Company:Spot.IM
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| Type of business | Private |
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Type of site | Privately held company |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Nadav Shoval Ishay Green |
| Key people | Nadav Shoval (CEO) Ishay Green (CTO) Roee Goldberg (CSO) Dan Yalovsky (COO) Robert Kulewicz (CMO) |
| Industry | Internet |
| Website | spot |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Spot.IM is a social engagement platform that builds online communities around digital content.[1] Spot.IM works with publishers to bring conversations back from social networks to publisher sites.
Headquartered in New York City , the company also has an office in Tel-Aviv Yafo, Israel.
History
The company was founded in 2012 by Nadav Shoval and Ishay Green who now serve as CEO and CTO respectively.[2] Prior to starting Spot.IM, Green founded Soluto, a device protection service that integrates a mobile app, web portal, proactive communications, and remote device management into one service.[3] The company was later acquired by Asurion.[4]
In 2016, Spot.IM raised $13 million from Index Ventures and AltarR Capital, along with other notable technology investors, in a Series A round.[5]
In 2017, co-founder and CEO, Nadav Shoval, was inducted into the second annual Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list.[6] In addition, the company finalized its Series C investment round of $25M,[7] led by the reputable New York City-based fund - Insight Venture Partners. The company has declared that the funds will be mainly used to support its global expansion, including doubling the size of its New York-based team, and for launching a new group of products to help publishers build an on-site community.
See also
- Internet forum
- List of social networking websites
- Online community
- Social networking service
- Website monetization
References
- ↑ Shu, Catherine. "Spot.IM Turns Any Site Into A Social Network | TechCrunch". https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/22/spot-im/.
- ↑ Krawitz, Alan (24 October 2014). "Israeli Tech Start-up Spot.IM Enables Publishers To Turn Visitors Into a Community". Mediabistro. http://www.mediabistro.com/10000words/israeli-tech-start-up-spot-im-enables-publishers-to-turn-visitors-into-a-community_b29060. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Kabir, Omar (15 August 2013). "הסטארט-אפ החדש של מייסד סולוטו הוא רשת חברתית בשם spot.im" (in Hebrew). Calcalist. http://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3610170,00.html. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ↑ "Asurion snaps up Soluto for $100M+ to offset insurance risks". 2013-10-30. https://venturebeat.com/2013/10/30/asurion-snaps-up-soluto-for-100m-to-offset-insurance-risks/.
- ↑ "Spot.IM grabs $13 million to solve your website’s most pressing engagement problem". 2016-08-03. https://venturebeat.com/2016/08/03/spot-im-grabs-13-million-to-solve-your-websites-most-pressing-engagement-problem/.
- ↑ Communications, Forbes Corporate. "Forbes Announces Second Annual Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 List, Highlighting the Accomplishments of 60 Game Changers from Across Israeli Society". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2017/02/20/forbes-announces-second-annual-forbes-israel-30-under-30-list-highlighting-the-accomplishments-of-60-game-changers-from-across-israeli-society/#7b1be384d318.
- ↑ "Spot.IM Closes $25 Million Series C Led by Insight Venture Partners". 2017-11-29. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/spotim-closes-25-million-series-c-led-by-insight-venture-partners-2017-11-29.
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