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Funzing
Type of site
Social networking
Available inEnglish
URLwww.funzing.com
CommercialYes

Funzing is an online sharing economy marketplace that facilitates people to host and attend events and experiences in their leisure time based on their hobbies, passions or skills. Funzing was founded in Israel in 2014 by Avigur Zmora, the former CEO of Playtech.[1] Funzing is currently active in London, Manchester, Tel Aviv and Singapore.[2] The online community marketplace promotes diversity in people’s free time activities, experiences vary from supper clubs, tours, workshops to one-off lectures and classes.[3][4][5][6]

History

According to co-founder Yaron Saghiv, the idea about the online sharing economy came out of several friends’ frustration at being bored by going to the same places every time they wanted to spend quality free time in a social setting. Thus, they devised the platform which allows anyone with creative potential to showcase their skills to the world while entertaining others and earning some money along the way.[7][8][9][10] Funzing was founded in Israel in 2014. It was the brainchild of Avigur Zmora, former CEO of Playtech, who went on to set up the company together with Eran Alon, Noa Moscati and Yaron Saghiv. The initial investment capital to start Funzing was raised from venture capital firm Inimiti and amounted to $1.5 million.[11] Currently, there are over 2,000 registered hosts on the Funzing system, and more than 35,000 individuals have attended events as of June 2016.[12]

References

  1. ^ "Former Playtech CEO launches Funzing - Globes English". Globes (in Hebrew). Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Real People Show Off Their Talents Through Events With Funzing". Londonist. 11 May 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Things To Do Today In London: Friday 24 February 2017". Londonist. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ "Always Have Plans At Your Fingertips With This App". Londonist. 19 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ Curtis, Sophie (11 August 2016). "Now you can get PAID to play Pokemon Go - job listing appears for Pokemon Master". mirror. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Pokémon GO: Here is how to make catching Pokémon a career". The Indian Express. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Company pays lady in S'pore S$1000 a month to organise an event every week, somehow this is good news | Mothership.SG". mothership.sg. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ^ "SafeCharge Enables Payments for Innovative Marketplace Funzing". MarketWatch. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. ^ "SafeCharge enables payments for sharing economy marketplace Funzing". Finextra Research. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ^ "SafeCharge Provides Payment Tech For Funzing | PYMNTS.com". www.pymnts.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Innovation in Funding 2015-2016 competition entry: Funzing". The Guardian. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  12. ^ Roue, Lucy (2 June 2016). "Get creative as Funzing launches in Manchester". men. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
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