Deb Stowe | October 24, 2025 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Recruitment, Financials / Deals
France-based Freelance.com saw H1 revenue in 2025 tick up 3% year on year (y-o-y) to €530 million ($616 million U.S.), although the result represented a 3% decline... Damian Shore | October 23, 2025 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Recruitment, People
France-based freelancer marketplace Malt has appointed Manuel Brachet (above) as CRO. “Manuel Brachet brings 30 years of expertise in revenue development and... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | October 07, 2025 | Freelancer Marketplaces
CrowdWorks Inc. has established a new company focused on helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) drive digital transformation — a challenge that has... Nik Flegont | February 07, 2025 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Second-largest China-based gig worker crowdsourcing platform operator EPWK Holdings Inc. has made a modest trading debut, closing up a paltry 0.24% in its first... Ben Salisbury | July 24, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
U.K.-based freelancer hiring company Passionfruit has raised $9.0 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Seaya, with existing investors Firstminute... Deb Stowe | May 09, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals, People
Freelance marketplace Fiverr posted a 6.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) rise in revenue in Q1, to reach $93.5 million, in what it described as a “strong start to the year... Deb Stowe | May 09, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, People
Maurice Acker, erstwhile director of business customers at SMG Swiss Marketplace Group, has struck out in an entrepreneurial direction following his departure from... Deb Stowe | May 02, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
San Francisco-based freelancer marketplace Upwork posted a 19% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in revenue to $191 million in Q1 2024, buoyed by a 5% rise in active... Deb Stowe | April 30, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
France-based Freelance.com posted a 7.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in consolidated revenue to €858 million ($916 million U.S.) in 2023, according to the... Deb Stowe | April 12, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
The board of directors at Fiverr has authorized the company’s first share repurchase program, under which the Israel-based freelance marketplace could repurchase... Deb Stowe | February 15, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
California-based freelance marketplace Upwork posted a 14% year-on-year rise in revenue to reach $184 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. Of that sum,... Dualta Mac Lochlainn | February 05, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, People
France-based freelancer marketplace Malt has unveiled its first “freelancer advisory board.” This follows the company’s recent move to new... Deb Stowe | January 31, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has announced new offerings catering to agencies, consultants and larger organizations, in what it describes as an “innovative... AIM Group | January 24, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
South Korea-based freelancer marketplace KMong saw b-to-b transaction value grow by 50% last year to more than KRW10 billion ($7.5 million), defying a slowdown in... Deb Stowe | January 13, 2024 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance.com has confirmed its acquisition of STA Group, which provides wage portage services for freelancers and connects consultants with companies. The... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | December 18, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Japan-based HotelKyujin, a recruitment marketplace focused on the hospitality industry, has added a scouting function that allows recruiters to approach candidates... Deb Stowe | December 11, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Gross merchandise value (GMV) at Australia-based freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com rose by 8.4% year on year (y-o-y) to AUD34.1 million... Deb Stowe | December 07, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
San Francisco-based Upwork has unveiled partnerships with vendor management systems (VMSs) and managed service providers (MSPs) SAP FieldGlass and FlexTrack to... Deb Stowe | November 20, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance marketplace Upwork posted revenue of $176 million in the third quarter of the year, a gain of 11% year on year. It attributed the performance to “take... Deb Stowe | November 20, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Israel-based freelance marketplace Fiverr posted $92.5 million U.S. in revenue in the third quarter of 2023, up 12.1% ear-on-year (y-o-y). The number of active... Damian Shore | November 07, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Spain-based Vivra, a marketplace for coaches of such sports as skiing, mountain biking surfing, windsurfing and kitesurfing to offer their services, has raised... Deb Stowe | November 01, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance.com is poised to take over STA Group. The France-based marketplace said it had signed a “synallagmatic” (reciprocally binding) promise with the group,... Deb Stowe | October 04, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Companies are increasingly turning to freelancers to fill marketing functions, amid widespread layoffs and a reluctance to return to the office, according to new... Tariq Ahmed Saeedi | August 14, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Pakistan-based recruitment marketplace Rozee.pk has launched a new fintech freelancer marketplace Azadee.pk to connect skilled workers with companies looking for... Deb Stowe | August 04, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance marketplace Fiverr posted a 5.1% year-on-year hike in revenue in the second quarter of the year, to $89.4 million, despite its number of active buyers on... Deb Stowe | August 04, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Freelance marketplace Upwork posted a 7% increase in year-on-year revenue in Q2 2023, taking the total to $169 million, amid a set of “better-than-expected”... Deb Stowe | August 03, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has restructured its offering, renaming some products and launching others. The company has rebadged Fiverr Business as Fiverr Pro,... Deb Stowe | July 31, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces, Financials / Deals
Australia-based Freelancer saw revenue from its marketplace drop by 4.8% in H1 2023 to stand at AUD22.3 million ($15.0 million U.S.), despite a 0.8% hike in gross... Deb Stowe | July 13, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Freelance marketplace Upwork has announced what it termed a “major expansion of AI offerings and resources.” Preeminent among them is its AI services hub, an... Deb Stowe | June 30, 2023 | Freelancer Marketplaces
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has launched Fiverr Certified, through which tech companies can provide access to freelancers who are certified in their products... 
