Tim Fung
Founder & CEO, Airtasker
“Australia is an awesome pilot market for these kinds of build local, but then go and build it again overseas type models.” Hear the conversation
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Airtasker
4 conversations across 2 shows.
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Latest conversation · Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem
The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 1About Airtasker
Airtasker is an online marketplace where people and businesses post tasks, from cleaning and removals to handyman jobs and office admin, and hire local workers, called Taskers, to complete them. Payment is held until the job is done, and Airtasker provides liability insurance for Taskers on most task types. Tim Fung, the chief executive, and Jonathan Lui founded the company in Sydney in 2012. It is listed on the ASX and also operates in the UK and US.
- Sector
- Online marketplace for outsourcing everyday tasks
- Business model
- Marketplace
- Founded
- 2012
- Founders
- Tim Fung, Jonathan Lui
- Headquarters
- Sydney
- Markets
- Australia, UK, Ireland, Singapore, US, NZ
- Team size
- 175 employees (2018)
- Total raised
- A$65M (cumulative to 2017)
- Status
- ASX-listed (ASX: ART)
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
The people on Day One.
Hear from the team.
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 1
With Tim Fung
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5
With Tim Fung
Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 6
With Tim Fung
The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series Tim Fung explains why Australia is a great market to test startup ideas
With Tim Fung
Milestones.
- Founded by Tim Fung and Jonathan Luien.wikipedia.org
- Raised A$6.5M Series A led by Morning Crest, NRMAen.wikipedia.org
- Raised A$22M Series B led by Seven West Mediaen.wikipedia.org
- Raised A$33M to expand into the UKen.wikipedia.org
- Listed on ASX under ticker ARTen.wikipedia.org
In conversation.
Moments from other conversations on the network where Airtasker comes up.
“Like, I think that marketplaces was so new, like, I don't think Airtasker had launched yet. Was a very, very early time thinking about using open-source marketplaces.”
“probably the standout successes of that time would be companies like Airtasker, which was founded in 2011.”
On The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series
Lauren Capelin and the importance of nurturing diversity · 5:56“at the time, like, Canva wasn't really a thing. Airtasker hadn't gotten big yet. There was really a handful of them.”
“We had made a small investment in Airtasker and they had a lot of inquiry about filling up the space from other like-minded individuals who were trying to get their own gig started.”
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