KickApps
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| KickApps Corporation | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | 29 W 38th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10018, U.S.A. |
| Key people | Alex Blum, CEO Eric Alterman, Chairman |
| Industry | Internet, Computer software |
| Website | www.kickapps.com |
KickApps is a hosted platform for creating social networks and adding social software features to websites.[1] The online service allows webmasters to deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. More than 14,000 sites use KickApps, including major media companies (e.g. ABC Family, The BBC, The CW, and Scripps Networks) and a wide variety of niche websites.[2]
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[edit] Features
KickApps is a hosted platform (SaaS) that provides a range of social media applications to websites developers and publishers that accelerate deployment of more sophisticated and costly applications such as social networking, user-generated content, media management and sharing, profiles, programmable video players, webcam applications and widgets.
A SaaS platform allows websites to deploy a wide range of user experiences in a variety of ways: REST and SOAP APIs, feeds, programmable widgets and video players, customizable templates and single-sign services.
- Members select a username and password (or use their existing site ID) to join your social network
- Members can upload videos, photos, and audio
- Member profiles contain standard social networking features, including: blogs (video, audio, and plain text), RSS feeds, guest books, friends, multi-media message boards, widgets and groups
- Includes online media management, member management, reporting and advertising administration
KickApps is often compared with Brightcove, Flux and Ning.[3]
Founder and Chairman, Eric Alterman, was also founder of MeshNetworks (acquired by Motorola), Military Commercial Technologies, TeraNex, SkyCross, Jed Broadcasting, Quadfore, Centerpoint and Triton Network Systems
[edit] Venture Funding
- $7 million Series A round from Spark Capital and also included Prism VentureWorks and Jarl Mohn
- $11 million Series B round from SofftBank Capital and a group of previous investors[4]
