Tilt.com

Tilt.com, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryCrowdfunding
FoundedFebruary 8, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-02-08), in Texas, United States[1]
FounderJames Beshara (CEO)
Khaled Hussein (CTO)
Headquarters
370 Townsend, San Francisco, California
,
United States
Area served
United States
Key people
James Beshara (CEO)
ServicesCrowdfunding
ParentAirbnb[2][3]
Websitetilt.com
Archived June 15, 2017, at the Wayback Machine

Tilt.com, Inc. (formerly Crowdtilt) was a crowdfunding company founded in 2012 that allowed for groups and communities to collect, fundraise, or pool money online. James Beshara and Khaled Hussein launched the platform under the name Crowdtilt out of Y Combinator.

The company was legally certified in securing fundraisers for non-profit organizations. The company was initially based in Texas and was then headquartered in San Francisco, California.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

In 2017, Airbnb acquired the company and retired the Tilt platform in an acqui-hire.[11]

  1. ^ Rip Empson (February 10, 2012). "Y Combinator-Backed Crowdtilt Launches To Become The "Kickstarter For Any Group"". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Airbnb finalizes deal to buy social payments startup Tilt – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com.
  3. ^ "Tilt Blog". blog.tilt.com.
  4. ^ Sarah Mitroff (February 10, 2012). "Crowdtilt launches to group fund anything (and it means anything)". VentureBeat. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  5. ^ "It's Kickstarter Meets 'Let's Party': Group-Funded Fun is Crowdtilt's Game". Daily Finance. March 15, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2013.
  6. ^ Sam Dwyer (April 18, 2012). "Crowdfunding Sites for Before and After the Regulations Kick In". BostInno. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  7. ^ Cromwell Schubarth (April 26, 2013). "Crowdtilt helps raise funds to replace Boston bombing standoff boat". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Brian Chappatta & Annie Linskey (April 23, 2013). "Crowd Helps Replace Boat Ruined in Tsarnaev's Capture". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  9. ^ Jessica Testa (April 22, 2013). "The Internet Is Raising Money For The Boat Destroyed In Boston Standoff". BuzzFeed. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  10. ^ "Let's Fix David Henneberry's Boat". The Daily Beast. April 22, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  11. ^ "Tilt Blog". blog.tilt.com. Retrieved 2017-08-16.