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CloudFactory Opens Global Headquarters in U.K., Appoints New CTO to Lead Tech Innovation - June 12, 2018
CloudFactory Announces $7.3M Series B - May 24, 2017
Startups and Fast-Growing Business Now Have Scalable Way to Automate and Outsource Work - April 19, 2016
CloudFactory Introduces Flexible Service and Pricing Model for SpeakerText Transcription Service - Aug. 13, 2015
CloudFactory Receives $2 Million Investment from The Rockefeller Foundation to Tap Skilled Kenya Workforce - Feb. 13, 2015
CloudFactory Raises $3 Million To Build Human-Powered Services into Software Platforms - Oct. 10, 2014
CloudFactory Honored for Leadership in Impact Sourcing - Oct. 30, 2013
CloudFactory Acquires Key Crowdsourcing Competitor and Launches Next Generation Platform - Feb. 27, 2013
CloudFactory announces plans for 5,000 new computer jobs in Nepal this year - Feb. 14, 2013
CloudFactory Raises Growth Capital To Create Jobs for 1 Million People - Sept. 26, 2012
CloudFactory launches at Techcrunch Disrupt SF: a third world startup fighting poverty by connecting businesses to Cloud Labor - Sept. 12, 2012

MEDIA Coverage

SET - Harnessing the power of digital technology in Nepal: CloudFactory - May 4, 2018
Nepali Times - A factory in the clouds - Aug. 18, 2017
ExitEvent - CloudFactory: A Growing Case Study in the Triple Bottom Line - June 19, 2017
Mixergy - The company behind Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret - Feb. 27, 2017
Fortune - 5 Tech Startups to Watch in Durham, N.C. - March 13, 2016
The Wall Street Journal - CloudFactory Raises $2M to Continue Spreading Tech Skills in Nepal, Kenya - Feb. 13, 2015
Triangle Business Journal - Bandwidth's Kaestner part of $3M funder by Nepal outfit with Durham ties - Oct. 10, 2014
Exit Event - $3M VC Deal Gets CloudFactory Closer to 1 Million "Cloudworker" Mission - Oct. 10, 2014
Global Sourcing Council - The Business Case for Impact Sourcing - June 24, 2014
IAOP - Pulse Magazine - Outsourcing is changing the world through impact sourcing - May 14, 2014
The Rockefeller Foundation - The Financial and Social Value of Impact Sourcing - Feb. 21, 2014
Global Sourcing Council - An Interview with CloudFactory, Winner of the 3S Award in Community Engagement - Nov. 15, 2013
World Bank - Connecting to Work: How ICTs Are Expanding Job Opportunities Worldwide - Sept. 10, 2013
Huffington Post - Can You Use Facebook? You've Got A Job In Kathmandu, Nepal, On The New CloudFactory Started By A Digital Entrepreneur - March 5, 2013
TechCrunch - CloudFactory Launches CloudFactory 2.0 Platform After Acquiring SpeakerText and Humanoid - March 3, 2013
NepaliTimes - Crowdsourcing in the cloud - Feb. 22, 2013
KhabarSouthAsia - CloudFactory aspires to create a million jobs - Nov. 29, 2012
GigaOm - Sector RoadMap: crowd labor platforms in 2012 - Nov. 4, 2012
Reuters - Global army of online freelancers remakes outsourcing industry - Oct. 10, 2012
CNBC - Tasksumers Get a Tiny Job, Earn a Tiny Payment. Repeat. - Oct. 10, 2012
YourStory - CloudFactory - Introducing 'Grameen Bank Approaches' To Outsourcing - Oct. 7, 2012
Creators - CloudFactory and the Global eWorker Revolution by Chris Durst and Michael Haaren on Creators - Oct. 4, 2012
TechInAsia - Nepal Startup CloudFactory Raises $700,000 Round of Funding - Sept. 27, 2012
TechHustlers - The Story Behind Mark Sears Cloud Labor Assembly Line, CloudFactory - Aug. 22, 2012
TheBackUpList - Get BIG with CloudFactory - July 17, 2012
TrendHunter - Socially Empowering Digital Apps - CloudFactory Provides Jobs Through an Online Work Force - June 26, 2012
Springwise - Online platform enables outsourcing of digital work and creates jobs in developing countries - June 13, 2012
PSFK - How Cloudsourcing Will Change The Future Of Work - June 2, 2012
TechBlorge - $2 an hour workers join virtual production line - April 19, 2012
The Next Web - CloudFactory - Online Work for One Million People - April 17, 2012
TechInAsia - CloudFactory, From the Heights of Nepal, Can Put 1 Million Cloud Workers Into Business - March 22, 2012
Forbes - How Crowdsourcing Is Tackling Poverty In The Developing World - March 21, 2012
Crowdsourcing - How Cloud Factory Creates Digital Assembly Lines - Dec. 16, 2011
Crowdsourcing - CloudFactory, a Cloud Labor platform for creating work opportunities for people in developing nations - Sept. 16, 2011
Crowdsortium - A new member : CloudFactory - Aug. 26, 2011

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3000+ cloud workers
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, with offices in Nepal, Kenya, and the United States
Launched at Techcrunch Disrupt 2011 in San Francisco
Founded by Mark Sears in Kathmandu, Nepal in 2008 to create meaningful work for people in developing nations
Processes 1 million+ tasks per day

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