Connectbeam

Connectbeam
Company typePrivate
IndustryEnterprise social software
FoundedDecember 2005
HeadquartersMountain View, California
Key people
Puneet Gupta
Sanjeev Sisodiya
ProductsSocial network
Social bookmarking
WebsiteConnectbeam.com

Connectbeam, a company based in Mountain View, California, provided enterprise social software. The company provided two core services: social bookmarking and aggregation of links and metadata for content from other social software applications. The company's stated goal was to establish the enterprise social network by integrating employees' user-generated content.[citation needed]

Connectbeam was founded by Puneet Gupta [1] in December 2005. Gabriel Venture Partners lead a Series A round of $3.5 million for the company in July 2007.[2] Connectbeam sells into the global enterprise market, and has been recognized for innovation by Gartner,[3] InformationWeek,[4] eContent[5] and KMWorld.[6]

In July 2011, the Connectbeam website was removed.[7][8][clarification needed]

  1. ^ Connectbeam | Management Team
  2. ^ Connectbeam Lands $3.5 Million Series A
  3. ^ Connectbeam Recognized as 'Cool Vendor' in 2007 Gartner Report
  4. ^ Five Enterprise 2.0 Startups to Watch
  5. ^ 2008-2009 EContent 100 List
  6. ^ KMWorld Trend-Setting Products of 2008
  7. ^ "Connectbeam May be Disconnected". 29 July 2011.
  8. ^ Corfield, Gareth. "Cisco to face trial over Leadfactors IP theft claim". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2023-09-04.