Pixlee
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| Private | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | July, 2012 |
| Founder | Kyle Wong, Awad Sayeed, Miraj Mohsin, Jeff Chen |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
Number of employees | 15 |
Pixlee is a software startup company that allows businesses to market using user-generated content.
History
Pixlee was founded in July 2012 in Palo Alto, California by Kyle wong, Awad Sayeed, Miraj Mohsin, and Jeff Chen. The group originally founded Pixlee out of Wong's Stanford University dorm room, before being accepted to the StartX Business Incubator in Summer 2012 session.[1][2][3][4]
After successfully graduating from the StartX program, Pixlee closed a $1.5 million seed funding round from a number of Venture Capital firms and individual Silicon Valley investors. Some of the notable contributors to the round were Andreessen Horowitz, XSeed Capital, and Rothenberg Ventures.[5][6][7][8][9]
References
- ↑ http://techcrunch.com/2012/09/06/startx-the-startup-accelerator-for-stanford-students-kicks-off-its-summer-2012-demo-day/
- ↑ http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/five-favorite-startx-demo-day-startups/
- ↑ http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/10/01/startx-stand-outs/
- ↑ http://paloalto.patch.com/groups/business-news/p/palo-alto-s-startx-unveils-new-entrepreneurs
- ↑ http://a16z.com/portfolio/
- ↑ http://www.finsmes.com/2013/10/pixlee-raises-1-5m-seed-funding.html
- ↑ http://www.xseedcap.com/portfolio/
- ↑ http://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/10/29/can-pixlee-change-image-based-marketing-1-5m-on-yes/
- ↑ http://www.thedishdaily.com/news/2013/05/22/what-49ers-have-common-shoedazzle