Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Solvate http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Solvate Raises $4 Million In Series B http://pulse2.com/2011/02/15/solvate-raises-4-million-in-series-b/ http://pulse2.com/2011/02/15/solvate-raises-4-million-in-series-b/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:04:31 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=43794 Continue reading →]]>
Solvate is a company where employers and professionals collaborate in the cloud. The company has raised $4 million in Series B funding from Michael Paolucci, RRE Ventures, and DFJ Gotham. Solvate raised a total of $6.3 million in funding. Solvate is basically a Talent Search engine to match companies with consultants and freelancers. Solvate plans on using the funding to enhance the user interface and expand their client portfolio. [TechCrunch]

]]> http://pulse2.com/2011/02/15/solvate-raises-4-million-in-series-b/feed/ 0 LLOYD!!… I Mean Solvate Raises $2.3 Million. http://pulse2.com/2009/10/08/lloyd-i-mean-solvate-raises-2-3-million/ http://pulse2.com/2009/10/08/lloyd-i-mean-solvate-raises-2-3-million/#comments Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:44:36 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=21132 Continue reading →]]> solvate-logo
Ari Gold has Lloyd, but not all of us can have an assistant that is as handy as the Entourage character. The problem with business today is that sometimes administrative tasks may take as much time as important jobs.

Solvate is a startup company that has just raised $2.3 million to help you find an assistant. Julie Ruvolo, the co-founder and COO of the company considers today to be the company’s real laucnh date even though the company was first noticed back in March. The investors in this round include RRE Ventures and DFJ Gotham Ventures Solvate recently redesigned their website too.

The website works like this: first you tell Solvate what you would like to have accomplished. The company finds who is the most qualified and charges you for every 5 minute increments of work with a rate of about $25 per hour. The company contracted can be contacted by the client through e-mail or phone. Some of the tasks that can be done include PowerPoint presentations, expense report management, sale management, and trip planning.

“There’s this hegemonic Valley mentality that the way to scale is automation,” stated Ruvolo in an interview with VentureBeat. However Solvate does not believe in automation as much as they believe in human interaction and involvement. And I couldn’t agree with them more. I’ve used eLance before and it seems like that there isn’t much human interaction at all.

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