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The $95 Million Bet on the Boring Part of Freelance Work
Fiverr bought Stoke Talent to solve the part of freelancing nobody puts in the recruitment ad: contracts, classification, budgets and one very complicated monthly bill.
The Freelancer Was Never the Mess. The System Around Them Was.
Publicist began by matching brands with marketers. Six years and 50,000 specialists later, its customers had taught it a stranger lesson: finding the person was only the beginning.
Mesh
Mesh is an Austin-based, API-first B2B identity platform that verifies, onboards, and monitors small businesses and licensed professionals in real time. Founded in 2020 by ex-Amazon executives Diego Asenjo and Tony Bryan, Mesh combines professional license verification, business legitimacy checks, insurance and tax signals, and ongoing risk monitoring into a single multi-factor API - often described as 'Plaid for business identity.' It serves marketplaces, ecommerce platforms, fintechs, and construction/property-tech companies, with 100% coverage for state-licensed professionals in categories like contracting, home services, cosmetology, and architecture.