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CrowdFlower

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CrowdFlower provides Labor as a Service (LaaS) for any company that has ever needed a large, diverse pool of on-demand workers that can provide immediate, high-quality work results. With cost conscious access to the world’s largest pool of workers, the company allows customers to eliminate the major lead time and massive overhead associated with hiring or outsourcing by bringing quality control and efficiency to the cloud.

CrowdFlower is a suite of web services:

• CrowdFlower WebApp: A self-serve version, instant gratification for shorter term needs.
• CrowdFlower Content Moderation (CrowdSifter): A fully-featured interface for image moderation tasks – social networks, UGC and content portals.
• CrowdFlower Custom Solutions: An end-to-end solution with a Program Manager advising on all stages: scope creation, trial projects, production and results reporting/analytics.

Milestones

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• Received in Angel funding. (3/09)
  Posted 9/12/09 at 11:00am
• Received $1.2M in Unattributed funding. (2009)
  Posted 10/12/09 at 7:24am
• Aydin Senkut, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Steven Bennett, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Josh Felser, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• David Samuel, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Steven Humphreys, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Manu Kumar, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Marcus Ogawa, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Chris Van Pelt, CTO / Founder added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 11:30am
• Auren Hoffman, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Dave McClure, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Alex Edelstein, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Lorenzo Thione, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Gary Kremen, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Barney Pell, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 10:57am
• Travis Kalanick, Investor / Advisor added.
  Posted 1/2/09 at 10:47pm
• Lukas Biewald, CEO / Founder added.
  Posted 9/12/09 at 11:30am
• Steve Bennet, Investor/Advisor added.
  Posted 9/15/09 at 8:41am

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Products

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CrowdFlower Custom Solution

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CrowdFlower WebApp

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CrowdSifter

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