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The Extraordinaries offers a mobile platform for micro-volunteer opportunities, enabling individuals to contribute on-demand and on-the-spot. Its core product facilitates quick tasks, such as tagging satellite images, translating content, or capturing photos, directly via smartphones. This mobile-first approach leverages widespread connectivity to encourage broad participation in social good initiatives.
Established in 2008, The Extraordinaries originated from the insight that people desire convenient ways to support organizations even while on the go. The company was founded by individuals with significant management experience from prominent technology and social impact entities, including Kiva.org, MySpace, eBay, and Mobile Voter.
The platform attracts individuals seeking flexible volunteering and organizations requiring distributed project assistance. Operating as a for-profit company with a social mission, The Extraordinaries aims to empower a global community to advance charitable efforts through accessible and scalable digital contributions.
The Extraordinaries has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round.
The Extraordinaries has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
The Extraordinaries has raised $1.0M in total across 1 funding round.
The Extraordinaries's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, Betaworks Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Kevin Ding, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, Founder Collective, FPV Fund, Future Perfect Ventures, General Catalyst.
The Extraordinaries has raised $1.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Seed in May 2010.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2010 | $1M Seed | — | Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Benchmark, Betaworks Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Kevin Ding, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, Founder Collective, FPV Fund, Future Perfect Ventures, General Catalyst, Human Augmentation Syndicate, ICONIQ Capital, InterWest, Kapor Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Lowercarbon Capital, NFX, Sherpalo Ventures, Sound Ventures, SV Angel, The HIT Forge, Tugboat Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Vertex Ventures, Y Combinator, Brian Sugar, Chris YEH, Joshua Schachter, Mark Goines, Nils Johnson, SAM Altman | Announced |
The premise of your query is incorrect. The Extraordinaries is not a technology company—it refers to two distinct entities, neither of which is a tech firm in the traditional sense.
The Extraordinaries has two primary meanings based on the search results:
1. A crowdsourcing smartphone application: The Extraordinaries is crowdsourcing software that allows volunteers to perform small tasks on their smartphones in just a few minutes[1]. This is a mobile app platform, not a technology company in the investment or corporate sense.
2. A young adult novel: "The Extraordinaries" is a queer coming-of-age novel by T.J. Klune, published by Tor Teen[4]. It's set in the fictional Nova City and follows Nick Bell, a fanfiction writer obsessed with superheroes called Extraordinaries[3]. The book was acquired in a six-figure publishing deal[4].
Neither of these represents a technology company suitable for the investment analysis framework you've outlined. If you're researching a specific technology company or investment firm, please clarify the correct name, and I'll be happy to provide the detailed analysis you're looking for.
