Superside (company)
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| Type of business | Private company |
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| Available in | English |
| Founded | August 2015 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Key people | Fredrik Thomassen (CEO) |
| Industry | Internet Design Services Creative Production |
| URL | www.superside.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Current status | Active |
Superside, formerly Konsus, is a subscription design service that provides design at scale for enterprises and scale-ups.
Background
[edit]Konsus was founded by Fredrik Thomassen and Sondre Rasch in August 2015, and got accepted into Y Combinator startup incubator in January 2016. The company is based in Oslo and Palo Alto, but hires low-cost talent internationally.[1][2]
In August 2016, Konsus raised $1.5M funding led by Sam Altman and Slack Fund.[3] An additional $3.8 million was raised in 2019.[4] The company also announced a change of name from Konsus to Superside. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ Pofeldt, Elaine. "Will This Startup Take the Fear Out Of Freelancing?". Forbes. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Reback, Gedalyah (30 November 2016). "This Norwegian startup thinks it has the recipe to get companies the best freelancers". Geektime. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ Zakrzewski, Cat (9 August 2016). "Y Combinator-backed Konsus Raises $1.5M". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Newly renamed Superside raises $3.5M for its outsourced design platform". TechCrunch. September 5, 2019.
- ^ Fredrik Thomassen (September 2, 2019). "Konsus is now Superside. Here's why".