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

CrowdTwist is a social loyalty and rewards platform that engages and activates a brand’s audience wherever the brand is, both online and offline. Giving brands the ability to track, incentivize and reward customer engagement across any online, social or mobile channel, CrowdTwist grows audiences, strengthens engagement, monetizes users and increases online and offline sales conversions. CrowdTwist also empowers brands to identify their biggest cross-platform influencers and understand how an individual customer is interacting with their online, social...

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