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Elance

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Elance gives people the freedom to find great jobs and live the life they dream of.

By connecting freelancers with businesses who are looking for skilled professionals, Elance opens up a world of opportunity to those hoping to escape economic situations or find a better work/life balance.

Elancers come from all corners of the world and every walk of life. They include cube-weary former Fortune 500 professionals, college students building-up their portfolios by applying the latest skills, victims of “down-sizing” now loving the new-found freedom to pick and choose jobs, and even parents thrilled to spend quality time at home while working rewarding jobs online.

In a nutshell, Elance is where fulfilled people love their lives and love to work.

For more information, visit Elance at www.elance.com.

Recent Milestones

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  Elance received $16M in Venture Round funding. (1/24/12)
  Posted 1/24/12 at 5:18am via techcrunch.com
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  Elance — Elance To Give $1 Million To Startup America Partnership (1/9/12)
  Posted 1/9/12 at 10:38pm via techcrunch.com
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  Elance added Victor Cheng as Sr. Director of Engineering. (1/1/12)
  Posted 7/16/12 at 3:02pm
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  Elance added Victor Cheng as Tech Lead / Development Manager. (1/1/07)
  Posted 7/16/12 at 3:02pm
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  Elance added Eric Roach as CEO. (12/1/00)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 5:41am
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  Elance received $50M in Series B funding. (9/26/00)
  Posted 8/23/11 at 4:10pm via thefreelibrary.com
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  Elance received $12M in Series A funding. (2/1/00)
  Posted 8/19/11 at 3:24pm via sramanamitra.com
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  Elance added Bindu Reddy as Director of Product Management. (12/1/99)
  Posted 7/22/11 at 12:50pm
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  Elance added Sherrick Murdoff as VP of Business Development.
  Posted 7/6/09 at 7:50am
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  Elance added York Poon as VP, Product.
  Posted 2/24/11 at 1:52pm
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  Elance added Kjetil Olsen as VP, Europe.
  Posted 2/24/11 at 1:51pm
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  Elance added Ellen Pack as VP, Marketing.
  Posted 3/29/10 at 7:55am
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  Elance added Nidhi Gupta as VP, Engineering.
  Posted 1/10/12 at 11:14am
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  Elance added Beerud Sheth as Cofounder.
  Posted 5/4/09 at 3:21pm
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  Elance added Michael Culver as VP & General Counsel.
  Posted 3/5/09 at 6:00pm
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  Elance added Ved Sinha as VP, Category Management.
  Posted 8/22/08 at 10:37am

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Sources

1. Deal Radar 2008: Elance (sramanamitra.com) [edit]
2. eLance Raises $50 Million in Second Round of Funding; Pequot Capital Leads Group of Investors; Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Invests Again. (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
3. Online Job Marketplace Elance Raises $16M From Kleiner Perkins, NEA And The Stripes Group (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Elance To Give $1 Million To Startup America Partnership (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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