Mila, a Zurich-based, crowd-services platform, offers users peer-to-peer tech-support services.
The platform distributes people into Mila Friends - tech enthusiasts who want to earn money for helping people understand or set up technology; Mila Pros - professionals looking to make extra money outside of their work; or Mila Pro Dispatchers - business owners using Mila to find more customers.
Mila vets their Mila Friends to ensure their knowledge base. They put their professional service providers, their Mila Pros, through a similar vetting process.
Mila was built in 2013 by Chris Viatte as a spin-off of Coresystems, a field-services provider which specializes in mobile platforms. Payments are handled through PayPal. Chris Viatte, speaking on Mila, said:
Everyone should be able to benefit from technological progress. Mila enables people to find an expert partner in their neighborhood on demand.
Funding
Seed Round
In March of 2015, Mila raised $3.2 million. Investors included Peter Zencke and Adrian Bult.
Mila acquired
In 2015, Swisscom acquired the majority stake in Mila Inc. Chris Viatte, before starting Mila, worked for Swisscom.
Timeline
Mila raises a $3,220,000 seed round.
Funding rounds
People
Inna Mo
Employee
Company
Zürich
Creathor Ventures