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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Freelance marketplace |
| Founded | London, United Kingdom 2007 |
| Founder | Xenios Thrasyvoulou ( CEO ) Simos Kitiris ( CTO ) |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
PeoplePerHour, legally People Per Hour Limited, is a UK-based company whose function is as an online platform giving businesses access to freelance workers. [1]
Founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou and Simos Kitiris, [2] the company has offices in London and Athens. [3] Businesses opting to use 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.
In August 2012, PeoplePerHour was named by the science and technology magazine Wired UK as one of "Europe's 100 Hottest Startups of 2012". [4]
In 2012 its 50-person engineering department relocated to Athens. [5] One of the major investors in PeoplePerHour is Index Ventures, which gave the company £2M (3.2M dollars) in 2012. [5] [6] Mike Volpi has named PeoplePerHour among the three "most underrated companies" in the Index's portfolio. [7] In its previous seed round, the company had raised approximately £425k. [8]
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