This past year has been very exciting for Xobni and we expect 2009 to be even better.
During 2008, we introduced Xobni to the world. We saw our product downloaded more than 1.5 million times and evolve into an application deployed by Fortune 500 enterprises. We also struck some key partnerships to help bring more of the Web into your inbox, making it easier to manage your relationships and connections.
Our goal for 2009 is to continue to expand our business and scale to meet the needs of our growing user base. Specifically, we plan to continue improvements to the quality of our product, focus on our premium business, and address the growing interest from our enterprise customer base. To achieve these goals, we set out for more funds and recently completed a $7 million Series B financing where Cisco Systems has joined our existing investors - Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures, and Atomico - in supporting us in our vision for Xobni.
Here is the press release with details (LINK) and below are some of our highlights from 2008:
Happy New Years to everyone. Here’s to a great 2009!
2008 Highlights
- Bill Gates demos Xobni and says it’s the “Next generation of social networking”
- Xobni Launches in the New York Times
- Xobni given a “Superior” ranking by PC World
- Walt Mossberg gives Xobni a glowing review
- Strategic Partnerships with Yahoo! Mail, Facebook, Hoovers, Skype and LinkedIn
Thanks for a great year!
January 5th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
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January 5th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
[...] a plug-in that tries to improve email organization in Microsoft Outlook, has raised $7 million in a second round of venture [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
[...] startup Xobni has raised $7 million in a B round of financing from Cisco Systems and existing investors Khosla Ventures, First Round [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
[...] Posted by John Hermansen on January 5th, 2009 in Industry News Email startup Xobni announced today that Cisco Systems has helped them secure $7 million in funding. Xobni provides an [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Congrats guys!
January 5th, 2009 at 9:34 pm
congrats you guys & best wishes for a terrific 2009.
(ps - remember: hit on 16, stick on 17
January 5th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
[...] startup Xobni has raised $7 million in a B round of financing from Cisco Systems and existing investors Khosla Ventures, First Round [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
[...] startup Xobni has raised $7 million in a B round of financing from Cisco Systems and existing investors Khosla Ventures, First Round [...]
January 5th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Well done!!!
The TechCrunch40 alumni are rocking!!!
January 6th, 2009 at 12:54 am
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January 6th, 2009 at 1:12 am
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January 6th, 2009 at 1:30 am
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January 6th, 2009 at 2:14 am
[...] тому – только сегодня Cisco и другие вложили $7 млн в Xobni, стартап, обеспечивающий более эффективную работу [...]
January 6th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
thats great that you raised money. how do you guys make money?
January 6th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
[...] a plug-in that tries to improve email organization in Microsoft Outlook, has raised $7 million in a second round of venture [...]
January 12th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
I think to understand why Bill Gates talks like that… having social features embedded into Microsoft Office sounds quite nice to him..
anyway, good job, I agree that Xobni is a smart app.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
It would be best (IMHO) if you put the money towards optimizing the code instead of adding new features so that the software is even more bloated.
January 30th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
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May 21st, 2009 at 4:04 am
[...] early January we announced that Xobni completed a $7 million Series B led by Cisco Systems. Today we are happy to announce [...]
July 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 am
Да таков уж наш современный мир и боюсь наверное с этим ни чего нельзя поделать:)