Urban Airship

Urban Airship
Type Private Startup
Founded 2009
Headquarters Portland, OR, USA
Products Push Notifications, Rich Push, Push Composer, Reports, In-Apps Purchase, Subscriptions [1]
Website www.urbanairship.com

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.

History

In 2009 the Urban Airship was founded by current CEO Scott Kveton

In 2010 Urban Airship received $1.1 million in Series A funding on February 17, 2010[2] and then received $5.4 million in Series B funding on November 3, 2010.[3]

In 2011 Urban Airship acquired SimpleGeo on October 31, 2011.[4] 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.[5]

Products

References

  1. ^ [1] UrbanAirship.com/products. Retrieved on November 13, 2011
  2. ^ [2] Fierce Wireless. Retrieved on November 13, 2011
  3. ^ [3] PRWeb. Retrieved on November 13, 2011
  4. ^ [4] UrbanAirship.com. Retrieved on November 13, 2011
  5. ^ Rogoway, Mike (November 15, 2011). "Intel backs Urban Airship, establishes $100 million fund for mobile investment". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2011/11/intel_joins_urban_airships_fun.html. Retrieved November 15, 2011.