Bitbar was founded in 2009, with offices in
Cambridge, United Kingdom,
Wrocław, Poland, and
Oulu, Finland. Marko Kaasila is a founder and chief executive officer. Other founders included Sakari Rautiainen and Jouko Kaasila. Initial
seed funding came from
angel investors and Finnvera Venture Capital in December 2012. By 2013, Bitbar was reported to have offices in
San Francisco,
Helsinki and in Wrocław. An investment of US$3 million was announced in April 2013, from Creathor Ventures, DFJ Esprit, Finnvera Venture Capital, Finland's TEKES and
Qualcomm. Investors were quoted as being attracted because customers already included Google,
Facebook,
LinkedIn,
Flipboard,
Pinterest, and
eBay. In May 2014, a research by the company found out several aspects that fragment Android ecosystem for developers and users. In September 2014, company enabled free access to
Intel Atom based Android devices for mobile application and game testers. ==Products==