articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . march 2012 tribevine inc. type private company industry internet founded oulu finland finland 2008 headquarters oulu finland key people juho risku co founder in 2008 ceo riku karjalainen co founder ossi karhunen co founder mikko hopia co founder ville jurkkala co founder website www.tribevine.com tribevine is a company that collects sports and outdoor gear information using crowdsourcing into a user edited semi structured product information database . 1 2 in effect it is a wikipedia type of free open community edited product information database where users can add their own items enrich the existing items as well as rate and review them . 3 4 5 right now most of the content is climbing mountaineering ski touring and other mountain sports related . the business model of tribevine relies on crowdsourcing of market research information . 6 tribevine has been established in 2008 by juho risku and four other co founders . 1 in 2011 tribevine was selected to present at the nordic venture forum among the roughly 50 other most promising start ups from the northern europe . 7 8 contents 1 how it works 2 history 3 see also 4 references 4.1 citations 4.2 other references 5 external links how it works edit tribevine gets the initial set of data from brand owners . users can then edit this information rate and review the products as well as add new products . as a part of this refining process tribevine sees the users relation to products and activities information which is then used to match the products and the users that are interested in those products . tribevine also re packages and sells non identifiable market research data which is based on users activities in the system . 9 history edit founded in 18.12.2008 10 open beta opened in 29.3.2011 1 ifmga partnership announced in 21.2.2012 11 see also edit crowdsourcing market research references edit citations edit a b c arcticstartup anna bessonova march 2011 . tribevine to launch public beta . retrieved 2011 10 29 . oulu based company uses the internet s new business model . retrieved 2011 11 06 . hightech forum kaleva . google translate tribevine beta will be opened . retrieved 2011 11 06 . electronic mountain leader tribevine . retrieved 2011 11 06 . machiavelli g. live journal tribevine . retrieved 2011 11 06 . angellist . angellist tribevine . retrieved 2011 10 29 . e unlimited . nordic venture forum 2011 presenting companies . retrieved 2011 10 29 . kauppalehti . google translate kauppalehti new finnish start up business upswing . retrieved 2011 11 02 . tribevine.com november 2011 . about . retrieved 2011 12 02 . finnish trade register . ytj tribevine oy . retrieved 2012 03 04 . yahoo news february 2012 . ifmga and tribevine into co operation . retrieved 2012 03 04 . other references edit http www.crowdsourcing.org site tribevine wwwtribevinecom 7506 http www.mountainenthusiast.com 2011 03 introducing tribevinecom.html http translate.google.com translate sl nl & tl en & js n & prev t & hl fi & ie utf 8 & layout 2 & eotf 1 & u http % 3a % 2f % 2fwww . sport28.nl % 2fberichten % 2f20110329 tribevine nooit meer gevangen in een niche external links edit company web site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tribevine & oldid 601850162 categories companies of finlandhidden categories orphaned articles from march 2012all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 29 march 2014 at 18 52 . 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