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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Employee Recognition Software eCards |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder |
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Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Ron Selvey (CMO) |
| Website | www |
Kudoboard, Inc is a Denver, Colorado-based employee recognition platform and e-card company. The company provides online group cards and employee engagement solutions to individuals and businesses.
History and company information
editKudoboard was co-founded in 2015 by Aaron Rubens and Kyler Deutmeyer. The company raised initial seed funding from The Idea Village[1], and received an investment from Peakspan Capital in 2021.[2]
Rubens developed the idea for Kudoboard while working as an educator in the Teach for America program [3]. Teaching an entrepreneurship class, he had students write notes about each other and pass it around to classmates. [4] Later that year, Rubens worked with Deutmeyer to translate that experience to a cloud-based format.
Rubens serves as CEO with Deutmeyer as CTO [5]. As of 2024, the company has had more than 1 million boards created and over 10 million users across 200 countries[6].
Acquisitions
editIn 2018, the company acquired groupcard.com, an early pioneer in the online greeting card space. [7]
In 2023, the company acquired Illumenotes.com, a corporate group card and gifting platform. [8]
In popular culture
editIn 2023, the Carter Center used the platform to collect thousands of messages celebrating the 98th birthday of Jimmy Carter, 35th president of the United States [9].
The company launched the Employee Happiness Trends In The US report in 2023 [10]
References
edit- ^ "Kudoboard - Raised Funding from 2 investors - Tracxn".
- ^ "How We Work: PeakSpan's Thesis for HR Tech". 20 March 2023.
- ^ "Aaron Rubens | the Enterprisers Project".
- ^ "(#11) Aaron Rubens: Kudoboard, Celebrating Moments That Matter at Work, Building Products that Deliver Joy, Gratitude & Appreciation at Scale, Staying Capital Efficient & Riding Viral Waves".
- ^ "Kudoboard".
- ^ "About Us".
- ^ "Groupcard Acquired by Kudoboard".
- ^ "About".
- ^ "Kudos to Jimmy Carter: Messages of admiration and gratitude flow into Carter Center website". 20 February 2023.
- ^ ""2024 Employee Happiness Trends in the US," Report Released by Kudoboard, Underscores the Value of Recognizing Employees". 11 January 2024.