crowdsourcing

At its peak, Mechanical Turk had more than 500,000 workers.

Since 2011, Sribu has helped more than 15,000 small businesses and corporations, including Telkomsel, Pertamina, and Baidu.

GigaGigs is a mobile crowdsourcing platform that captures offline data in a scalable way by incentivizing the public to complete micro tasks via their smartphones in exchange for cash rewards.

Singapore’s IMDA matches big business with small startups to fix large-scale problems.

Singapore-based Funding Societies is one of a crop of “crowdlending” startups targeting SME borrowers, seeking to replicate the model’s China success.

Japan’s funded startups this week work on: social media, video production, English education, beauty, business referrals, and fashion accessories.

Last week’s funded startups in Japan: an online job forum, code crowdsourcing for apps, blockchain and IoT, and a recruiting app for construction projects.

Last week’s funded firms in Japan provide: matching services for construction, odd jobs, and M&A, mobile video, logistics, and medical technology.

Husband and wife Hai Ho and Ha Lam had to sell their house to bet on their travel startup Triip. Now, China’s Gobi Partners bets on them.

Southeast Asian artists are making a killing with the startup as Japanese businesses embrace crowdsourced design work.