KickApps

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company_name = KickApps Corporation
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company_type = Private
foundation = 2005
location = 29 W 38th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY, 10018, U.S.A.
industry = Internet, Computer software
key_people = Alex Blum, CEO
Eric Alterman, Chairman
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homepage = [http://www.kickapps.com/ www.kickapps.com]

KickApps is a hosted platform for creating social networks and adding social software features to websites. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/06/20/kickapps-white-label-social-networking-that-delivers/ TechCrunch - KickApps: White Label Social Networking That Delivers - June 20 2007] ] The online service allows anyone to deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. More than 27,000 sites use KickApps, [ [http://mashable.com/2008/07/15/kickapps-userplane-chat/ Mashable: KickApps Adds Userplane’s Facebook-like Chat to Social Networks - July 15, 2008] ] including major media companies (e.g. ABC Family, The BBC, The CW, and Scripps Networks) and a wide variety of niche websites. [ [http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3725141 Internet News: KickApps Invites You to The Social Media Buffet - January 31, 2008] ]

Features

KickApps is a hosted platform (SaaS) that provides a range of social media applications to website 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,rSitez, brandstation, Flux and Ning. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/24/9-ways-to-build-your-own-social-network/ TechCrunch: Nine Ways to Build Your Own Social Network - July 24 2007] ] .

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

Venture Funding

* $7 million Series A round from Spark Capital and also included Prism VentureWorks and Jarl Mohn
* $11 million Series B round from Softbank Capital and a group of previous investors [ [http://www.redherring.com/Home/22548 Red Herring: KickApps Draws in Dollars - August 14, 2007] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.kickapps.com KickApps]
* [http://www.kickapps.com/blog The KickApps Blog]
* [http://communityincontext.typepad.com/about.html Eric Alterman's blog]
* [http://sparkcapital.com/ Spark Capital]
* [http://www.prismventure.com/ Prism VentureWorks]