Preact
Company

Last deal

$7M

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

10.06.2015

Date

3

all rounds

$17.48M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Preact is a cloud-based customer success service that helps subscription software companies maximize customer lifetime value.

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founded date

01.10.2012

Operating Status

Closed (01.11.2016)

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Preact provides tailored health metrics for each user and account by tracking detailed session-level usage of web and mobile applications and server APIs. Using big data analytics, behavioral science, and machine learning, Preact predicts and informs which customers are likely to churn, renew, or upgrade. Preact also offers real-time visibility into product usage to improve customer support and product quality. The platform integrates with leading cloud-based apps such as Gmail, Salesforce, and Marketo to help companies acquire and retain customers on subscription models.
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2
Christopher Gooley
Christopher Gooley

Christopher Gooley

Christopher is a co-founder of Preact, serves on the board of directors, and is responsible for everything related to the product experience. Prior to Preact, he architected, developed, and launched multiple B2B and B2C online services in a variety of niche markets including enterprise business intelligence, enterprise digital asset management, and consumer photo sharing. Prior to working on his own ventures, Christopher served as the Technology Lead at Earbits (Y Combinator, Winter 2011), Humantelligence, and was the Lead Developer at social video startup DAVE.TV, where he managed the development of branded video communities for Disney, ABC, CBS and other major media brands. He also founded FolioHD and created Photocore, an online digital asset management system, currently used by two of the four largest wire services in the United States.Christopher holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.

current job

Microsoft
Microsoft

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2

Christopher Gooley

Cory Watilo
Cory Watilo

Cory Watilo

Cory Watilo is the Co-founder and Product Design of Brightback, the Show Producer of Transparent Productions, and the Co-Founder at FolioHD.

current job

Brightback
Brightback

organization founded

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Cory Watilo

Employee Profiles
13
John Azevedo

John Azevedo

Senior Director of Sales

Michael Geller

Michael Geller

CEO

Christopher Gooley

Christopher Gooley

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Oliver Colombi

Oliver Colombi

Account Executive

Robert Coleman

Robert Coleman

Data Scientist

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