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ClosedFor profitInternetSan Francisco, United States
Flinja
Flinja provides a peer-to-peer jobs marketplace based on student and alumni networks within various universities in the U.S.
- Founded
- 2013 13 years ago
- Staff
- 11-50 1 on LinkedIn
- Followers
- 527 on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $1.2M as listed, USD
Flinja is changing the way people work. In October 2012, Flinja was the winner of DEMO's (VentureBeat/IDG) Fall 2012 DemoGod Award for Best Social Platform. Flinja was also named a finalist at SXSW's LaunchEDU 2013 competition. Recently, Flinja was a Top 3 Finalist at Le Web Paris 2013 (first U.S. company ever to achieve this). Featured on TechCrunch, PandoDaily, GigaOm, Entrepreneur, VentureBeat, and CNN. Founders have been interviewed exclusively by world-renowned tech influencer, Robert Scoble. Flinja… Read all
Flinja is changing the way people work. In October 2012, Flinja was the winner of DEMO's (VentureBeat/IDG) Fall 2012 DemoGod Award for Best Social Platform. Flinja was also named a finalist at SXSW's LaunchEDU 2013 competition. Recently, Flinja was a Top 3 Finalist at Le Web Paris 2013 (first U.S. company ever to achieve this). Featured on TechCrunch, PandoDaily, GigaOm, Entrepreneur, VentureBeat, and CNN. Founders have been interviewed exclusively by world-renowned tech influencer, Robert Scoble. Flinja is backed by Howard Marks (cofounder, Activision), Fred Smith (Chairman/Founder/CEO, FedEx), Kaplan Ventures, TechStars, and other notable angels.
Set against six million companies
Size
11-50 people: larger than 33% of companies with a size listed. 1 people list it on LinkedIn.
Age
13 years old.
Reach
No web traffic ranking listed. 527 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
EducationSocial Mediauniversitiesjobscontractorshiringmarketplacevirtualfreelancenetworkalumnigradsenterpriseintern
Funding, as listed
$1.2M raised in total
- Rounds2
- LatestSeries unknown, Jan 2014
- Latest amountUSD 1,200,000
- Investors7
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Every detail we hold
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The company
- Name
- Flinja
- Type
- For profit
- Status
- Closed
- Founded
- 2013
- Founders
- Ken Miller, Rebecca Bahr, Victor Young
- Industry
- Internet
- Categories
- Education, Social Media
- Specialities
- universities, jobs, contractors, hiring, marketplace, virtual, freelance, network, alumni, grads, enterprise, intern
Where
- City
- San Francisco
- Country
- United States
- Markets
- San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 11-50
- People on LinkedIn
- 1
- LinkedIn followers
- 527
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $1,220,000 USD
- Rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Series unknown
- Latest round date
- Jan 2014
- Latest amount
- 1,200,000 USD
- Investors
- 7
- Listing status
- private
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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