Our Pitch to the Suits

99designs is the #1 marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design. We connect 58,745 passionate designers from around the globe with small businesses who need design projects completed. And, we do it in a timely fashion without the usual risk or cost associated with professional design.

Our Mantra

It’s definitely a cliché but there’s no other way to describe it—99designs was started by designers for designers. Our role at 99designs is to provide a friendly, professional, and secure environment where designers from all walks of life can compete on a level playing field—where they can show off their work, improve their skills, communicate with peers, and win new clients.

Our Team

99designs was founded by Mark Harbottle, co-founder and chairman of sitepoint.com, along with internet veterans Lachlan Donald, and Paul Annesley.

Pictured (left-to-right): Jason, Dennis, Mark, Paul, Dan, Lucas, Matt, Richard, Lachlan, Patrick, Sarah, Craig, Adam, and Ryan.

Not pictured: James, Jason, and Sapphira.

Our Investors

Investors in 99designs include the founders of the successful online media and publishing company SitePoint, namely Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz, along with internet pioneer and entrepreneur Leni Mayo, and MelbourneIT Non-Executive Director and previous CEO of Hitwise, Andrew Walsh.

Our Advisory Board

Our advisory board consists of Jeff Kearl, former Executive Vice President and significant shareholder of two time Inc 500 award winner Logoworks. In addition to playing a key role in the growth of Logoworks, Jeff was integral in selling Logoworks to HP in 2007, where he later served as the Director of Strategy and New Ventures for HP. Jeff has made angel investments in 16 companies including Omniture (sold to Adobe for $1.8B), MyFamily.com (sold to Spectrum Equity for $300M), Coupa, Outright, FamilyLink, Zenprint, and now 99designs.com.

Our Reach

Number of Designers:

58,745

Prize Money Awarded:

$9,280,437

Total Designs submitted:

3,621,866

Our Press

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