Gen Z freelancer platform Passionfroot has closed a seed round of $3.6m, in a round co-led by firstminute capital and Playfair, with participation from FJ Labs and Portfolio Ventures. It brings the total raised by the firm to $4.3m, after a $700k round last December.
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July 20, 2022
Passionfroot raises $3.6m in seed funding for Gen Z freelancer platform
The London-based startup is capitalising on the trends of remote work and flexible careers
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Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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