Company story

Websoft, Inc. is a corporation founded in October 1997 by Inderpal "Inder" Guglani in Pennsylvania. Websoft, Inc., doing business as Guru.com, operates an online marketplace to find, hire, and manage freelancers.

Current status

According to the official website of the Pennsylvania Department of State, Websoft, Inc. was incorporated on October 15, 1997. As of December 2019, the company is active still incorporated domestically in Pennsylvania. The entity number used to identify Websoft, Inc. as a corporation registered by the Pennsylvania Department of State is 2780008.

The headquarters of Websoft, Inc. is in Pittsburgh. Corporate records from the Pennsylvania Department of State, the registered address used by Websoft, Inc. is 5001 Baum Blvd. Suite 760 Pittsburgh, PA, 15213. As of December 2019, it’s the same contact address used by Guru.com.

Company ownership

Inder Guglani is the founder of Websoft, Inc.

According to the Articles of Incorporation from the Pennsylvania Department of State, Inder S. Guglani founded Websoft, Inc. on October 15, 1997. 

Current roles in Websoft, Inc. As of December 2019, Guglani wears many hats in the company. The Pennsylvania Department of State lists Guglani as the president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer of Websoft, Inc.

Guru.com lists Inder Guglani as the founder and CEO on the team section of its about page.

Websites and services offered by Websoft, Inc.

Guru.com is the official website of Websoft, Inc.

Websoft, Inc. does business as Guru.com, which also serves as the official website of the company to help companies to connect and work with freelancers. The mission of Guru.com is to “bring employers and freelancers together from around the globe to get work done.” Guru.com was founded to “help build a better world that's interconnected for prosperity and wired for peace.”

Emoonlighter became Guru.com in 2004. According to a press release from Business Wire published on March 8, 2004, Emoonlighter, an online marketplace for freelance talent announced its name change to Guru.com. The press release highlights the name change reflects Emoonlighter's July 2003 acquisition of Guru.com assets. The CEO and co-founder of Guru.com stated:

"By combining Emoonlighter's network of websites under the Guru.com brand, we have created the world's largest network of freelance talent with over 360,000 registered freelancers. Guru.com is the unmatched destination for employers seeking freelance talent locally, nationally, or globally." - Inder Guglani

Services provided by Guru.com. Guru.com provides an online marketplace for freelancers skilled in:

• programming and development,
• writing and translation,
• design and art,
• administrative and secretarial services,
• sales and marketing, 
• business and finance,
• engineering and architecture, and
• legal services.

Guru.com is one of the most popular writing service websites. Ahrefs, an SEO tool used to analyze websites, features a list of the top 1 million websites in its database, which is updated in real-time. In December 2019, Guru.com was part of the top 98 percentile of the one million highest ranking sites in the Ahrefs database. According to a December 2019 snapshot from Ahrefs, Guru.com had an Ahrefs Rank (AR) of 14,684 in the database of over 100 million websites, making it one of the top sites.

Guru.com raised $41 million in funding

According to Crunchbase, Guru.com raised $41 million in funding in two rounds. Series A was announced on July 26, 1999, and raised $25 million with the help of three investors. Series B was announced on November 30, 1999, and raised $16 million with lead investors August Capital and Greylock Partners.

As of December 2019, Guru.com has not raised any more money through funding rounds in over 20 years.