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The freelancing platform for Gen Z marketers

London, United KingdomFounded 2021eCommerce & Marketplaces
Valuation $50–100M Last recorded · 2024
Revenue <$1M Latest reported FY
Headcount <100 Current team size
Total funding $10–50M Disclosed equity funding
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About Passionfruit

Passionfruit is a marketing startup that connects businesses with pre-vetted marketing specialists. The company operates in the digital marketing industry, serving clients across various sectors. Its primary clientele includes businesses seeking to enhance their marketing efforts without the stress and time constraints of traditional hiring processes.

Passionfruit's business model is based on a service marketplace. It offers a platform where businesses can hire marketing specialists for specific projects or ongoing work. These specialists have been pre-screened for their experience, skills, and professionalism, ensuring high-quality service delivery. The company also conducts regular check-ins to ensure the specialists maintain high standards throughout each project.

The startup has demonstrated its effectiveness through several success stories. For instance, within two months of hiring a specialist through Passionfruit, the Nansen ‘Gas Tracker’ dashboard jumped from page 3 to page 1, reaching over 18,000 new searches per month. Another case saw a social media specialist increase engagement by over 500% for Miro, executing their top-performing organic campaign of all time.

Passionfruit generates revenue by charging a fee for the services provided by the specialists on its platform. This fee is likely a percentage of the payment made by the hiring business to the specialist. The company's value proposition includes reducing onboarding time and training costs for businesses, as the specialists come with their expertise.

Source: Dealroom company data

At a glance

Status
Operational
Founded
2021
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Employees
98
Open positions
2
Dealroom signal
85.0/100
Industry
Jobs Recruitment, Marketing
Sector
eCommerce & Marketplaces, Freelancers, creator economy, uk is8 creative industries
Business model
Marketplace & ecommerce, SaaS
Client focus
b2b

Funding history

3 recorded events

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
SERIES A✓Equity / VC Jul 2024 $9M $36M Portfolio Ventures · Cornerstone VC · Playfair Capital · Firstminute Capital ↗
SEED✓Equity / VC Jul 2022 $3.6M $14M FJ Labs · Portfolio Ventures · Firstminute Capital · Accel ↗
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Financials

Revenue over time

Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.

YearRevenueGrowth
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022 —
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Growth signals

Passionfruit website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Passionfruit is 20K monthly website visits, down 16.7% over the last three months. Passionfruit's team grew 7.7% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits20K 3-month web change-16.7% 1-year team growth+7.7%
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Investments and acquisitions

Capital deployed

Recent portfolio relationships for companies that also act as investors or acquirers.

Investors

12 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Seed8 investors entered at this stage

Series A2 investors entered at this stage

Other known investors2 additional known investors

  • Will Brooks
  • Will Martin
Team profiled 13 named & role-tagged
Founders Hidden — book a demo/100 quality score
Key operators 4 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
Potential founders Hidden — book a demo likely future founders
Startup mafia Hidden — book a demo alumni-founded startups
Talent movements Hidden — book a demo in · Hidden — book a demo out past 12 months

Source: Dealroom Talent Intelligence.

Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
10 countries with
team presence
🇬🇧 United Kingdom58.6%
🇺🇸 United States19%
🇵🇹 Portugal8.6%
🇪🇸 Spain3.5%
🇱🇻 Latvia1.7%
Top 5 of 10 shown

Market sentiment

Posts on X, past 7 days

An AI-synthesised read of the highest-engagement posts about Passionfruit on X, ranked by likes and reposts, corporate channels excluded.

Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…

Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour

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