Ville Miettinen, Harri Holopainen, Otto Chrons, Panu Wilska
Headquarters
Helsinki
,
Finland
Website
microtask.com (now used by a different company)
Microtask was a Finnish technology company founded by Ville Miettinen, Harri Holopainen, Otto Chrons and Panu Wilska in 2009[1] to create a technology platform for crowdsourcing and distributed work.[2] The company went bankrupt 2021.[3]
The company was headquartered in Helsinki, and had offices in Tampere and San Francisco.
Microtask was selected as one of the finalists of the Nordic Tech Tour 2010.[4]
^Arctic Startup: Microtask closes a super seed round from Sunstone Capital followed by angels, August 24, 2010
^New York Times: When the Assembly Line Moves Online, October 31, 2010
^[1], Feb 16, 2023
^Arctic Startup: Nordic Tech Tour Kicked Off Presenting The Top Firms In The Region, June 16, 2010
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