Our story
Built for freelancers who got ghosted.
And couldn't find a single Indian tool built to prevent it.
The origin story
Why Pakkawork exists
Across India, freelancers close deals on WhatsApp every day — a price, a timeline, a "done, pakka" — and start working with no contract and no protection. When a client ghosts after delivery, the freelancer is left with nothing but chat screenshots.
The tools that exist to fix this are almost all American. They charge in dollars, use US legal templates, and none of them start from a WhatsApp conversation — because that's not how those markets work. But that's exactly how India works.
Pakkawork is built for that reality: upload your chat screenshots, get a proper India-jurisdiction contract in minutes, have your client acknowledge it with a simple OTP, track every milestone, and — if it comes to it — generate a legal-ready evidence pack with one click.
"A timestamped contract, documented reminders, and a legal-ready evidence pack — instead of zero — changes the conversation with a non-paying client completely."
Founder
Pakkawork
📍 Hyderabad, India
"Building what Indian freelancers needed all along."
Founder identity will be revealed after first stage of funding.
admin@pakkawork.comOur mission
To build the trust infrastructure for India's gig economy. Every freelancer deserves a vakeel — an advocate who fights for them. Pakkawork is that vakeel.
Honest over polished
We say exactly what the product does. No fluff. If a stat isn't verified, we don't print it.
Indian by design
Built from scratch for WhatsApp deals, UPI payments, and Indian law — not a Western product translated.
Protection over profit
Our first metric is: did a freelancer get paid? Not whether they upgraded to Pro.
The problem is bigger than one freelancer.
Indian freelancers today
have gone unpaid at least once
typical loss per ghosted project (community reports)
Sources: freelancer population from NASSCOM / industry estimates; unpaid-rate figure from Razorpay research; loss range from public community reports. Figures are approximate and presented for informational purposes.