99designs is the world’s largest online graphic design marketplace, connecting startups, small businesses, marketing agencies and other organizations with design needs with more than 240,000 graphic designers from 192 countries around the world. Since its 2008 founding in Melbourne, Australia, 99designs has hosted more than 230,000 design contests for customers and has paid out in excess of USD $56 million to its design community. 99designs enables customers to source graphic design work quickly and affordably by launching design contests to its community, working 1-on-1 with individual designers, or purchasing design templates from 99designs’ readymade logo store. The company opened its San Francisco office in 2010, established European headquarters in Berlin in 2012, and subsequently opened offices in Paris and London. In addition to English, 99designs operates localized versions of its site in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. The company was co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz (SitePoint, Flippa, Tweaky, DeveloperAuction), and is backed by Accel Partners and angel investors Michael Dearing (eBay, Harrison Metal), Dave Goldberg (Survey Monkey), Stewart Butterfield (Flickr, Tiny Speck) and Anthony Casalena (Squarespace). 99designs Pty Ltd. operates an online crowdsourced graphic design marketplace. Its marketplace connects designers from around the globe with customers seeking design services. The company provides logo, Web page, mobile application, business card, postcard or flyer, icon or button, and T-shirt design services. It also hosts graphic design contests for small businesses, startups, and other organizations worldwide. In addition, the company operates a ready-made logo store, which is stocked with logos for customization and sale right off the shelf. 99designs Pty Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is based in Collingwood, Australia with operations in San Francisco, Melbourne, and London.