Urban Airship
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Urban Airship is a privately held technology company based in Portland, Oregon
. The company offers products related to mobile push technology and mobile in-app purchases/subscriptions.
In 2010 Urban Airship received $1.1 million in Series A funding on February 17, 2010 and then received $5.4 million in Series B funding on November 3, 2010.
In 2011 Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo on October 31, 2011. SimpleGeo developed toolsets allowing developers to more easily create location aware mobile applications and had partnered with Urban Airship for an integrated solution shortly before their acquisition. On November 5, 2011 Urban Airship received $15.1 million in Series C funding from Salesforce.com
, Intel, and Verizon, among others.
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 offers products related to mobile push technology and mobile in-app purchases/subscriptions.
History
In 2009 the Urban Airship was founded by current CEO Scott KvetonIn 2010 Urban Airship received $1.1 million in Series A funding on February 17, 2010 and then received $5.4 million in Series B funding on November 3, 2010.
In 2011 Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo on October 31, 2011. SimpleGeo developed toolsets allowing developers to more easily create location aware mobile applications and had partnered with Urban Airship for an integrated solution shortly before their acquisition. On November 5, 2011 Urban Airship received $15.1 million in Series C funding from Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com
Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
, Intel, and Verizon, among others.