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Websiteelance.com
Blogelance.com/blog
Twitter@elance
CategoryOther
Phone877.435.2623
Email
Employees
Founded1998
DescriptionOnline Employment Platform

Offices

Headquarters
441 Logue Avenue
Suite 150
Mountain View, CA, 94043
USA

People

CEO & President
VP, Product
VP, Finance & Legal
VP, Platform & Customer Operations
VP, Interactive Marketing
VP, Engineering
VP, Europe
Java Swing Programmer

Former People

CMO
CFO
VP, Engineering
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Funding

TOTAL $78M
VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL $78M
Series A, 2/00
KPCB
$12M
Series B, 9/00
Pequot Capital
KPCB
$50M
Venture Round, 1/12
Stripes Group
New Enterprise Associates
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
$16M

Competitors

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Elance

Elance, the world’s leading platform for online employment, helps businesses hire and manage in the cloud.

For businesses looking to staff-up a team on an hourly or project basis, Elance offers instant access to talent and the ability to build and manage entire teams online. For independent professionals who want to work online, Elance offers access to qualified clients, a virtual workplace and guaranteed pay for great work.

The company is privately held and headquartered in Mountain View, California and Oslo, Norway. For more information, visit Elance at www.elance.com.

Milestones

Videos

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Tim Ferriss explains Elance services

Added: 8/24/10
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The New Way to Work

Added: 8/24/10
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Forbes Spotlight on Elance

Added: 8/24/10
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Elance: A World of Talent Ready to Work

Added: 9/23/10
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Elance: A World of Talent Ready to Work

Added: 11/22/10

Screenshots

Elance screenshot
Above: Elance Employer Home Page
Uploaded: 3/29/10
Elance screenshot
Above: Elance Provider Home Page
Uploaded: 3/29/10

Products

Online Employment Marketplace

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Livegraph

Compete

Elance

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]
  4. Elance To Give $1 Million To Startup America Partnership (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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