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Flinja has raised $20K across 1 funding round.
Key people at Flinja.
Flinja was founded in 2012 by Victor Young (CEO and Founder).
Flinja has raised $20K in total across 1 funding round.
Based in San Francisco, California, Flinja operates a peer-to-peer jobs marketplace that connects college students, faculty members, and alumni with project-based work opportunities. The platform functions as an on-demand labor matching system, utilizing a web client, mobile application, and API to pair real-time business demand with university-affiliated supply. Small and medium-sized businesses, as well as larger enterprise clients, utilize the digital network to hyper-target specific academic demographics for freelance services and specialized short-term projects. While specific financial metrics and user counts remain undisclosed, the company operates with a small team of at least three employees, including early team member Calvin, and has secured venture backing from lead investor Techstars Global. Flinja was established by principal founder Victor Young to serve the higher education sector, though the exact founding year has not been publicly disclosed.
Flinja has raised $20K across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $20K Seed in October 2013.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2013 | $20K Seed | — | 75 & Sunny, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, LearnStart, Lowercarbon Capital, Offline Ventures, Thayer Ventures, Upside Partnership, Erik Blachford, Jeremy Stoppelman, Marc Benioff, SAM Shank | Announced |
Key people at Flinja.
Flinja was founded in 2012 by Victor Young (CEO and Founder).
Flinja has raised $20K in total across 1 funding round.
Flinja's investors include 75 & Sunny, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, LearnStart, Lowercarbon Capital, Offline Ventures, Thayer Ventures, Upside Partnership, Erik Blachford, Jeremy Stoppelman, Marc Benioff, Sam Shank.
Flinja is a college‑centric marketplace that matches students and recent alumni offering services or seeking gigs with businesses that need short‑term, on‑campus or remote work; it positions itself as an “Uber for Work” for the college demographic and provides a web client, API and mobile app to enable real‑time matching between demand and supply[1][3].
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Sources: Company profile and product descriptions on Flinja’s site and blog and accelerator listing (Techstars) informed this summary[1][3].