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, Israel.
The company's platform can monitor and filter online comments sections. It is able to identify anonymous users by using artificial intelligence to analyze their use of language, and by other means including their IP address and web browser cookies.[2] In 2016, the company published trends in online comments relating to the 2016 United States presidential election, and co-founder Nadav Shoval suggested his company had more reliable information than polls, but refused to disclose whether it collects demographic or geographic information.[3]
History
The company was founded in 2012 as Spot.IM by Israeli software architects Nadav Shoval and Ishay Green.[4] Roee Goldberg joined as Co-Founder and COO in 2014.[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, 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]
In 2022, after its Series-E funding round, the company acquired Hive Media Group for a mix of cash and stock with a total value of $60M. [12]
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.
- ^ Zeff, Michael (28 December 2016). "Tel Aviv start-up helps websites tone down hateful comments". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Newman, Marissa (27 November 2016). "Israeli pollsters: Our off-mark 2015 surveys were 'entirely different' to US election fiasco". Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "OpenWeb Makes Strategic Acquisition of Hive Media Group, Providing More Value to Premium Publishers". PR Newswire. 2022-01-19.