Swiftype

Swiftype
Private
Industry Software
Information Technology
Search Engines
Genre Search and index
Founded San Francisco, California, U.S.A January 2012
Founders
  • Matt Riley, Quin Hoxie
Headquarters San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served
 Worldwide
Key people
  • Matt Riley (CEO), Quin Hoxie (CTO)
Products
Services
Number of employees
 25
Website Swiftype.com

Footnotes / references

Swiftype is a company that sells search engines for websites and mobile applications (also known as enterprise search) and creates a PageRank specific to individual websites and mobile applications.[1][2][3][4] The company is based in San Francisco, CA and is funded mainly through venture capital.[3]

History

Swiftype was founded in 2012 by former Scribd engineers Matt Riley and Quin Hoxie.[3] The two met while working on an internal search tool for Scribd.[1][2][5] Swiftype participated in Y Combinator in 2012 and received investment from a number of prominent sources.[4][6][7][8] In September 2013, the company obtained Series A funding.[3][4][6][7][8][9]

As of August 2013, Swiftype had over 70,000 websites using their search bar, powering over 130 million queries per month.[5][8]

Features

Swiftype is available as an API or web crawler based engine.[7] The company also offers a VIP-approved WordPress Plugin, a Shopify App, and a Magento extension.[10][11][12] Swiftype sells eCommerce search, enterprise search, faceted search, full text search, enterprise search, real-time search, concept search, and website search engines for websites and mobile applications.[3][4] The company's paid plans offer on demand and live recrawls and indexing of websites.[8] Other features include drag and drop result customization[5][6][8] and real-time analytics.[1][5]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ha, Anthony (May 8, 2012). "Y Combinator-Backed Swiftype Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck". TechCrunch. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roy, Jessica (July 21, 2014). "Can This Y Combinator Startup Solve the Site Search Problem?". BetaBeat. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Swiftype | CrunchBase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Marino, Faith (August 15, 2013). "Swiftype bags $1.7M from big names for better search". VatorNews. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Casserly, Meghan (2013-08-15). "Site Search (Should Be) Sexy: How Swiftype Raised $1.7M In Seed Funding From SV Bigwigs". Forbes. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Grant, Rebecca (August 15, 2013). "YC startup Swiftype raises $1.7M seed round from Andreessen; NEA; Kleiner". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Yang, Anthony (2013-08-15). "Site Search Engine Creator Swiftype Raises $1.7M From A16Z, Others". TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Gannes, Liz (2013-08-15). "Swiftype Raises $1.7M for Smarter Site Search". All Things D. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Editor (August 26, 2013). "Swiftype wants to dramatically improve search on websites and mobile apps of all types and sizes". StartUpBeat. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Autocomplete & Site Search by Swiftype – Ecommerce Plugins for Online Stores – Shopify App Store". Shopify App Store. Shopify. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  11. ↑ "Modern Site Search by Swiftype - Magento Connect". Magento Connect. Magento. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2014-09-26.
  12. ↑ "WordPress | Swiftype Search | WordPress Plugins". WordPress Plugin Directory. WordPress. 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2014-09-26.

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