OpenWeb

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.

OpenWeb
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Privately held company
Available inMultilingual
Founded2012 (2012)
HeadquartersNew York, NY,
United States
Area servedWorldwide
Founder(s)Nadav Shoval
Roee Goldberg
Ishay Green
Key peopleNadav Shoval (CEO)
Roee Goldberg (COO)
IndustryInternet
URLopenweb.com
Launched2012 (2012)
Current statusActive

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] 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.[4] The company was later acquired by Asurion.[5]

In 2016, Spot.IM raised $13 million from Index Ventures and AltarR Capital, along with other notable technology investors, in a Series A round.[6]

In 2017, co-founder and CEO, Nadav Shoval, was inducted into the second annual Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 list.[7] 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.[8][9]

In 2019, Spot.IM raised $25 million in Series D funding.[10] The new funding was led by previous investor Insight Partners along with Norma Investments, AltaIR Capital, Cerca and WGI Group.[10]

In 2020, the company was renamed OpenWeb.[11]

See also

References
  1. Shu, Catherine. "Spot.IM Turns Any Site Into A Social Network | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. Krawitz, Alan (24 October 2014). "Israeli Tech Start-up Spot.IM Enables Publishers To Turn Visitors Into a Community". Mediabistro. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  3. "Who we are". OpenWeb. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  4. Kabir, Omar (15 August 2013). "הסטארט-אפ החדש של מייסד סולוטו הוא רשת חברתית בשם spot.im" (in Hebrew). Calcalist. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. "Asurion snaps up Soluto for $100M+ to offset insurance risks". VentureBeat. 2013-10-30. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  6. "Spot.IM grabs $13 million to solve your website's most pressing engagement problem". VentureBeat. 2016-08-03. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  7. 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.
  8. "Spot.IM Closes $25 Million Series C Led by Insight Venture Partners". MarketWatch. 2017-11-29. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
  9. "Spot.IM raises $25 million for a better comments section". TechCrunch.
  10. "Spot.IM raises $25M to help publishers engage with readers". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  11. "Spot.IM is Now OpenWeb". PR Newswire. 2020-06-24.
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