Expert360

Expert360 is an online marketplace co-founded by Bridget Loudon and Emily Yue and headquartered in Sydney, Australia.[1] Expert360 acts as a digital platform for matching independent business consultants with clients (companies, organizations) for short or long term project work.[2][3] The company is best known for its innovative approach to the local and international freelance marketplace.[4][5]

Expert360
EstablishedJuly 2013
FoundersBridget Loudon, Emily Yue
TypePrivate
HeadquartersSydney, Australia
Key people
Bridget Loudon, Emily Yue, Dmitry Alimov, Gary Swart
Websitewww.expert360.com

Description

Expert360's online platform is structured like a standard freelance marketplace as it provides the tools to potential employers to post and manage jobs of interest to independent consultants in the upper tier employment market.[6][7] Its main consultant base is made of highly qualified workers with experience in senior or executive positions in large and stable corporations or investment firms.[8][9] The marketplace also has junior representatives from management consulting and investment firms.[10]

Expert360's clients range from small-medium businesses to enterprises such as QSHR, Woolworths and Telstra, as well as consulting and investment firms.[8][11][12][13]

History

Expert360 launched on July 1, 2013. The company's co-founders, Bridget Loudon and Emily Yue, raised $1 million (AUD) from investors in their first funding round at the end of 2013[6][14]

In 2015, Expert360 closed an oversubscribed capital raising round of $4.1 million (AUD), backed by Russian investment fund Frontier Ventures, Australian technology fund Rampersand and several Australian angel investors.[11] Allan Moss AO is also a notable investor of Expert360.[15] On March 30, 2016, the company announced that it was opening an office in New York City in order to expand its reach in the United States.[15][16]

See also

References
  1. "About Us". Expert360. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  2. "Experts On Demand Shake Up Executive-Recruitment". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  3. Daniela Ongaro. "Why freelancing is good for your health and hip pocket". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  4. Jason Lim (24 June 2014). "Aussie Startup Expert360, Aims To Disrupt The Consulting Industry". Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  5. David Swan (8 December 2015). "Innovation: young entrepreneurs hail 'a game-changer'". The Australian - Business Review. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  6. Courtenay, Adam (3 February 2013). "How To Raise $1 Million". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  7. Jackson Hewett (4 December 2015). "Top start -ups put R &D and visa reforms on innovation wish list" (PDF). The Australian. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. Foreshew, Jennifer (5 November 2015). "Case Study: Quick Service hits target with Expert 360". Business Spectator. News Corp. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. Chow, Ky (16 June 2014). "Experts-on-demand shake up executive recruitment". The Australian Financial Review. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  10. McCauley, Gabriel (14 March 2016). "Four Ways Expert360 Ensures It Has The World's Best Independent Talent". Expert360. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  11. Durkin, Patrick (20 July 2015). "Expert360 picks up bluechip backers in $4.1m funding round". BRW. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  12. "Enterprise Clients". Expert360.
  13. Ben Potter (21 September 2015). "Start-ups welcome innovation focus". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  14. James Hutchinson (13 January 2014). "Tech talent follows the money". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  15. "Allan Moss-backed Expert360 takes a bite of the Big Apple". Financial Review. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  16. Redman, Elizabeth (7 April 2016). "Specialised Consultants in Demand: Expert360". The Australian. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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