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Meaningful Gigs

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Meaningful Gigs is a tech-enabled marketplace that up-skills and connects skilled African digital designers with enterprise companies.

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Total raised
$7.1M
disclosed
Last round
$6M
Seed
Rounds
2
since 2019
Investors
10
on record
Employees
51-200

About Meaningful Gigs

Meaningful Gigs is a tech-enabled marketplace connecting skilled African designers with companies seeking high quality digital design. Meaningful Gigs currently supplies talent for companies such as Starbucks, Bloomberg, Facebook, IDEO, and Vans, and has a vision to create 100,000 skilled jobs in Africa by 2028.

Meaningful Gigs has created a community of thousands of skilled, diverse designers for creative, product, and marketing teams. By curating and upskilling its designer community, Meaningful Gigs provides companies with a way to tap into global diversity while also delivering critical design solutions for their businesses. By supplying people in Africa with skilled jobs, the company focuses on continuous economic empowerment and socioeconomic advancement.

Meaningful Gigs funding2 rounds

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Meaningful Gigs has raised $7.1M across 2 disclosed rounds. The latest is a $6M Seed announced 17 Mar 2022, led by Stage 2 Capital.

Capital growthrunning total of disclosed rounds
  1. $1.1MPre-seedPre-seed, $1.1M, $1.1M raised to date
  2. $6MSeedSeed, $6M, $7.1M raised to date

SLA Funding Index · grey is capital raised before each round

Who has invested in Meaningful Gigs

AnnouncedRoundLead · investorsAmount
17 Mar 2022Meaningful Gigs SeedStage 2 Capital +6$6M
30 Aug 2020Meaningful Gigs Pre-seedSean Glass +3$1.1M

Meaningful Gigs founders & team

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Frequently asked about Meaningful Gigs

Where is Meaningful Gigs based and when was it founded?
Meaningful Gigs is headquartered in Accra, Ghana and was founded in 2019.
Who founded Meaningful Gigs?
Meaningful Gigs was founded by Ronnie Kwesi Coleman (Co-Founder & CEO), Stephanie Nachemja-Bunton (Co-Founder & COO) and Max Farago (Co-Founder & CTO).
Who is the CEO of Meaningful Gigs?
Ronnie Kwesi Coleman is Meaningful Gigs' Co-Founder & CEO.
How much funding has Meaningful Gigs raised?
Meaningful Gigs has raised $7.1M across 2 disclosed rounds. Its latest, a $6M Seed, was announced on Mar 17, 2022.
Who has invested in Meaningful Gigs?
Backers include Zvi Band, Stage 2 Capital, Rethink Education, Reach Capital and 6 others.
What sector is Meaningful Gigs in?
Meaningful Gigs operates in Design, Human Resources and Data Visualization.