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http://www.cleverbridge.com/Last activity: 01.04.2025
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cleverbridge provides flexible ecommerce solutions for monetizing digital goods, online services and SaaS. Our cloud-based ecommerce platform simplifies recurring billing, optimizes the customer experience and offers comprehensive global payment capabilities. Leveraging cleverbridge expertise, technology and services, clients effectively increase customer acquisition and retention while rapidly expanding into international markets for revenue growth. cleverbridge is headquartered in Cologne, Germany with offices in Chicago, San Francisco and Tokyo.
cleverbridge was named a finalist for 2017 European IT and Software Excellence Awards’ Enterprise Solution of the Year and SME Solution of the Year and 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards’ Best Subscription Management Solution. cleverbridge was also named in the "Accel EuroScape”, a list of the top 100 most promising SaaS companies in Europe and Israel, and identified as a “High Performer” in the G2 Crowd Grid for Ecommerce Platforms.
As a global employer, cleverbridge has been named a finalist for 2017 Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards’ Best Place to Work in Digital – Large Organizations. The company was named No. 20 on the 2016 Top German IT Employers list; National Champion representing Germany in the 2014/15 European Business Awards’ Employer of the Year Award category; and an Owler 2016 HOT in Cologne Award Winner, as one of the most popular, top trending companies in Cologne. cleverbridge’s Chicago office was also named to Chicago Business Journal's Best Places to Work Awards, Chicago Inno’s 2017 Coolest Companies, Crain’s Chicago Business’ Coolest Offices and Brill Street’s Top 50 Employers for Gen Y Emerging Talent in Chicago.
cleverbridge was named a finalist for 2017 European IT and Software Excellence Awards’ Enterprise Solution of the Year and SME Solution of the Year and 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards’ Best Subscription Management Solution. cleverbridge was also named in the "Accel EuroScape”, a list of the top 100 most promising SaaS companies in Europe and Israel, and identified as a “High Performer” in the G2 Crowd Grid for Ecommerce Platforms.
As a global employer, cleverbridge has been named a finalist for 2017 Computing Digital Technology Leaders Awards’ Best Place to Work in Digital – Large Organizations. The company was named No. 20 on the 2016 Top German IT Employers list; National Champion representing Germany in the 2014/15 European Business Awards’ Employer of the Year Award category; and an Owler 2016 HOT in Cologne Award Winner, as one of the most popular, top trending companies in Cologne. cleverbridge’s Chicago office was also named to Chicago Business Journal's Best Places to Work Awards, Chicago Inno’s 2017 Coolest Companies, Crain’s Chicago Business’ Coolest Offices and Brill Street’s Top 50 Employers for Gen Y Emerging Talent in Chicago.
Overview
Location
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Cologne
Employees
201-500
Founded date
2005
Mentions in press and media 9
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| Jun 1, 2023 | Startup Showcase: cleverbridge – Monetizing the Digital World | Welcome to this startup showcase, where we delve into cleverbridge, a leading provider of e-commerce and subscription management solutions. With a focus on monetizing software, SaaS, and digital goods, cleverbridge empowers businesses to op... |
| Mar 23, 2020 | Chicago Startups That Are Hiring Right Now | To build off a great Twitter thread from Josh Inglis at Chicago startup PR and content marketing firm Propllr, we're compiling a list of Chicago startups that have confirmed they are currently hiring. As the ongoing coronavirus crisis begin... |
| Dec 9, 2016 | Announcing the 2016 50 on Fire Winners | This year, Chicago Inno published more than 1,300 stories, wrote over 260 newsletters (The Beat!), hosted 12+ events, attended many more, and carried countless conversations. All focused on one thing - Chicago innovation. And through all of... |
| Feb 3, 2016 | Learn When to Raise Venture Capital or Bootstrap | Join Hyde Park Angels at 1871 on Thursday, March 3 from 6:00 pm — 8:00 pm to learn from the seasoned entrepreneurs and investors behind Chicago’s biggest startups, including SkinnyPop, dough, cleverbridge, Geofeedia, and others. Hear how th... |
| Dec 2, 2015 | Announcing This Year's 50 on Fire Winners | Tonight, we unveiled the 50 on Fire, a collection of companies, CEOs, startups, and entrepreneurs that are driving the city's innovation economy forward. From Avant, one of Chicago's four Unicorns, to Todd Connor, Executive Director of the ... |
| Nov 4, 2013 | Top 6 challenges with a subscription model | Craig Vodnik is the co-founder and vice president of operations at Cleverbridge. Gone are the days of simple one-time transactions with customers as the subscription business model goes mainstream with companies like Dropbox, Netflix, Adobe... |
| Apr 5, 2011 | TechCrunch Europe and The Telegraph release the Startup100 | TechCrunch Europe occasionally partners with other media outlets in Europe in order to support the European ecosystem. Last December we agreed to link up with the London Telegraph newspaper, which planned to put some time and resources into... |
| A Guide to Co-founder Fit | FundersClub reviews thousands of technology startups every year, and as a VC, has backed a global portfolio of top startup founders. Our insights come from our network of top startup founders and startup investors, and from our own experien... |
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FAQ about cleverbridge
When was cleverbridge founded?
cleverbridge was founded in 2005.
What has the press written about cleverbridge?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning cleverbridge, among them “Startup Showcase: cleverbridge – Monetizing the Digital World” (Jun 1, 2023) and “Chicago Startups That Are Hiring Right Now” (Mar 23, 2020).
Is cleverbridge still active?
Yes, cleverbridge is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 1, 2025.