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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:
Blog: http://blog.slide.com/
Total money raised: $78M

94107 301 Brannan Street
6th Floor

San Francisco
USA CA
Updated on Mar 12, 2013
Slide at CrunchBase
Tags:   expression   flash   guestbook   myspace   personalize   photos   screensaver   slideshows   widgets

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