Airtasker [SEP] inception
Airtasker
Airtasker is a Sydney-based Australian company which provides an online and mobile marketplace enabling users to outsource everyday tasks. Users describe the task and indicate a budget, community members then bid to complete the task.
Airtasker was founded in 2012 by Australian entrepreneurs Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui and has raised AUD $3.5 million to date.
History.
Co-founders Tim Fung and Jonathan Lui devised the Airtasker concept in 2011, when they relocated apartments and realised that many of the related tasks could be outsourced
by Shanghai-based Morning Crest Capital and the NRMA. Airtasker claimed to have 250,000 users and to process $15 million worth of tasks a year.
In June 2016, Airtasker raised $22 million in a series B investment led by Seven West Media for a 15% stake.. Airtasker claimed to have 600,000 community members and more than $40m annual transaction volume.
In October 2017, Airtasker raised $33 million to enable the company to expand to Britain.
In June 2018, there were about 2,000,000