Upwork

company

About

Upwork is an online work marketplace that connects millions of businesses with independent talents around the globe.

Details

Last Funding Type
Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised
$50M
Industries
Freelance,Marketplace,Peer to Peer
Founded date
Jan 1, 1999
Number Of Employee
251 - 500
Operating Status
Active
Stock Symbol
nasdaq:UPWK
Legal Name
Upwork Global Inc.
Also Known As
Elance,Elance-oDesk,oDesk

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.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
14
$355.80M
Upwork has raised a total of $355.80M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Oct 2, 2018 from a IPO round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
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

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
93
Upwork has 93 current employee profiles, including Executive Farasat Nabi
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