Business
One person earned $250,000 on Airtasker last year. Now it’s listing
A familiar name on the smartphones of many younger generations will be floating on the ASX next week.
Airtasker Limited (ASX: ART) will start trading on Monday 22 March after an initial public offering of 65 cents per share. That’ll give it a market capitalisation of $255.4 million.
Airtasker allows users to post mainly domestic jobs, with “taskers” replying to complete the chore for a fee.
Like many modern tech firms, there is a founder story behind the business.
Co-founder and chief executive Tim Fung declined to speak to The Motley Fool, but he told smh.com.au that in 2011 he had to move house and asked for help from a friend who had a van.
He thought surely he wasn’t the only one in that situation.
“Why do we ask friends and…
-
Noosa News16 hours agoJazz sellout at The J
-
General15 hours agoAnne-Marie Te Whiu on new book of poetry, Mettle, and why she dedicated it to her younger self
-
General12 hours agoCommunity rallies to help woman with Li-Fraumeni syndrome afford cancer drug
-
General12 hours agoRecord forecast for Australia’s world-class agriculture