SurveyMonkey is a private American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 company that enables users to create their own web-survey, using free and enhanced paid products and services. The company's offices are located in Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto, California

Palo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...

 and Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. The company was founded in 1999 by Ryan and Chris Finley. In April 2009, the private company was sold to a private equity consortium with Dave Goldberg named as the new chief executive officer.

In 2010, the company received $100 million in debt financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management...

, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.