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| Type | Public |
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| NYSE: ONTF | |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Services | |
| Website | www |
ON24, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that markets products and services based upon webcasting and virtual event and environment technology. [1]
ON24 is a public company whose primary venture capital investors are Goldman Sachs, Gold Hill Capital, U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan Partners and Rho Ventures. [2] [3] [4]
The company was founded in 1998 as a platform for companies to broadcast video press releases. It became a financial news streaming website but suffered financial losses after the early 2000s recession. [5] In August 2002, ON24 closed its news operation but continued provided third-party content. [6] After downsizing the company they reformatted their operations to provide streaming services for other companies. [5]
ON24 operates in the US, the UK, Australia, Singapore and Spain. [7] [8]
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