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Craftt Closed $2M Seed to Offer Universal Benefits with Future of Work Decentralized Platform

Craftt, a decentralized platform targeting the modern workforce, has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Superscrypt with participation from DCG and prominent angel investors. Built for independent workers, Craftt aims to provide unive

Nov 7, 2024
Venture Capital

Paris-Based Jump Raises €11M Series A to Provide Freelancers with Full-Time Benefits

Paris-based Jump has raised €11 million in a Series A funding round led by Breega, with Index Ventures and RAISE Seed For Good also participating. Jump provides freelancers with the benefits of full-time employment, including social protect

Sep 24, 2024
Venture Capital

Passionfruit Closes $9m Series A Funding to Scale its Platform for Independent Work

Passionfruit , a London-based start-up founded in 2022, has secured $9 million in Series-A funding from prominent investors, including Seaya, Firstminute, and Playfair Capital. The platform connects freelance workers with companies such as

Jul 24, 2024
Venture Capital

Lettuce Financial Launches Solution to Democratize Accounting and Tax Services for Solopreneurs; Announces $6 Million in Seed Funding

Lettuce   has launched a comprehensive solution targeting solopreneurs, offering accounting and tax services aimed at democratizing financial management in this sector. They have raised $6 million in seed funding led by Zeev Ventures to sup

Mar 6, 2024
Venture Capital

Blockchain-Based Employment Platform Opolis Raises $6.6M in Bridge Fundraising Round

Opolis, a blockchain-based platform for independent workers, has secured a bridge fundraising round of $6.6M. The round was led by Berlin-based crypto investment firm Greenfield, with additional investment from the NEAR Foundation, Draper A

Jul 14, 2023
Venture Capital

Workforce Management Platform When I Work Acquires Fintech Startup Lean Financial

When I Work plans to introduce custom financial products for hourly workers in early 2024. MINNEAPOLIS – July 11, 2023 –Today,  When I Work , a market leader in shift-based workforce management software used by more than 200,000 workplaces

Jul 11, 2023
Venture Capital

Pollen Raises $4M to Power Independent Careers

NEW YORK-- Pollen , the professional membership powering independent careers, has raised $4M in funding from ANIMO VC, Founder Collective, XYZ Venture Capital, Precursor Ventures, and an esteemed group of angels. Pollen's mission is to make

Jun 15, 2023
Venture Capital

HR Company Deel Completes PayGroup Acquisition

Deel has completed its $AU 121M acquisition of APAC-based payroll and HCM company  PayGroup Limited . PayGroup is now part of Deel , a private San Francisco-based payroll company, and has been delisted from the Australian Stock Exchange. In

Nov 23, 2022
Venture Capital

ShiftKey Makes a Strategic Investment in Workforce Management Platform OnShift

Dallas – June 22, 2022, –  ShiftKey, the largest platform for connecting independent licensed healthcare professionals with open shifts at healthcare facilities in the U.S. announced today that it has completed a strategic investment in Cle

Jun 22, 2022
Product News

U.S. Independent Professionals Earned an Estimated $247 Billion in 2021 and Have Never Been More Satisfied with Their Work, According to Fiverr’s Fifth Annual Freelance Economic Impact Report

Nearly 70% of freelancers have realized it is more important to be fulfilled in their work than just hold a job Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE: FVRR), the company that is revolutionizing how the world works together, today released its fif

May 25, 2022
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