Konsus is a Norwegian startup that outsources on-demand freelancers for office-related tasks.

Companies request an office task like graphic design, data entry, or lead generation to be done and they instantly assign a freelancer (based on skill and availability) to do it for them.

^[7]Customers are invoiced only when satisfied.

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Fredrik Thomassen, Sondre Rasch, and Jing Kjeldsen co-founded Konsus in July 2015.

^[6]It is based in Oslo, Nowary and Palo Alto, California.

Company Success

In March 2016, a Konsus representative said it has grown 10 percent weekly since its launch, has $55,000 in revenue with a 40 percent gross margin.

and claimed two out of every three customers come back for more work.

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On July 19, 2016, Konsus partnered with Slack, an instant messaging app for co-workers to chat and share files with each other.

Konsus's project managers and customers use it to discuss projects and assign tasks to freelancers.

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Funding

Their first major investment was from Y Combinator in November 2015; they received $120,000.

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One year later, Konsus participated in YC's winter batch and raised $1.5 million.

Geoff Ralston, Paul Buchheit, Liquid2 Ventures, Acequia Capital, Elizabeth Iorns and Axan Invest all participated in the round.