Minite Works
The first-ever platform bringing pre-qualified student freelancers together with inspiring companies to perform freelance work in the field of digital marketing, sales, market research, data, IT, analytics and (graphic) design.
| Date | Investors | Amount | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| investor | €0.0 | round | |
| N/A | €0.0 | round | |
* | N/A | Seed | |
| Total Funding | 000k | ||
| EUR | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 0000 | 0000 |
| EBITDA | 0000 | 0000 |
| Profit | 0000 | 0000 |
| EV | 0000 | 0000 |
| EV / revenue | 00.0x | 00.0x |
| EV / EBITDA | 00.0x | 00.0x |
| R&D budget | 0000 | 0000 |
Source: Dealroom estimates
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Minite Works operates a data-driven hiring platform connecting companies with a vetted talent pool of over 20,000 university students for a variety of roles, including freelance projects, internships, and full-time positions. The company was founded in 2020 by sisters Micky and Linky Chen and is headquartered on the campus of Erasmus University Rotterdam. The founding inspiration stems from the sisters' own experiences as students struggling to find study-related work, and Micky's subsequent role at Salesforce, where she observed companies' difficulties in sourcing flexible, high-quality talent.
The platform serves a diverse client base, initially focusing on startups and scale-ups before expanding to include larger corporate partners. Minite's business model centers on facilitating these connections through its proprietary platform, which handles administrative, legal, and financial processes. Revenue is generated by charging companies a 30% service fee on top of the student's rate. This structure allows businesses to access talent for hourly rates starting at €17 or for one-time projects from €100.
Minite Works' core service is its AI-driven talent platform designed to mitigate hiring bias. By making the initial screening process anonymous—removing details like name, photo, gender, and ethnicity—the platform emphasizes skills, experience, assessment scores, and interests. This data-centric approach has reportedly increased opportunities for underrepresented candidates and balanced the invitation rates between male and female applicants. The all-in-one platform manages job posting, candidate proposals, chat and interview scheduling, and payments. After initially bootstrapping to become cash-flow positive, the company secured €300,000 in a seed funding round in early 2022 to further develop its technology and expand the team.
Keywords: student hiring, Gen Z talent, data-driven recruitment, freelance platform, university talent, diversity hiring, equitable hiring, AI recruitment, skills-based matching, startup recruitment, scale-up talent, corporate partnerships, Rotterdam startup, HR tech, student freelancers, project-based work, internships, bias-free hiring, workforce solutions, talent marketplace