Qlipso Inc. is an Israeli-American technology company, which builds and operates multi-user content-sharing platforms for Flash-based media. The company's social-viewing platform provided users the ability to view and share various forms of media with others, live or asynchronously.

Qlipso Inc.
Type of site
Multiuser Content-Sharing Platform
OwnerJon Goldman, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer[1]
Created byIshay Pnueli and Jon Goldman
Employees754
URLhttp://qlipso.com/
RegistrationFree

Since April 2010, the company holds the assets of the online video portal Veoh. In May 2012, Qlipso launched a new personal social video sharing platform, called Mixin,[2] which allows users to find their friend's favorite videos, interact with them on the video itself, and discover the trending videos online in a personalized matter. The platform gained more than 200,000 users in the first days after the official launch.[3]

Acquisition of Veoh

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On April 8, 2010, it was announced[4] that Qlipso had acquired substantially all of the assets[5] of online video portal Veoh, which in 2008 had approximately 17 million unique visitors monthly.[6] Qlipso used the acquisition to add a broad and established base of users, along with revenue,[7] to its content-sharing service, while integrating its social-viewing features into Veoh's mainstream online video platform.[8]

Management and Funding

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Qlipso is led by an international team of established video game and digital media industry veterans. Qlipso was founded in September 2007[9] by Ishay Pnueli, a veteran of the video game and technology industries. Jon Goldman, who previously founded and served as CEO of the video game development company Foundation 9 Entertainment, joined Qlipso as CEO in early 2009.[citation needed] Qlipso was incubated and funded by Jerusalem Venture Partners[10] and now headquartered in Los Angeles, California, with additional offices in New York City and Jerusalem, Israel.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Squarespace - Account Not Available Archived August 27, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Mixin". Archived from the original on June 28, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2012.
  3. ^ Mixin lets users insert comments into video and share with friends (exclusive) on VentureBeat
  4. ^ Innovative Content Sharing Company Qlipso, Purchases Assets of Video Content Site Veoh - JERUSALEM, April 8 /PRNewswire/
  5. ^ "Israeli Start-Up Qlipso Acquires Veoh to Add Users, Revenue". Bloomberg.com. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  6. ^ "Veoh attracts approximately 17M visitors online monthly". Archived from the original on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-06-19.
  7. ^ http://blogs.ft.com/techblog/2010/04/can-social-media-revive-veoh/ Financial Times
  8. ^ http://www.videonuze.com/blogs/print.php?id=2643 VideoNuze
  9. ^ Squarespace - Account Not Available
  10. ^ News Lobby - JVP Archived July 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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