PeoplePerHour

History

Founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou and Simos Kitiris, the company has offices in London and Athens. Businesses using the website are often start-ups or SMEs looking to grow flexibly by hiring freelancers to handle projects rather than hiring in-house or via agencies.

Reception

In August 2012, PeoplePerHour was named by the science and technology magazine Wired UK as one of "Europe's 100 Hottest Startups of 2012".

In 2012 its 50-person engineering department relocated to Athens. One of the major investors in PeoplePerHour is Index Ventures, which invested £2M (3.2M dollars) in 2012. Mike Volpi has named PeoplePerHour among the three "most underrated companies" in the Index's portfolio. In its previous seed round, the company had raised approximately £425k.

References

References

1. (20 July 2012). "Recruitment site offers freelance jobs". [[Daily Mirror]].
2. Jamillah Knowles. (19 July 2012). "PeoplePerHour publicly launches hourlies for freelancers offering services by the hour". The Next Web.
3. (17 July 2012). "Startup News: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Seeks Master Plan; Reuters is Now Distributing Animated Content". [[The New York Observer]].
4. [https://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/09/european-startups/london "Europe's 100 hottest startups 2012", Hugo Cox, Wired Magazine, 15 August 2012]
5. [https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/06/17/index-ventures-raises-442-million-in-new-fund/?_r=0 Index Ventures Raises $442 Million in New Fund] by Mark Scott, New York Times
6. [https://techcrunch.com/2012/10/17/peopleperhour-secures-3-2m-from-index-ventures-new-hires-new-ios-app/ PeoplePerHour Secures $3.2M From Index Ventures, New Hires, New iOS App] by Mike Butcher, TechCrunch
7. [http://pando.com/2012/06/18/invest-in-bankrupt-europe-sure-clean-tech-oh-hell-no/ Invest in Bankrupt Europe? Sure! Clean Tech? Oh, Hell No.] {{Webarchive. link. (11 July 2017 by Sarah Lacy, pando.com)
8. [https://techcrunch.com/2010/02/17/index-ventures-invests-in-peopleperhour-as-business-flows-east-to-west/ Index Ventures invests in PeoplePerHour as business flows East to West]