Applause, Inc.

Applause, Inc.
Type	Private
ISIN	🆔
Industry	Software Testing; Crowdsourcing; Software Quality Assurance
Founded 📆	August 2007
Founder 👔
Headquarters 🏙️	, Framingham, Massachusetts
Area served 🗺️
Key people	Doron Reuveni, CEO & Co-founder; Chris Malone, CFO; Tom Bonos, SRO; Lisa Landa, CMO; Rob Mason, SVP of Engineering; Luke Damian, SVP of Go-to-Market Strategy; Kristin Simonini, VP of Product; Mark Granot, GM of Applause Israel; Jan Wolter, GM of Applause EU; ;
Members
Number of employees	301 FTE
🌐 Website	www.applause.com
📇 Address
📞 telephone
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Applause is a venture-funded company that tests software and conducts usability feedback research.

The company's headquarters are located in Framingham, Massachusetts. It has additional U.S. locations in San Mateo, California and Seattle, Washington.^[2] Its European headquarters are located^[3] in Berlin, and it has additional offices in Poland^[4] and Israel.

In August 2017, the company announced its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners.^[5]

History and Acquisitions[edit]

The company was originally incorporated under the name uTest in August 2007 by founders Doron Reuveni and Roy Solomon.^[6]

August 2012: The company acquired an SDK, Apphance, and staff from Polish company Polidea^[7]^[8]
January 2014: The company closed a $43 million Series E round of funding, led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its current funding to more than $80 million.^[9]
May 2014: The company changed its name to Applause^[10] concurrent with the acquisition of German testing company Testhub, which became Applause's European headquarters.^[11]
September 2016: The company closed a $35 million Series F round of funding,^[12] led by Credit Suisse with investment also from strategic partner Accenture, bringing its current funding to more than $115 million.

Applause subsequently repurposed the uTest brand as a community of professional testers. Growing to more than 400,000 testers,^[13] uTest relaunched as a brand of Applause App. Quality, Inc. in 2015 with an updated site as a social network for software testers.^[14]

Product[edit]

Applause provides testing services, usability feedback and research. Notable customers include Facebook, Google, Fox Broadcasting, eBay, Concur and Runkeeper.

Facebook Research App involvement[edit]

^[15]

References[edit]

↑ "Applause Management". Applause, Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-18. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ "Boston mobile app testing firm Applause establishes offices in Seattle area" (August 11, 2014): http://www.geekwire.com/2014/boston-mobile-app-testing-firm-applause-establishes-offices-seattle-area/
↑ "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German's Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe"(May 5, 2014):https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/
↑ "UTest Acquires Apphance In 7-Figure Deal As Mobile Developer Tools Consolidate" (August 15, 2012):https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-in-7-figure-deal-as-mobile-developer-tools-consolidate/
↑ Applause Announces Acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, Business Wire, August 23, 2017
↑ "Executive Team", Applause website (retrieved February 22, 2016); http://www.applause.com/executives Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
↑ https://www.polidea.com/
↑ "uTest Acquires Apphance Mobile App Testing Tool for Seven Figures", BostInno (August 15, 2012); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-mobile-app-testing-tool-for-seven-figures/
↑ "UTest Adds $43M for App Testing, Gets Ready for Future as Applause", Xconomy (January 14, 2014); http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/01/14/utest-adds-43m-for-app-testing-gets-ready-for-future-as-applause/
↑ "Targeting Bigger Market, UTest To Change Name To Applause Along With Strategy", Forbes (November 5, 2013); https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/11/05/targeting-bigger-market-utest-to-change-name-to-applause-along-with-strategy/#489b8ab72d03
↑ "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German's Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe", TechCrunch (May 5, 2014); https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/
↑ "Applause scores $35 mln Series F", peHUB (September 14, 2016); https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/applause-scores-35-mln-series-f/
↑ "Applause Reaches $115M in Funding, Eyes Acquisitions Ahead of IPO", BostInno (September 14, 2016); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/09/14/applause-funding-35m-series-f-ipo-plans-accenture-partnership/
↑ "Boston Download: Applause Relaunches uTest, 'Rock Band' on Oculus, Mayor Visits Wayfair", (December 4, 2015); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/12/04/boston-download-mayor-visits-wayfair-harvard-students-green-line-bomb-incident-50-on-fire-winners-announced/
↑ We dismantle Facebook’s memo defending its “Research” https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/facebook-researchgate/

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[1] "Applause Management". Applause, Inc. Archived from the original on 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2016-02-18. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[2] "Boston mobile app testing firm Applause establishes offices in Seattle area" (August 11, 2014): http://www.geekwire.com/2014/boston-mobile-app-testing-firm-applause-establishes-offices-seattle-area/

[3] "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German's Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe"(May 5, 2014):https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/

[4] "UTest Acquires Apphance In 7-Figure Deal As Mobile Developer Tools Consolidate" (August 15, 2012):https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-in-7-figure-deal-as-mobile-developer-tools-consolidate/

[5] Applause Announces Acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, Business Wire, August 23, 2017

[6] "Executive Team", Applause website (retrieved February 22, 2016); http://www.applause.com/executives Archived 2016-02-29 at the Wayback Machine

[7] ttps://www.polidea.com/

[8] "uTest Acquires Apphance Mobile App Testing Tool for Seven Figures", BostInno (August 15, 2012); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-mobile-app-testing-tool-for-seven-figures/

[9] "UTest Adds $43M for App Testing, Gets Ready for Future as Applause", Xconomy (January 14, 2014); http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/01/14/utest-adds-43m-for-app-testing-gets-ready-for-future-as-applause/

[10] "Targeting Bigger Market, UTest To Change Name To Applause Along With Strategy", Forbes (November 5, 2013); https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/11/05/targeting-bigger-market-utest-to-change-name-to-applause-along-with-strategy/#489b8ab72d03

[11] "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German's Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe", TechCrunch (May 5, 2014); https://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/

[12] "Applause scores $35 mln Series F", peHUB (September 14, 2016); https://www.pehub.com/2016/09/applause-scores-35-mln-series-f/

[13] "Applause Reaches $115M in Funding, Eyes Acquisitions Ahead of IPO", BostInno (September 14, 2016); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2016/09/14/applause-funding-35m-series-f-ipo-plans-accenture-partnership/

[14] "Boston Download: Applause Relaunches uTest, 'Rock Band' on Oculus, Mayor Visits Wayfair", (December 4, 2015); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/12/04/boston-download-mayor-visits-wayfair-harvard-students-green-line-bomb-incident-50-on-fire-winners-announced/

[15] We dismantle Facebook’s memo defending its “Research” https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/facebook-researchgate/

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