• Social Loyalty And Rewards Platform CrowdTwist Raises $6M From SoftBank And Others

    Monday, September 19th, 2011

    Leena Rao currently works as a writer for TechCrunch. She recently finished graduate school at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, where she studied business journalism and videography. From 2004 to 2007, she helped lead Congresswoman Carloyn Maloney’s community outreach and relations efforts in New York City. She graduated from Columbia University in 2003, where she was... → Learn More

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    CrowdTwist, a social loyalty and rewards platform, has raised $6 million Series A funding led by SoftBank Capital and Fairhaven Capital with kbs+p Ventures, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments and other investors participating in the round.

    A recent graduate of the inaugural TechStars New York class, CrowdTwist powers loyalty everywhere. The startup’s loyalty software allows a brand’s users to earn points for any activity they do online, both on a brand’s site or on Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Youtube and other sites. Users can compete against themselves and others to earn rewards, prize packages and discounts.

    On the back end, the platform also helps brands identify their major influencers and understand how an individual customer is interacting with their various properties.

    CrowdTwist is already being used by brands like JCPenney and LiveNation. For its clients, CrowdTwist has increased average time-on-site by 250%, average page views per visit by 450% and average purchase size by over 30%.


    Company: CrowdTwist
    Website: crowdtwist.com
    Launch Date: August 2009
    Funding: $6.75M

    Founded in 2009, CrowdTwist provides the most advanced multi-channel Customer Relationship & Loyalty Platform on the planet for leading brands such as Pepsi, Miami Dolphins, Sony Music, Zumiez and more. Their white label, SaaS technology gives marketers the ability to incentivize, recognize and reward people based on their combined engagement, social influence and spend - online and off. From purchases and likes, to check-ins, follows, shares and more, CrowdTwist is revolutionizing the way marketers drive awareness, increase acquisition, improve...

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