PeoplePerHour, legally People Per Hour Limited, is a UK-based company whose function is an online platform providing businesses access to

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workers.

History

Founded in 2007 by Xenios Thrasyvoulou and Simos Kitiris, the company has offices in

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and

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. Businesses using the

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are often start-ups or SMEs looking to grow flexibly by hiring freelancers to handle projects rather than hiring in-house or via agencies.

Reception

In August 2012, PeoplePerHour was named by the science and technology magazine

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as one of "Europe's 100 Hottest Startups of 2012"."Europe's 100 hottest startups 2012", Hugo Cox, Wired Magazine, 15 August 2012
/ref> In 2012 its 50-person engineering department relocated to

.Index Ventures Raises $442 Million in New Fund
by Mark Scott, New York Times One of the major investors in PeoplePerHour is

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, which invested £2M (3.2M dollars) in 2012. Mike Volpi has named PeoplePerHour among the three "most underrated companies" in the Index's portfolio. In its previous

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, the company had raised approximately £425k.Index Ventures invests in PeoplePerHour as business flows East to West
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References

External links

* {{Official website, www.peopleperhour.com Employment websites Freelance marketplace websites Service companies of England Internet properties established in 2007 British companies established in 2007

History

Reception

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