| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.09.2024 | The Financial Landscape Shifts: New Leadership and Strategic Acquisitions | In the fast-paced world of technology and finance, change is the only constant. Recent developments highlight this truth, showcasing how companies are positioning themselves for growth and sustainability. Two significant events have emerged... |
| 06.09.2024 | WP Engine Appoints Samuel Monti as its Chief Financial Officer | WP Engine, a global web enablement company providing premium products and solutions for websites built on WordPress, today announced the hiring of a new Chief Financial Officer, Samuel (“Sam”) Monti. In his new role, Monti is responsible fo... |
| 05.09.2018 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, September 5 | 5 Qs WITH A DEALMAKER
A venture firm called Hypothesis Ventures has formed to take advantage of a new $6 trillion opportunity — and that opportunity is found outside Silicon Valley.
Paid Content Securing the enterprise without boundaries Fr... |
| 05.09.2018 | Real Estate Software Developer Avid Ratings Snags $6M to Fuel Growth | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Avid Ratings, a Madison WI-based real estate software company that has been operating since 1992 but is now seeking to fuel its growth with cash from venture capital investors... |
| 20.06.2018 | Crimson Hexagon’s AI consumer insights platform powers GM’s customer care | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
For General Motors, which sells about 10 million cars a year in dozens of countries, keeping a finger on the digital discourse isn’t al... |
| 20.06.2018 | Crimson Hexagon’s AI consumer insights platform powers GM’s customer care | For General Motors, which sells about 10 million cars a year in dozens of countries, keeping a finger on the digital discourse isn’t always easy. The challenge is how to reach a global community of car owners across countless social media c... |
| 04.05.2018 | Under New Leaders, Name, PegEx Raises $8M for Waste Removal Software | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In recent decades, everything from business cards to monthly bills and bank statements to medical charts detailing patients’ health histories have gone paperless.
But one indu... |
| 04.02.2018 | AI could make trolls think twice before retweeting offensive content | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
While hate speech in the U.S. dates back to the c... |
| 13.02.2017 | Spredfast Lays Off 47 Employees and Closes its Wisconsin Office | In a reorganization and move to cut costs, Spredfast recently notified the state of Wisconsin of its plans to close its Madison office and layoff 47 employees. |
| 09.02.2017 | Spredfast Says It Will Close Its Madison Office, Eliminating 47 Jobs | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
In August 2015, Spredfast, an Austin, TX-based developer of social media management software, acquired Madison, WI-based Shoutlet for an undisclosed sum. In a message announci... |
| 01.11.2016 | Twitter Improves the Use of Direct Messages as CRM | Twitter announced today new features that help companies use the Direct Messages aspect of their platform to improve communications with customers. They have enabled companies to build in Quick Replies and Welcome Messages via Direct Messag... |
| 05.10.2016 | Why Twitter’s NFL numbers don’t matter yet | Last month millions watched as Twitter made its biggest move into live events yet: livestreaming the NFL’s week two and week three Thursday night football games in HD, right from its own platform. Amid swirling rumors of a potential acquisi... |
| 05.10.2016 | Why Twitter’s NFL numbers don’t matter yet | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Last month millions watched as Twitter made its b... |
| 15.09.2016 | Neglecting social media almost killed our startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
If you don’t see the value of social media in you... |
| 01.06.2016 | Eyeing Further Growth, Social Marketer Spredfast Nabs Another $50M | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Austin—Social media marketing software company Spredfast has raised $50 million, bringing its total funding raised to $116 million.
Riverwood Capital, a private equity firm ba... |
| 01.06.2016 | Spredfast Raises $50 Million to Fuel Growth of its Social Media Marketing Platform | |
| 01.06.2016 | Spredfast raises $50 million to bring social marketing to more enterprise apps | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Spredfast today announced that it has raised $50 ... |
| 01.06.2016 | Social Marketing Software Provider Spredfast Raises $50M in Equity Funding | Spredfast, an Austin, TX-based social marketing software provider, raised $50m in growth equity funding.
The round was led by new investor Riverwood Capital, with participation from previous investors Austin Ventures, Interwest Partners, Op... |
| 01.06.2016 | Spredfast Raises $50 Million | Spredfast, the leading independent social marketing software provider, today announced a $50 million growth equity round led by new investor, Riverwood Capital, and joined by previous investors Austin Ventures, Interwest Partners, OpenView ... |
| 24.08.2015 | Spredfast Acquires Shoutlet | Spredfast, an Austin, TX-based social software platform, acquired Shoutlet, a Madison, Wisconsin-based social data integration platform.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
With the acquisition, Spredfast adds a social campaign builde... |
| 22.08.2015 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/22/15 | Zulily was bought by LIberty Interactive; FanDuel purchased numberFire; Spredfast acquired Shoutlet
E-commerce company Zulily, which went public less than two years ago is already coming off the market as it has entered into a definitive ag... |
| 19.08.2015 | Spredfast Acquires Shoutlet For A Social Marketing Team-Up | Spredfast has acquired another social marketing company, Shoutlet.
While the two companies are in the same industry, Spredfast CEO Rod Favaron (pictured above) said that when he looks at their products, he sees “a lot more complements than ... |
| 19.08.2015 | Spreadfast Buys Shoutlet | Spredfast, an Austin-based social media software startup, Wednesday announced its purchase of Shoutlet, a Wisconsin based competitor. |
| 19.08.2015 | Spredfast acquires Shoutlet, merging two social media management platforms | Spredfast is announcing today that it is buying fellow social media management platform Shoutlet.
Spredfast was founded in 2008 and has raised a total of $88 million to date. Shoutlet was founded in 2010 and has raised approximately $30 mil... |
| 19.08.2015 | Spredfast acquires Shoutlet, merging two social media management platforms | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Spredfast is announcing today that it is buying f... |
| 27.07.2015 | BehaviorMatrix wants to understand the fear, happiness, or anger behind your choices | Like our faces, our words can reveal what we feel. Today, Pennsylvania-based BehaviorMatrix is launching the next-generation of its platform to better understand the emotions behind our communications and decisions.
The company said this ne... |
| 27.07.2015 | BehaviorMatrix wants to understand the fear, happiness, or anger behind your choices | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Like our faces, our words can reveal what we feel... |
| 08.04.2015 | Social marketing platform Spredfast enhances its Intelligence | Spredfast is boosting its intelligence.
Or, rather, its Intelligence.
That’s the newly shortened name of the social marketing platform‘s previous Spark/Intelligence social search tool, being relaunched today with new abilities to see the pa... |
| 08.04.2015 | Social marketing platform Spredfast enhances its Intelligence | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Spredfast is boosting its intelligence.
Or, rathe... |
| 13.03.2015 | Nine Tech Startups to Meet at SXSW | |
| 06.03.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 3/6/15
Retrieve Voicemail Online or By Phone | Nextdoor, YouMail, RockYou, Tempered Networks, Culture Amp, Vanhawks, Alation, Farfetch, WorldStores
Seed stage
Smartbike startup Vanhawks raised $1.6 million from Real Ventures, Simon Whitfield, Brenda Irwin and various angels.
Product vis... |
| 03.03.2015 | Spredfast Secures $24M in Growth Financing | Spredfast Inc., an Austin, TX-based social media software platform, secured $24m in growth financing.
Silver Lake Waterman made the investment.
The company intends to use the funds to enhance its platform technology, expanding international... |
| 03.03.2015 | Social platform Spredfast lands $24M to better follow what you’re posting | Your posts and tweets are gold nuggets to brands.
Today, one of the leading platforms for mining those conversations and managing responses, Spredfast, announced it has scored $24 million in new investment.
The company reports more than 600... |
| 03.03.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 03.03.2015 | Social platform Spredfast lands $24M to better follow what you’re posting | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Your posts and tweets are gold nuggets to brands.... |
| 03.03.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Social platform Spredfast lands $24M to better follow what you’re posting
Today, one of the leading platforms for mining tho... |
| 25.02.2015 | The Web: Headliner Or TV’s Supporting Actor? | Chuck Fishman Contributor
Editor’s note: Chuck Fishman is the media, entertainment and publishing director for Acquia.
Super Bowl XLIX was the most-watched television show in U.S. history. It was also the most socialized Super Bowl ever mea... |
| 28.11.2014 | On Twitter, twice as many people are talking about Black Friday this year | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Despite thinning crowds on what’s perhaps the big... |
| 28.11.2014 | On Twitter, twice as many people are talking about Black Friday this year | Despite thinning crowds on what’s perhaps the biggest holiday shopping day of the year, twice as many people are talking about Black Friday on Twitter this year.
The data comes from a new report by social marketing and analytics platform Sp... |
| 21.11.2014 | Livefyre updates its social content platform with app-creating Studio | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The social Web offers a huge flood of opinions an... |
| 21.11.2014 | Livefyre updates its social content platform with app-creating Studio | The social Web offers a huge flood of opinions and content on everything under the sun, and Livefyre‘s mission in life has been to harness all that expression for publishers and brands.
As a next step in that goal, the San Francisco-based c... |
| 24.06.2014 | Facebook’s Plan To Take On Twitter’s Stream | Twitter’s real-time stream made it the de facto place to discuss world events. But Facebook’s VP Of Media Partnerships believes his company has two big advantages in the battle to be the digital water cooler: audience size and real identity... |
| 23.05.2014 | Go Big Austin | By LAURA LOREK
Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 14.05.2014 | Spredfast’s ‘Spark’ helps marketers figure out what customers are talking about and when to speak up | Social marketing startup Spredfast debuted a new service today that should help businesses connect with the collective conversation customers are having via Twitter.
The service, called Spark, is actually a pretty powerful tool if you have ... |
| 02.04.2014 | Mass Relevance merges with Spredfast to form one giant social marketing platform | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Two of the largest startups powering social marke... |
| 02.04.2014 | Austin-based Social Media Powerhouses Mass Relevance and Spredfast Merge | Spredfast has merged with Mass Relevance to create one of the largest independent social marketing companies, and will operate going forward as Spredfast. |
| 13.02.2014 | Spredfast Opens an Office in London | Austin-based Spredfast, the social media marketing firm, keeps on making news.
The company announced on Thursday plans to open its first European office in London. The company has customers in more than 20 different countries. It has 150 em... |
| 03.01.2014 | Spredfast Raises $32.5 Million in Funding | By LAURA LOREK
Founder of Silicon Hills News |
| 03.01.2014 | Spredfast Secures $32.5M in Growth Capital |
AUSTIN, TX, Leading independent social relationship platform provider, today announced that it has raised $32.5 million in growth capital led by Lead Edge Capital.
>> Click here for more funding data on Spredfast
>> To expor... |
| 03.01.2014 | Social media marketing company Spredfast raises $32.5M | Funding came from Lead Edge Capital, Austin Ventures, InterWest Partners, and OpenView Parnters
(Updated to reflect comment from Spredfast)
Social media has become an extremely important tool for brands to stay in sync with their customers.... |
| 03.01.2014 | Spredfast Raises $32.5M in Growth Capital | Spredfast, an Austin, Texas-based independent provider of a social relationship platform, raised $32.5m in growth capital.
The round was led by Lead Edge Capital with participation from existing investors Austin Ventures, InterWest Partners... |
| 03.01.2014 | Spredfast lands $32.5M to court the social enterprise | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
For big brands, social media management can be a ... |
| 03.01.2014 | Spredfast Raises $32.5M For The “Third Wave” In Social Marketing | Social marketing company Spredfast is announcing that it has raised $32.5 million in Series D funding.
The round was led by Lead Edge Capital with participation from Austin Ventures, InterWest Partners, and OpenView Partners. The company ha... |
| 10.08.2013 | With $165M, will Hootsuite now spend its way into the enterprise? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Rod Favaron is the CEO of Spredfast.
The news tha... |
| 02.08.2013 | With HootSuite funding, which others could be next? | There are a slew of social media management platforms looking to raise money
As you already know, HootSuite has raised a pretty whopping $165 million in Series B funding, the largest deal ever in Canadian venture capital history for a softw... |
| 27.07.2013 | Europe’s Fastest Growing Tech Center is Austin’s Kindred Spirit | By SUSAN LAHEY
Reporter with Silicon Hills News |
| 15.05.2013 | TechStars Arrives In Austin, Will Launch First Program In August | TechStars, the popular startup accelerator with locations in Boston, Boulder, New York, Seattle, London, and more, has today announced an expansion to Austin, Texas – a city TechStars founder and CEO David Cohen refers to as the “natural ne... |
| 06.05.2013 | Slow Start for 2013 VC Investments, Despite Genband’s $343.5M Round | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Although a Texas-based company posted the nation’s biggest VC deal of 2013, Texas companies have not been immune to the year’s slow start in venture capital investment.
Compan... |
| 05.02.2013 | Funding Daily: Startup Grind | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Live from Startup Grind, I bring you Funding Dail... |
| 05.02.2013 | Spredfast Raises $18 Million in Venture Capital | SpreadFast, a maker of social marketing software, announced today that it has raised $18 million in venture capital.
OpenView Venture Partners led the round with additional investment from Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners.
The Austin-... |
| 05.02.2013 | Spredfast Raises $18M |
AUSTIN, TX, Leading independent social marketing software provider, today announced that it has raised $18 million in venture capital. The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners.
>> Click here for more funding data on Spredfast... |
| 05.02.2013 | Spredfast Raises $18M in Venture Capital | Spredfast, an Austin, Texas-based provider of independent social marketing software, raised $18m in venture capital.
The round was led by OpenView Venture Partners, with follow-on participation from Austin Ventures and InterWest Partners.
T... |
| 06.12.2012 | HootSuite Gets Creative, Now Integrates Vimeo For Video, WordPress For Blogs, And Pinterest Tracking | HootSuite, now at 5 million users, built its reputation as an enterprise tool to manage engagement on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ — with Twitter being an especially close partner for the Vancouver startup... |
| 20.08.2012 | Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte Challenge Starts Today on Facebook | Every year, people count down the days until Starbucks unveils one of their most-popular offerings, the Pumpkin Spice Latte. The espresso-based concoction of pumpkin flavorings, spices, and sweet cream signals the coming of fall, and to som... |
| 01.05.2012 | “Likeapella” By Kraft Thanks Facebook Users | Facebook has always been a great way of promoting products online, especially Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Who can’t resist the yummy cheesy flavor of the macaroni? Well, 4,632 Facebook users publicly announced they couldn’t by liking this ... |
| 27.09.2011 | Spredfast Raises $12M Series B |
Funding led by InterWest Partners. Also participating in the round was Austin Ventures.
>> Click here for more funding data on Spredfast
>> To export Spredfast funding data to PDF and Excel, click here
AUSTIN, TX, Spredfa... |
| 27.09.2011 | Spredfast Raises $12M in Series B Funding | Spredfast, an Austin, Texas-based social media management system provider, has raised $12m in Series B funding.
The round was led by InterWest Partners , with participation from lead Series A investor Austin Ventures (read here).
The compan... |
| 15.04.2010 | Spredfast Raises $1.6M in Series A Funding | Spredfast, an Austin-based social media management, has received $1.6m in a Series A funding from Austin Ventures.
This initial round will help accelerate the company’s business development and increase brand awareness in the social media m... |
| 15.04.2010 | Social Media Management Startup Spredfast Raises $1.6 Million | Spredfast, recently a finalist in the Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW, has raised $1.6 million in funding from Austin Ventures. This marks the first financing secured by the startup, which markets a social media management platform f... |
| 15.04.2010 | Social Media Management System Spredfast Secures Series A Funding | Taking advantage of the increasing importance of social media management for businesses, Spredfast, a finalist at this year’s Microsoft BizSpark Accelerator at SXSW, has received $1.6 million in funding from Austin Ventures. Featured here o... |
