More than 100,000 people have been laid off in the technology industry alone this year, and — either by circumstance or choice — at least some of them are not heading back into exclusively full-time work. LinkedIn launched a freelancer marketplace in 2021 to capture some of that activity. Now, at a time when other […]
Jump raises $12M to help freelancers get benefits just like employees
French startup Jump, a modern take on the concept of umbrella companies in France, has raised €11 million (around $ 12 million at current exchange rates) in a Series A funding round. Jump offers full-time contracts to freelancers looking for some stability and the benefits involved with a full-time job. It only acts as an […]
Once serving war-torn Sudan, YC-backed Elevate now provides fintech to freelancers globally
In early 2022, the fintech startup Bloom — not to be confused with the Gen Z-focused investing app, or the heavily capitalized revenue financing platform — was accepted into Y Combinator as the first-ever startup from Sudan to participate in the famed accelerator. Alongside its four founders’ track records at Amazon, Meta, IBM, and Goldman Sachs, […]