Upwork is an online work marketplace that connects millions of businesses with independent talents around the globe.
Upwork is an online work marketplace that connects millions of businesses with independent talents around the globe. It serves everyone from one-person startups to 30% of the Fortune 100 with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and freelancers to work together in new ways that unlock their potential. Their talent community earned over $2 billion on Upwork in 2019 across more than 8,000 skills, including website and app development, creative and design, customer support, finance and accounting, consulting, and operations.
Upwork’s mission is to create economic opportunities so people have better lives.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Oct 2, 2018 | IPO | $187M | — | — | — | Detail |
Jan 1, 2017 | Funding Round | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Oct 27, 2016 | Secondary Market | — | 1 | — | — | Detail |
Nov 25, 2014 | Series Unknown | $30M | 6 | Benchmark | — | Detail |
Mar 22, 2012 | Series D | $15M | 4 | — | — | Detail |
Investor Name | Lead Investor | Funding Round |
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Benchmark | Yes | Series Unknown |
DAG Ventures | Yes | Series C |
Christian Vizcaino Jordan | — | Funding Round |
EquityZen | — | Secondary Market |
FirstMark | — | Series Unknown |
Jackson Square Ventures | — | Series Unknown |
New Enterprise Associates | — | Series Unknown |
Stripes | — | Series Unknown |
T. Rowe Price | — | Series Unknown |
Globespan Capital Partners | — | Series D |