states area served worldwide founder s jason kiesel employees 18 website citysourced.com available in english native client s on ios android blackberry windows windows phone citysourced is an app compatible with any ios devices including iphone and ipad android devices blackberry devices windows phone devices and windows computers . contents 1 history 2 usage 3 custom app 4 api 5 awards 6 references 7 external links history edit in 2006 jason kiesel formed freedomspeaks.com a social network that aids people write to publicly elected officials . in the summer of 2009 freedomspeaks.com created the original citysourced mobile application which was launched in september 2009 at the 2009 techcrunch50 . 1 during the q & a process kevin rose stated of the application i d like a stream for my neighborhood of things that need to take action on . 2 in march 2013 the company launched zenfunder a civic crowdfunding platform for municipal governments and schools systems to raise additional funds for specific projects . zenfunder provides a free version that charges 7 % plus 3 % payment processing from contributions and a premium version that charges 5 % plus 3 % payment processing along with an annual fee . 3 as of 2014 the application covers 40 million users and has been deployed and contracted directly with governments in 7 countries including united states canada australia panama united kingdom united arab emirates and bermuda . usage edit a user captures either a photo video or audio of public works problem . the user then uploads the media and along with location information pulled directly from the device submits a report . reports may be classified as based on the type of report submitted . the list of active report types is customized to meet the needs of the local municipality . the required follow up action is typically based on the report type . once a report is submitted feedback is provided to the user based on the action taken by municipality . custom app edit participating cities may choose to create a custom branded application which is built on top of the citysourced framework . the city chooses the user interface images the report types available and the proper routing of work flow . api edit citysourced has created an api to allow municipalities the opportunity to pull submitted reports directly into a crm management system or an assets management system . this option allows the team responsible for responding to new reports to completely bypass citysourced s console . awards edit at techcrunch50 citysourced was named of as one of three runners up also known as a techcrunch finalists 4 references edit mccarthy caroline sep 15 2009 . citizen complaint app finally fires up techcrunch50 . cnet . retrieved oct 10 2011 . rao leena . tc50 citysourced lets you report pot holes and graffiti on the go . september 15 2009 . techcrunch . retrieved october 10 2011 . citysourced website zenfunder techcrunch50 winners . techcrunch . sep 15 2011 . retrieved oct 10 2011 . external links edit official website official blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title citysourced & oldid 743511994 categories mobile social softwaregeosocial networkingcompanies based in los angelesios softwareandroid operating system softwareblackberry softwarewindows mobile softwarewindows phone software navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view