99designs is the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, connecting startups, small businesses, marketing agencies and other organizations with design needs with more than 220,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. Since its 2008 founding in Melbourne, Australia, 99designs has hosted more than 200,000 design contests for customers and has paid out in excess of USD $50 million to its design community.

99designs enables customers to source graphic design work quickly and affordably by launching design contests to its community, working 1-on-1 with individual designers, or purchasing design templates from 99designs’ readymade logo store.

The company opened its San Francisco office in 2010, established European headquarters in Berlin in 2012, and subsequently opened offices in Paris and London. In addition to English, 99designs operates localized versions of its site in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch.

The company was co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz (SitePoint, Flippa, Tweaky, DeveloperAuction), and is backed by Accel Partners and angel investors Michael Dearing (eBay, Harrison Metal), Dave Goldberg (Survey Monkey), Stewart Butterfield (Flickr, Tiny Speck) and Anthony Casalena (Squarespace).

In 2010, 99designs won the People’s Voice Webby Award.

Recent Milestones
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99designs — 99designs launches its crowdsourced design network in Latin America and Spain (3/11/13)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:11am via thenextweb.com
99designs — 9designs launches tools for ‘Pro’ users (2/22/13)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:13am via itbusiness.ca
99designs — 99designs launches in Italy (1/14/13)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:12am via 99designs.com
99designs — 99designs launches its crowdsourced design network in France after localizing in Germany and The UK (11/28/12)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:10am via thenextweb.com
99designs acquired 12designer. (8/6/12)

Posted 8/7/12 at 1:43am via venturebeat.com
99designs — 99designs launched UK Website (2/14/12)

Posted 4/26/12 at 9:50am via thenextweb.com
99designs — 99designs Doubles Monthly Design Contests and Designer Payouts, Adds Key Executives and Staff to Fuel Growth (1/24/12)

Posted 2/21/12 at 1:33pm via 99designs.com
99designs added Caroline Moon as Chief Financial Officer. (1/1/12)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:15am
99designs added Jeff Titterton as Chief Marketing Officer. (1/1/12)

Posted 4/24/13 at 11:14am
99designs — 99designs Launches Fund to Support Design Students (10/11/11)

Posted 4/26/12 at 9:52am via techcrunch.com
99designs received $35M in Series A funding. (4/28/11)

Posted 4/28/11 at 6:59pm via techcrunch.com
99designs added Jeff Kearl as Investor, Advisor. (12/7/09)

Posted 3/10/10 at 12:26pm
99designs added Paul Annesley as Lead Developer. (2/1/08)

Posted 3/4/08 at 11:35am
99designs added Matt Mickiewicz as Co-Founder.

Posted 11/5/08 at 12:46pm
99designs added Jason Sew Hoy as General Manager.

Posted 4/20/10 at 10:30pm
99designs added Patrick Llewellyn as President & CEO.

Posted 8/15/12 at 11:39am