Braintrust

About

Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects skilled tech experts with clients.

San Francisco,California,United States
51 - 100
http://www.usebraintrust.com

Highlights

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $18M
Industries: Blockchain,Freelance,Human Resources,Internet,Marketplace
Founded date: May 22, 2018
Number Of Employee: 51 - 100
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Freelance Labs, Inc.
Also Known As: Braintrust

Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects technical and design talents with organizations.

The marketplace that the company offers a user-controlled talent network that provides enterprises with highly skilled technical and design talent that they need. It connects organizations directly to top tech talent, offering 40-70 percent savings by removing middlemen. The company charge a flat 10 percent project fee and talent keep 100 percent of their revenue. Braintrust aims to build a talent platform that disrupts traditional hiring methods and aligns incentives and redistributes value to talent and organizations.

Adam Jackson, Gabriel Luna-Ostaseski, and Brian Flynn co-founded Braintrust in San Jose, California in 2018.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

5

$123.50M

Braintrust has raised a total of $123.50M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 9, 2021 from a Initial Coin Offering round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Dec 9, 2021	Initial Coin Offering	$100M	5	Coatue	—	Detail
Oct 1, 2020	Series Unknown	$18M	15	ACME Capital Blockchange Ventures	—	Detail
Sep 1, 2020	Seed	$500K	1	—	—	Detail
Jun 12, 2019	Seed	—	2	—	—	Detail
Dec 11, 2018	Seed	$5M	3	True Ventures	—	Detail

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

4

22

Braintrust is funded by 22 investors. Coatue and ACME Capital are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Coatue	Yes	Initial Coin Offering
ACME Capital	Yes	Series Unknown
Blockchange Ventures	—	Initial Coin Offering
Hashkey	—	Initial Coin Offering
Tiger Global Management	—	Initial Coin Offering
True Ventures	—	Initial Coin Offering
Buck Stash	—	Series Unknown
Cashican People LLC	—	Series Unknown
COIND	—	Series Unknown
Crowd Venture Capital	—	Series Unknown