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OpenWeb is a social engagement platform for people to elevate an open exchange of ideas across communities online.
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About OpenWeb Stock
OpenWeb is a social engagement platform for people to elevate an open exchange of ideas across communities online. The platform utilizes AI and machine learning to incentivize healthy dialogue, decrease toxicity, and create thriving, engaged communities. OpenWeb works with more than 700 top-tier publishers and hosts 100 million active users each month. OpenWeb is on a mission to democratize and improve conversations online. Founded in 2012, OpenWeb has over 100 employees in New York City and Tel Aviv and is backed by world-class investors including Insight Partners, AltaIR Capital, ScaleUp, Norma Investments, and Index Ventures.
Funding History
| August 2016 | $13.0M |
|---|---|
| November 2017 | $25.0M |
| April 2019 | $25.0M |
| March 2021 | $10.0M |
| November 2021 | $150M |
Management
CEO & Co-Founder
Nadav Shoval
COO & Co-founder
Roee Goldberg
Head of Partnerships
Roy Laor
Board Advisor
Or Offer
Front End Developer
Gilad Tamam
Talent Acquisition Manager
Janice Karbachinskiy
COO
Peyton Marcus
Investor
Or Offer
Board of Directors
It BB
Board Observer
Rupert Ashe
Board Observer & Investor
Aviad Eyal
Board Observer
Igor Ryabenkiy
Board Member
Jonathan Perelman
SVP of Global Sales & Business Development
Mike Finucane
Board Advisor
Marc Frons
Business Development Manager
Jomie Raymond
Talent Sourcer
Janice Karbachinskiy
Board Member
Scott Galloway
Board Member
Joshua Alliance
Advisor
Gary Manning
Press
adweek - May, 31 2023
OpenWeb’s CMO Puts Trust and Safety at the Core of Strategic Growthnews - Apr, 28 2023
Why Startups May Soon Be Buying More Startupsnews - Apr, 27 2023
These Lead VCs Have The Most Acquisitive Startupsprnewswire - Mar, 22 2023
OpenWeb Announces Promotion of CFO Haim Sasson to Presidentbusinessinsider - Jan, 27 2023
Publisher tech firm OpenWeb is making a $100 million acquisition to help publishers better target ads and emailsdigiday - Nov, 8 2022
OpenWeb eyes growth amid structural and economical turmoilnews - Nov, 2 2022
The 10 Biggest Rounds Of October: LanzaTech Locks Up $500M, Form Energy Powers Up With $450Mvcnewsdaily - Oct, 28 2022
OpenWeb Grabs $170M Series F Financingfinsmes - Oct, 28 2022
OpenWeb Raises $170M In Series F Funding At $1.5 Billion Valuationnews - Oct, 28 2022
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Ascend Elements Cashes In; OpenWeb Raises Big For Healthier Conversationsift - Oct, 28 2022
Adtech co OpenWeb reaches $1.5b valuationdigiday - Sep, 21 2022
With first CMO hire, OpenWeb hopes to ‘de-troll’ the discussions and data space for publishersprnewswire - Sep, 20 2022
OpenWeb Names First-Ever CMO Tiffany Xingyu Wangstartuparound - Jun, 16 2022
OpenWeb announces streamlining plan including layoffslivemint - Apr, 13 2022
OpenWeb, which aims to help publishers connect with their readers, buys French Acalcalistech - Jan, 20 2022
OpenWeb acquiring Hive Media Group for $60 millionbusinessinsider - Jan, 20 2022
Publisher adtech firm OpenWeb is flush with cash and making its first acquisition to enter the crowded advertising industryprnewswire - Jan, 20 2022
OpenWeb Makes Strategic Acquisition of Hive Media Group, Providing More Value to Premium Publisherscalcalistech - Jan, 18 2022
OpenWeb appoints Peyton Marcus as Chief Operating Officerprnewswire - Dec, 9 2021
OpenWeb Partners with NewsGuard to Combat Misinformation Onlinealleywatch - Nov, 27 2021
OpenWeb Raises Another $150M for its Online Conversation Platform for Publishers to Build Direct Relationships with their Audiencesdlvr - Nov, 13 2021
New York Times invests in Israeli firm OpenWeb at $1b valuationjpost - Nov, 13 2021
Tech Buzz: Israel's Lusha, OpenWeb join the unicorn clubnews - Nov, 12 2021
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Identity Startup Socure Scores Huge Round, Arbor Biotechnologies Lands Large Raise For Genetic Medicinesgeektime - Nov, 12 2021
OpenWeb's mega-round sets new Unicorn valuationaxios - Nov, 11 2021
Exclusive: Backed by NYT, OpenWeb becomes a tech unicornen - Nov, 11 2021
OpenWeb raises $150m at over $1b valuationadweek - Aug, 27 2021
To Reduce Misinformation, OpenWeb Removes 50 Publishers From Its Networkow - Apr, 29 2021
Preparing for a Cookieless Future, OpenWeb becomes First Conversation Platform to Integrate with LiveRampcalcalistech - Mar, 21 2021
During Covid-19, OpenWeb’s managerial skills saw a change for the betterwp - Feb, 8 2021
Jigsaw’s AI-powered toxic language detector is now processing 500 million requests dailyow - Nov, 20 2020
FanSided Taps OpenWeb for Community Engagementneurons - Sep, 22 2020
Can machines change human behavior? OpenWeb, using Jigsaw’s Perspective API, releases case …jpost - Jun, 29 2020
Tech Talk: OpenWeb fighting online toxicitylaunchticker - Jun, 28 2020
Spot.IM, which provides a commenting platform for websites, rebrands as OpenWeb;calcalistech - Jun, 26 2020
Talkback platform Spot.im is rebranding and cracking down on online toxicityTechCrunch - Jun, 26 2020
Commenting platform Spot.IM becomes OpenWebtheknow - Jan, 25 2018
You asked for it: The Know is getting article commentsdenverpost - Jan, 20 2018
Answers to some frequent questions about our new commenting systemnocamels - Jan, 2 2018
Meghan Markle To #MeToo: Spot.IM Ranks The Hot-Button Topics That Generated The Most Comments in 2017pehub - Dec, 1 2017
Insight Venture Partners leads Series C round for Spot.IMTechCrunch - Dec, 1 2017
Spot.IM raises $25 million for a better comments sectionalleywatch - Dec, 1 2017
The 10 Largest NYC Startup Funding Rounds of November 2017globes - Nov, 30 2017
Social engagement platform Spot.IM raises $25mmarketwatch - Nov, 29 2017
Spot.IM Closes $25 Million Series C Led by Insight Venture Partnersglobes - Nov, 29 2017
Spot.IM raises $25mtech - Jul, 14 2017
החברה הישראלית שמצאה דרך להרוויח כסף מטרולים ברשתjpost - Jul, 5 2017
‘Startups as far as the eye can see, all the way to the sea’barrons - Jul, 5 2017
The Redesign: Taking Your Feedbacktimesofisrael - Jul, 5 2017
Robust US economy in no danger from administration, Forbes editor saysisrael21c - Jul, 5 2017
Forbes releases second annual Israel 30 Under 30 listforbes - Jul, 5 2017
Forbes Announces Second Annual Forbes Israel 30 Under 30 List, Highlighting the Accomplishments of 60 Game Changers from Across Israeli Societybloomberg - Feb, 13 2017
Israel Developing Tools to Fight on Social Media Battlefronthaaretz - Nov, 3 2016
Tech in Brief: Israeli Panic-button App Deployed at Rio Olympicscrainsnewyork - Nov, 2 2016
Firm promising to turn publishers' websites into social networks gets $13 millionsiliconangle - Oct, 27 2016
Spot.IM raises $13M in its quest to make comments cool againpehub - Oct, 26 2016
Spot.IM rakes in $13 mlnbizjournals - Aug, 12 2016
This week in N.Y.C. funding news: RightCapital, Axial, MikMakventurebeat - Aug, 6 2016
Spot.IM grabs $13 million to solve your website’s most pressing engagement problembizjournals - Aug, 6 2016
Social engagement tool Spot.IM snags VC backingdigiday - Jul, 3 2016
How Gawker is pulling comments into its Facebook Instant Articlestech - May, 9 2016
Here’s How To Take Your UGC To The Next Levelvator - Mar, 11 2016
Spotinst secures $2M Series A for cloud optimizationTechCrunch - Sep, 29 2015
Spot.IM Turns Any Site Into A Social Networkinc - Sep, 29 2015
5 Tools That Will Personalize Our Ecommerce Experience in 2016fastcompany - May, 21 2015
6 Tips For Finding Your Startup Companionventurebeat - May, 20 2015
SEO trends for 2015: What's coming next (plus: scoring our 2014 predictions) | VentureBeat | Marketing | by John Koetsierthenextweb - Mar, 27 2015
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