Last deal

$13.5M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

30.11.2023

Date

3

all rounds

$58.5M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
ThoughtExchange is an enterprise crowdsourcing software that uses AI and machine learning to surface and organize insights in real-time.

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founded date

01.01.2009

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

The platform allows leaders to connect with their team to solve problems together by asking open-ended questions and inviting groups of 10 or 10,000 people to answer them in what's called an "exchange." The most popular ideas rise to the top through anonymous ratings, ensuring a level playing field. Real-time data analytics tools like AI theming and heat maps are built-in to help leaders make better-informed decisions. The company is based in Rossland, British Columbia, but its teams work remotely from all over North America.
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Darin Recchi

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Account executive

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Chief operations officer

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Jim Firstbrook

President

Anya Macleod

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Dessalen Wood

Dessalen Wood

Chief People Officer

Chris Mussell

Vice president information security and privacy

Matt Kinnaman

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