Slide
Develops self-expression widgets
Slide, founded by PayPal co-founder Max Levchin, makes widgets that help people express themselves. The company took a big risk in 2006 when they gave users the ability to auto-insert slide shows into their MySpace pages and blasting bulletins out...Founded in 2005
Employees: 64
Homepage: http://www.slide.com
Blog: http://blog.slide.com/
Total money raised: $78M
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301 Brannan Street
6th Floor
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6th Floor
San Francisco
USA CA
Updated on Mar 12, 2013
Slide at CrunchBase
Tags:
expression
flash
guestbook
myspace
personalize
photos
screensaver
slideshows
widgets
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Jeremiah Robison Chief Technology Officer
Mike Huang Vice President, Product
Kevin Freedman CFO
Scott Banister Board of Directors
James Hong Investor
Philipp Pfeiffenberger
Nikil Gandhy Director of Engineering
Vineet Buch board of directors
David Weiden Board of Directors
Kevin Ho Director of Design
Past
Max Levchin Founder, CEO & Chairman
Viva Chu VP Virtual Worlds
Keith Rabois VP of Strategy & Business Development
Sonya Chawla Senior Director of Advertising
Jared Kopf
William Liu
Jared Fliesler Director of Business Development
Michael Wolf Board of Advisors
Alex Mashinsky investor
Veronica Tegen Director of Advertising Operations
John Duncan General Counsel
John Malloy Board of Directors
Jason Bitensky Director of East Coast Sales
Ryan Sommer PR Manager
Shravan Goli General Manager, Social Media
Lisa Gansky Advisor & Investor
Sergei Sorokin Product Management
August, 2011
deadpooled
August, 2010
Slide was acquired by Google
for $182M
TechCrunch
techcrunch.com
January, 2008
Slide raised $50M in a Series D round from T. Rowe Price and Fidelity Investments
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/01/18/slide-slides-into-some-cash/index.html?ref=technology
bits.blogs.nytimes.com
November, 2006
Slide raised $20M in a Series C round from BlueRun Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield Fund, and Founders Fund
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/06/rumor-slides-venture-round-was-20-million/
techcrunch.com
August, 2005
Slide was founded on August, 2005
July, 2005
Slide raised $8M in a Series B round from BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund
http://mashable.com/2006/11/15/slidecom-gets-funding-for-myspace-slide-shows/
mashable.com
January, 2005
Slide raised unknown amount in a Series A round from Max Levchin and Scott Banister