# expertlead

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/expertlead

- Industry: Software
- Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
- Website: http://www.expertlead.com
- Total disclosed funding: $19M
- Latest round: Series B (Jun 14, 2021)
- Investors on record: 5

## About

Based in Berlin, Germany, and founded in 2017, Lindentor 196. VV GmbH operates as expertlead, a business-to-business (B2B) matching platform that connects tech freelancers to companies and independent projects that require their expertise and services. The company was co-founded by Alexander Schlomberg and Arne Hosemann and is backed by investors including SEEK, Rocket Internet, and Acton Capital Partners, which led a EUR 9.5 million venture funding round in August 2021. It has 100 employees as of August 2021.

Expertlead's platform provides companies with freelance tech experts that qualified for their needs through expertmatch and expertview. The company uses Peer-To-Peer Screening Process by conducting a coding challenge and technical interview and match candidates with senior experts of its community to prove their coding skills. The platform also serves as an online community for tech experts such as software developers, product or project managers, data scientists, designers, and solution architects, to share their knowledge, become an interviewer, engage in events, or simply learn from others. 

Expertlead plans to accelerate the development of its technologies for talent identification, evaluation, and matchmaking. It also plans to increase the 100-strong expertlead team and expand its offering to include a SaaS business model.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Jun 14, 2021, $11M — Kreos Capital, Acton Capital, SEEK, Rocket Internet SE
- Series A, Sep 9, 2019, $7.7M — Acton Capital, SEEK, Rocket Internet SE
- Seed, Jan 1, 2018 — Rocket Internet SE, 10x Value Partners

## Investors

- Rocket Internet SE (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rocket-internet-se) — Seed, Series A, Series B
- 10x Value Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/10x-value-partners) — Seed
- Acton Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/acton-capital) — Series A, Series B
- SEEK — Series A, Series B
- Kreos Capital — Series B