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Applause
Enterprise-Class Digital Quality Feedback
About Applause
Applause is a global leader in digital quality and testing, serving brands that rely on digital interactions to engage with their customers. The company operates in the digital quality assurance market, providing a platform that leverages a vetted community of over one million digital experts worldwide. Applause's business model focuses on offering authentic feedback on digital assets and experiences, which is gathered from real users in real-world settings. This approach allows brands to receive insightful and actionable testing results quickly, helping development teams make informed go/no go release decisions. By responding with the speed, scale, and flexibility required by digital-focused brands, Applause enables its clients to build better products faster and release them with confidence.
Source: Dealroom company dataAt a glance
- Status
- Acquired
- Founded
- 2007
- Headquarters
- Herzliya, Israel
- Employees
- 1,608
- Open positions
- 21
- Dealroom signal
- 80.3/100
- Industry
- Enterprise Software
- Sector
- Other B2B Software, Testing, Analytics, Entertainment, Crowdsourcing, App Development, Workflow, Wearable, Hard Tech
- Technology
- Hardware, Connected Device
- Business model
- SaaS
- Client focus
- b2b
- Investment activity
- 2 companies, latest May 2014
- Capital deployed
- —
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITIONOther financing | Aug 2017 | $0 | — | Vista Equity Partners | — |
| SERIES FOther financing | Sep 2016 | $35M | $140M | Goldman Sachs · Longworth Venture Partners · Scale Venture Partners · Accenture | — |
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for Applause is 600K monthly website visits, down 3.2% over the last three months. Applause's team grew 4.6% over the past year.
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Investors
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Seed1 investor entered at this stage
MassVentures
Series A2 investors entered at this stage
- ECEgan-Managed Capital
Longworth Venture Partners
Series B and later5 investors entered at this stage
Scale Venture Partners
QuestMark Partners
Goldman Sachs
Credit Suisse
Accenture
Other known investors1 additional known investor
Vista Equity Partners
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team presence
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