-first Covid insurance for Freelancers to protect their incomeFF News | Fintech Finance•Jan 26, 2021•PeoplePerHour, Indeez
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PeoplePerHour gets Index Ventures top-up and hires former Skype and Gumtree heads
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PeoplePerHour Launches iPhone App and Closes $3.2M Funding RoundThe Next Web•Oct 17, 2012•PeoplePerHour, Index Ventures
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PeoplePerHour secures angel round to create a 'European E-Lance' – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Apr 20, 2009•PeoplePerHour
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