In 2015, Cactus Communications incubated Kolabtree, a platform that connects freelance researchers from all over the world with companies looking for experts to collaborate on projects ranging from data analysis to medical writing. The London-based platform today has experts from 175 countries and around 8,000 active users, and is the world’s largest freelance platform for scientists.
In February 2020, Ashmita Das, co-founder of Kolabree, was interviewed by Nature, where she discussed what the platform offers and addressed criticisms about bringing science into the gig economy. Read the complete interview here.
