setting the scene
- you quit your day job to pursue your ceramics side hustle full-time🏺
- you set up a website with an online store and let the customers roll in 💸
- a viral TikTok brings so much traffic to your website that the online store crashes 💥
- you call customer service, and after hours on hold, you hire a freelance website developer who can’t start until next week 🙄
- this week’s company prevents this catastrophe by helping employers with urgent needs and freelancers looking for immediate flexible work
in a sentence
goopss is a marketplace that instantly connects employers to available freelancers
- employers: browse and hire freelancers in <5 min
- freelancers: indicate availability and select relevant projects
bulleted version: similar to how Uber instantly matches passengers to a driver, goopss enables businesses to quickly find a freelancer 🚙
the basics
- industry: hr tech, freelancing, marketplace
- headquarters: Jerusalem, Israel 🇮🇱
- year founded: 2022
- company size: 4 employees
- investors: angels
- amount raised: raising seed q2 2023
- business model: transaction fees from employers and freelancers
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due diligence
what we like
- 💥 need for instant services: during times of crises, companies require efficient ways to address their urgent needs
- plus, leaning into diverse talent strategies builds resiliency
- 📈 market opportunity: the freelancing platform market size is expected to grow to $12.6b by 2027
- in the US, 70% of small businesses and 30% of Fortune 500 companies hire freelancers
- 👩🏻💼 future of work: amidst mass firings and work-from-home tailwinds, workers prioritize flexibility
- many professionals have realized that contract work can pay the bills and improve their lifestyle
- many professionals have realized that contract work can pay the bills and improve their lifestyle
potential risks
- 🥷🏻 competitor copycats: what’s stopping Upwork and others from building instant matching functionality?
- 🔢 constant customers: goopss can only deliver instant connecting when enough freelancers and companies join and consistently use the platform
- 🧐 freelancer screening: how will goopss ensure quality matches when companies have minimal time to vet potential workers?
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founder profiles
- Erez Marchini (CEO; prev. founder @ EY Ventures)
- Jonathan Prezman (COO; angel investor; prev. @ SeedLegals)
comps
why goopss: with 200+ companies on the waitlist and 500 new freelancers joining each week, goopss’s instant traction reflects its potential to match the success of market leaders
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