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PrivateNon profitInternetLouisville, United States
The Extraordinaries
The Extraordinaries is a non-profit organization delivering micro-volunteer opportunities to its users' mobile phones.
- Founded
- 2009 17 years ago
- Staff
- 1-10 band, as listed
- Followers
- 42 on LinkedIn
- Funding
- $1.1M as listed, USD
The Extraordinaries delivers micro-volunteer opportunities to mobile phones that can be done on-demand and on-the-spot, allowing people to engage and support their favorite organizations while on the go (tag satellite images, translate websites, take photos, etc.). The Extraordinaries has won several awards including a Knight Foundation Grant and an Echoing Green Fellowship, has been featured in NPR and the Washington Post, and is led by folks with management experience at Kiva.org, MySpace, eBay, and Mobile… Read all
The Extraordinaries delivers micro-volunteer opportunities to mobile phones that can be done on-demand and on-the-spot, allowing people to engage and support their favorite organizations while on the go (tag satellite images, translate websites, take photos, etc.). The Extraordinaries has won several awards including a Knight Foundation Grant and an Echoing Green Fellowship, has been featured in NPR and the Washington Post, and is led by folks with management experience at Kiva.org, MySpace, eBay, and Mobile Voter. We are a for-profit company with a social mission. To download the beta application, visit: http://www.theextraordinaries.org/download.html
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Size
1-10 people: larger than 0% of companies with a size listed
Age
17 years old.
Reach
No web traffic ranking listed. 42 followers on LinkedIn.
What it does
AppsInternetiOSMobileSocial MediaMicro-volunteering platform (aka crowdsourcing for social value)
Funding, as listed
$1.1M raised in total
- Rounds1
- LatestSeed, May 2010
- Latest amountUSD 1,100,000
- Investors7
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Every detail we hold
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The company
- Name
- The Extraordinaries
- Type
- Non profit
- Status
- Private
- Founded
- 2009
- Founders
- Ben Rigby, Jacob Colker
- Industry
- Internet
- Categories
- Apps, Internet, iOS, Mobile, Social Media
- Specialities
- Micro-volunteering platform (aka crowdsourcing for social value)
Where
- City
- Louisville
- Country
- United States
- Markets
- San Francisco Bay Area, West Coast, Western US
Size and reach
- Staff band
- 1-10
- LinkedIn followers
- 42
Funding, as listed
- Total
- $1,100,000 USD
- Rounds
- 1
- Latest round
- Seed
- Latest round date
- May 2010
- Latest amount
- 1,100,000 USD
- Investors
- 7
- Listing status
- private
About this record
- Sources
- Crunchbase, LinkedIn
- Last imported
- Sept 2026
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