OpenWeb
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Privately held company |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Nadav Shoval Roee Goldberg Ishay Green |
| Key people | Nadav Shoval (CEO) Roee Goldberg (COO) |
| Industry | Internet |
| URL | openweb |
| Launched | 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
OpenWeb is a social engagement platform that builds online communities around digital content.[1] OpenWeb 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 as Spot.IM by Israeli software architects Nadav Shoval and Ishay Green.[2] Roee Goldberg joined as Co-Founder and COO in 2014.[3]
In 2016, Spot.IM raised $13 million from Index Ventures and AltarR Capital, along with other notable technology investors, in a Series A round.[4]
In 2017, co-founder and CEO, Nadav Shoval, was inducted into the second annual Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list.[5] In addition, the company finalized its Series C investment round of $25M, led by New York City-based fund - Insight Partners, alongside Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Altair VC and Norma Investments.[6][7]
In 2019, Spot.IM raised $25 million in Series D funding.[8] The new funding was led by previous investor Insight Partners along with Norma Investments, AltaIR Capital, Cerca and WGI Group.[8]
In 2020, the company was renamed OpenWeb.[9]
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". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ Krawitz, Alan (24 October 2014). "Israeli Tech Start-up Spot.IM Enables Publishers To Turn Visitors Into a Community". Mediabistro. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ^ "Who we are". OpenWeb. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Spot.IM grabs $13 million to solve your website's most pressing engagement problem". VentureBeat. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- ^ "Spot.IM Closes $25 Million Series C Led by Insight Venture Partners". MarketWatch. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
- ^ "Spot.IM raises $25 million for a better comments section". TechCrunch.
- ^ a b "Spot.IM raises $25M to help publishers engage with readers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
- ^ "Spot.IM is Now OpenWeb". PR Newswire. 2020-06-24.