| Expert360 | |
| Established: | July 2013 |
| Founders: | Bridget Loudon, Emily Yue |
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| Type: | Private |
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| Headquarters: | Sydney, Australia |
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| Languages: | --> |
| Key People: | Bridget Loudon, Emily Yue, Dmitry Alimov, Gary Swart |
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Expert360 is an online marketplace co-founded by Bridget Loudon and Emily Yue and headquartered in Sydney, Australia.[1] Expert360 acts as a digital network 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'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.[11] [12]
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[13]
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.[14] 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.[16] [17]