VCID: 121890
Profile
Corporate information
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99designs is the world's largest graphic design marketplace, connecting businesses looking for design work with more than 240,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. Businesses can source graphic design work quickly and affordably by launching design contests to the community, working via 1-to-1 Projects with individual designers, or purchasing design templates from 99designs' readymade logo store. 99designs also runs Swiftly, a new site and service that helps customers get small design tasks done quickly and effortlessly. 99designs was co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz (SitePoint, Flippa), and is backed by Accel Partners and angel investors Michael Dearing (eBay, Harrison Metal), Dave Goldberg (Survey Monkey), Stewart Butterfield (Flickr, Tiny Speck) and Anthony Casalena (Squarespace).
Funding
Funding rounds
Series A USD 35,000,000
| Investor | Profile | Country | Notes | |
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Accel Partners & Co Inc | Early and growth stage venture capital firm. | United States | |
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Anthony Casalena | |||
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Michael Dearing | |||
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Stewart Butterfield |
Cap Table
Current and past shareholders
| Investor | Contacts | Round | |
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Accel Partners & Co Inc Early and growth stage venture capital firm. |
+1 (415) 293-1100 |
Series A |
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Anthony Casalena |
Series A |
Investments
Selected investments
| Company | Country | Date | Notes | ||
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LogoChef |
Brazil | 27 Aug 2013 | Acquisition Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active |
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12designer |
6 Aug 2012 | Acquisition Initial investment. Led the investment round. Active |