oDesk is a company with a global job marketplace and a series of tools targeted at businesses that intend to hire and manage remote workers. Based in Menlo Park, CA, oDesk was founded by Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis. The name is a short version of "no desk" in reference to the company's intent to enable anyone to work anywhere, anytime.
oDesk has raised three rounds of financing. The first was by Globespan Capital and Sigma Partners...
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oDesk is a company with a global job marketplace and a series of tools targeted at businesses that intend to hire and manage remote workers. Based in Menlo Park, CA, oDesk was founded by Odysseas Tsatalos and Stratis Karamanlakis. The name is a short version of "no desk" in reference to the company's intent to enable anyone to work anywhere, anytime.
oDesk has raised three rounds of financing. The first was by Globespan Capital and Sigma Partners. The second round was raised in September 2006, led by Benchmark Capital and included the previous two investors. The third round was raised in May 2008, led by DAG Ventures and included the previous three investors. The venture investors on oDesk's board include Greg Gretsch, Venky Ganesan, and Kevin Harvey.
oDesk allows employers (“buyers”) to create online workteams coordinated and paid through the company's proprietary software and website. Prospective employers can post jobs for free, and freelance workers (“providers”) may create...
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