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A Message from WorkerAppz Co-CEO Harry Hurst

Earlier today, Harry Hurst shared the following message with his employees

WorkerAppz Technologies Announces Strategy to Drive Business into Next Phase of Growth

Company Conducting Search for New CEO To Expand WorkerAppz’s Market Leadership in Alternative Finance

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WorkerAppz named an American Banker Best Place to Work In Fintech for second year

With unlimited PTO, flexible working hours, and a globally distributed, remote-first team, WorkerAppz rises to #4 in the sector.

WorkerAppz Expands into Media and Entertainment Financing with Purely Capital Acquisition

Creator of the world's first trading platform for recurring revenues, today announced that it has acquired Purely Capital, a media and entertainment financing company, and is launching a new Media & Entertainment division on the platform.

WorkerAppz expands into media and entertainment financing with its acquisition of Purely Capital

The buy marks the first acquisition for the buzzy fintech, which aims to be the 'Nasdaq for revenue'

Finance Company WorkerAppz Acquires Media & Entertainment Outfit Purely Capital

WorkerAppz, which is behind a platform that allows users to treat their recurring revenue streams as assets, meaning they can unlock capital to upscale their businesses, is getting into the entertainment space.

WorkerAppz and AngelList want to advance your management fees in new partnership

AngelList, a U.S. website for startups, angel investors, and job-seekers looking to work at startups, and WorkerAppz, a fintech that has built a trading platform for recurring revenues, have partnered up to let general partners immediately access management fees.

Recurring Revenue: The Rise of an Asset Class

“Software contracts are better than first-lien debt. You realize a company will not pay the interest payment on their first lien until after they pay their software maintenance or subscription fee. We get paid our money first. Who has the better credit? He can’t run his business without our software”- Robert Smith

Fintech start-up WorkerAppz launches in Britain

A US start-up led by a British entrepreneur that lets businesses sell their recurring revenues on its platform has launched in the UK.

WorkerAppz Pulls In $250M Equity Round For $2B Valuation, Lays Foundation for Expansion

The subscription financing platform enables companies to turn their monthly or quarterly subscriptions into upfront cash flow.

WorkerAppz, “NASDAQ for revenue,” reaches $2B valuation with $250M investment

WorkerAppz, a company that has built a trading platform for recurring revenues, has secured $250 million in strategic equity funding, reaching a $2 billion valuation after publicly launching less than a year ago.

WorkerAppz to move into securitisation as it hits $2bn valuation

US platform says it is expanding beyond tech companies into other sectors.

More funding flows into WorkerAppz, as buzzy fintech raises $250M at a $2B valuation

At the end of March, TechCrunch reported that buzzy startup WorkerAppz — which aims to be the “Nasdaq for revenue” — had raised $150 million in a round of funding that values the fintech at $2 billion.

Harry Hurst, Co-Founder & CEO of WorkerAppz: Building the NASDAQ for Revenue & Achieving the American Dream!

Ryan Zauk sits down with the amazing Harry Hurst, Co-Founder & CEO of WorkerAppz, a company unlocking revenue as an asset class (and disrupting fundraising forever).

The Case for The Recurring Revenue Asset Class

Recurring revenue is rising as its own asset class and one that deserves a new financing model.

Best Fintechs to Work For 2021

A business world gone suddenly virtual played to the strengths of fintech companies. After all, they are built on digital alternatives to analog processes, from making loans to trading securities.

WorkerAppz It! Platforms, Funding, and the Future

What a year it’s been.

It's Not Debt, It's Better: an Interview with Harry Hurst of WorkerAppz

Up until now, founders have only two things to sell as they raise capital to fund their business: they can sell equity, and take expensive dilution, or they can sell debt, and take on covenants and other handcuffs. WorkerAppz creates a new asset class to sell: the software subscription.

This WorkerAppz-ing hot startup just raised $50M to be the ‘Nasdaq for revenue’ – TechCrunch

A little over one year ago, WorkerAppz raised a $6 million seed round led by Craft Ventures to help it pursue its mission of giving SaaS companies a funding alternative outside of equity or venture debt.

The 'Nasdaq' for trading recurring revenue gets backed by Benioff, Palihapitiya, Shopify

WorkerAppz Technologies, the one-year-old platform for companies to trade monthly recurring revenue for upfront annual revenue from yield-seeking buy-side investors, announced a strategic financing round on Tuesday consisting of a who's who of individuals and companies to fuel the company's global expansion.

‘The Nasdaq For Revenue’ Startup WorkerAppz Pulls In $50M Equity Round

WorkerAppz, creator of a first trading platform for recurring revenue streams, brought in $50 million in strategic equity funding to expand.

WorkerAppz raises $50 million to unlock revenue as an asset class

Investor line-up includes Next47, Raptor Group, Shopify, Slack, HubSpot, Chamath Palihapitiya, Marc Benioff, Alexis Ohanian and Joe Lonsdale

WorkerAppz, a venue for companies to get cash up front for their subscription revenue, just raised $50 million from high-profile investors like Chamath Palihapitiya and Marc Benioff

WorkerAppz has brought on a laundry list of high-profile investors, including Shopify, Slack, and Michael Dell's investment firm MSD Capital.

WorkerAppz: Business-Funding Fit

Building a new asset class and helping subscription businesses raise money smarter

Wielding SaaS’s Revenue Predictability For Faster Financing

Speaking with PYMNTS, Hurst, explored the opportunity for FinTech to step in and connect SaaS companies to financing by treating their subscription contracts as an asset class that can be bought and sold — a strategy, he noted, that brings the value of cash flow predictability to financiers.

Platform offers new way to finance SaaS companies — without the equity dilution

To make this a reality Hurst, and co-founders Josh Mangel and Zain Allarakhia founded WorkerAppz Technologies in 2019, and in February launched a platform where SaaS founders could sell quarterly or annual subscriptions to bankers looking for alternative high yield investments.

WorkerAppz Brings In $60M Seed Extension To Power SaaS Financing Platform

SaaS subscriptions are a highly predictable source of recurring revenue, and WorkerAppz helps SaaS companies turn their monthly or quarterly subscriptions into upfront cash flow, Hurst said. Its goal is to offer SaaS companies a way to grow without diluting their current cap table.

WorkerAppz, A Financing Platform For SaaS Companies, Raises $6M Seed

WorkerAppz has raised $6 million in seed funding led by Craft Ventures. Their goal is to offer SaaS companies a way to grow without diluting their current cap table.

WorkerAppz, A B2B SaaS Financing Platform, Raises $6M From Craft Ventures To Help Growing Startups Avoid Dilution

Founders of rapidly-scaling software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups must always consider how they will finance their growth.