Last deal

$2.3M

Amount

Series A

Stage

01.10.2014

Date

3

all rounds

$7.76M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Shareaholic is an Audience Engagement platform that helps businesses grow audience engagement, loyalty & conversions.

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founded date

01.08.2009

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Series A

IPO status

Private

Description

Shareaholic provides a content amplification software that enables businesses to engage their prospects and customers with perfectly crafted and relevant experiences and calls to action. The platform harnesses the power of big data to accelerate audience engagement, loyalty and online success. Over 300,000 websites use Shareaholic to promote their audience engagement, loyalty, and conversions.
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Jay Meattle
Jay Meattle

Jay Meattle

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