Malt in a €80 million led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Eurazeo.
Malt, a Paris, France-based B2B marketplace for finding freelance consulting gigs, announced the completion of a funding round worth €80 million ($97.9M).
The money was raised from investors led by Goldman Sachs Growth Equity and Eurazeo.
Proceeds will be used for business development and international expansion in the freelance consulting market.
Malt, founded in 2013 by Hugo Lassiège, Jean-Baptiste Lemée, Vincent Huguet and led by Alexandre Fretti, developed a professional marketplace that instantly and accurately matches the right freelance talent to businesses’ project needs. It also offers secure and streamlined solutions for both parties to manage the freelance relationship, from issuing a brief to payment at project completion.
Malt says it onboarded on the platform around 250k freelancers and more than 30,000 clients, including 36 CAC 40 companies, all supported by 200 employees based in France, Spain and Germany. Malt previously raised more than $36 million.