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PeoplePerHour, legally People Per Hour Limited, is a UK-based company whose function is an online platform providing businesses access to freelance workers.cite-ref-ref1-1-0[1]

• History

• Reception

• See also

• References

• External links

Founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou and Simos Kitiris,cite-ref-ref3-2-0[2] the company has offices in London and Athens.cite-ref-ref2-3-0[3] Businesses using 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".cite-ref-ref6-4-0[4]

In 2012 its 50-person engineering department relocated to Athens.cite-ref-nyt-5-0[5] One of the major investors in PeoplePerHour is Index Ventures, which invested £2M (3.2M dollars) in 2012.cite-ref-nyt-5-1[5]cite-ref-6[6] Mike Volpi has named PeoplePerHour among the three "most underrated companies" in the Index's portfolio.cite-ref-7[7] In its previous seed round, the company had raised approximately £425k.cite-ref-8[8]

• Guru.com

• Freelancer.com

• Freelancer § Internet and online marketplaces

• Fiverr

• Upwork

cite-note-ref1-11. ↑ "Recruitment site offers freelance jobs". Daily Mirror. 20 July 2012.

cite-note-ref3-22. ↑ citerefjamillah-knowles2012Jamillah Knowles (19 July 2012). "PeoplePerHour publicly launches hourlies for freelancers offering services by the hour". The Next Web.

cite-note-ref2-33. ↑ "Startup News: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Seeks Master Plan; Reuters is Now Distributing Animated Content". Beta Beat. The New York Observer. 17 July 2012.

cite-note-ref6-44. ↑ "Europe's 100 hottest startups 2012", Hugo Cox, Wired Magazine, 15 August 2012

cite-note-nyt-55. ↑ Index Ventures Raises $442 Million in New Fund by Mark Scott, New York Times

cite-note-66. ↑ PeoplePerHour Secures $3.2M From Index Ventures, New Hires, New iOS App by Mike Butcher, TechCrunch

cite-note-77. ↑ Invest in Bankrupt Europe? Sure! Clean Tech? Oh, Hell No. Archived 11 July 2017 at the Wayback Machine by Sarah Lacy, pando.com

cite-note-88. ↑ Index Ventures invests in PeoplePerHour as business flows East to West

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