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GigRove.

A London exchange where skilled travellers swapped work such as programming for a place to stay with startups, before GigRove turned to web stores for freelancers.

TravelJobs and HR

Timeline

  1. Listing page saved

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  2. On record

    TechCrunch reported GigRove's full launch after a 2015 MVP and a summer 2016 beta, describing it as a bootstrapped London startup matching freelancers with startups offering spare rooms.

    On record · Announced
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  3. Activity

    gigrove.com had become a remote freelance jobs board, with 'Travel gig' kept as one job type, and stated 'GigRove is a service of Spreeland, Inc.'

    Activity · Announced
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  4. Changed course

    gigrove.com no longer listed travel gigs and instead offered HR management, a pre-built online store, bookings and co-working spaces, under the footer 'Spreeland, Inc. Limited - Company No. 10656449'.

    Change of course · Announced
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  5. Changed course

    Springwise, interviewing founder Marko Islamovic, reported that the company had pivoted from a remote job-recruiting platform, one that could match skilled travellers with hosts, to an e-commerce solution for freelancers and solo entrepreneurs.

    Change of course · Announced
    web.archive.org
  6. On record

    Gigrove Ltd (company 12258479) was incorporated in the UK with Marko Islamovic as sole director.

    On record · Announced
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  7. On record

    The gigrove.com footer named Gigrove Ltd, registered in England and Wales under number 12258479, as the site's owner; it did so in captures from December 2020, May 2022, June 2024 and December 2025.

    On record · Announced
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  8. On record

    Spreeland, Inc. Limited, the company gigrove.com named as its operator in 2017 and 2018, was struck off the UK register (compulsory strike-off); gigrove.com stayed online.

    On record · Announced
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  9. On record

    Marko Islamovic resigned as director of Gigrove Ltd.

    On record · Announced
    find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
  10. Renamed

    Gigrove Ltd changed its name to Apollient Limited.

    Rename · Announced
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  11. Closed

    Apollient Limited, formerly Gigrove Ltd, was dissolved by compulsory strike-off.

    Closure · Announced
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  12. Activity

    gigrove.com offers an app to sell services, bring in a crew for bigger jobs and plan weekends with friends; its terms, last updated 15 September 2026, say Gigrove is based in the United Kingdom and name no company.

    Activity · Announced
    gigrove.com
  13. Site checked

    The domain showed something unrelated.

  14. Listed on Stompstart

    “Budget Hacks Through Traveler & Host Exchange”

As listed on Stompstart

Property search with a map of North America, search fields and listing cards with house photos.
The listing image as preserved by the Wayback Machine on 6 October 2015. The old site cropped this preview; the lower part of the original is missing.

Listing date unconfirmed · page saved 6 October 2015 · Public

“Budget Hacks Through Traveler & Host Exchange”

GigRove allows you to travel extremely cheap or to get a specific service for free through the exchange. Business Hosts provide accommodations and skilled travelers provide specific services. GigRove is a web platform where travelers can connect in order to exchange their personal skills (services) for a place to stay from a local business in the place where they want to travel. Business hosts around the world list on GigRove what kind of help they need, how many hours of help they require, and what they can provide to travelers. Travelers can list their skills and search for desired locations and the two parties can search and contact one another by skills, locations, etc. By inviting skilled traveler to their homes, business startups get the work done (like programming) for free, while in return providing a place to stay for that traveler. The purpose is to let the travelers experience more and also to allow businesses to get services done by providing accommodation.

Topics
Hotels and stays, Recruiting, Travel
Model
SaaS
Location
London · United Kingdom
gigrove.com ↗blog.gigrove.com ↗blog.gigrove.com/feed ↗facebook.com/gigrove ↗twitter.com/gig_rove ↗plus.google.com/+AmonsCoExchange ↗linkedin.com/company/amons-inc- ↗angel.co/gigrove ↗

In our words: Its 2015 page described GigRove as a web exchange where business hosts listed the help they needed and the accommodation they offered, and skilled travellers listed what they could do, so a startup might get programming done in return for a place to stay. Its LinkedIn and Google+ links used the name Amons.

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Sources

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  20. capterra.com
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