SurveyMonkey

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SurveyMonkey Inc.
FormerlyMomentive Global Inc. (2021–23)
Company type Private (1999–2018, since 2023)
Industry
Founded1999;25 years ago (1999) [1]
Founders
Headquarters San Mateo, California, U.S.
Number of locations
 San Mateo, Portland, Dublin, Ottawa, London, Amsterdam, Sydney [2]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Eric Johnson (CEO) [3]
ProductsCloud-based experience management and survey software
RevenueIncrease2.svg US$481 million (2022)
Increase2.svgUS$−81 million (2022)
Increase2.svgUS$−90 million (2022)
Total assets Decrease2.svgUS$810 million (2022)
Total equity Decrease2.svgUS$287 million (2022)
Owner Symphony Technology Group
Number of employees
1,300 (November 2023)
Website surveymonkey.com
Footnotes /references
[4]

SurveyMonkey Inc. (formerly Momentive Global Inc. for a short period) is an experience management company that offers cloud-based software in brand insights, market insights, product experience, employee experience, customer experience, online survey development, and a suite of paid back-end programs. [5] [6]

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Along with a 200,000 square foot headquarter building in San Mateo, California, SurveyMonkey has offices in Portland, Ottawa, Dublin, Amsterdam, London, and Sydney. [7] As of 2022, SurveyMonkey employed around 1,400 people. [4]

On June 9, 2021, SurveyMonkey announced its rebrand to Momentive with the intent to better represent their business-to-business product suite. SurveyMonkey will continue to operate as a subsidiary survey platform. [8] The Momentive Inc. product portfolio includes Momentive, GetFeedback, and SurveyMonkey. [6]

Two years later in June 2023 the company rebranded itself back to SurveyMonkey after getting acquired by an investor group led by Symphony Technology Group. [3] [9]

History

Founding

SurveyMonkey was founded by Ryan Finley and Chris Finley in 1999. In 2009, Spectrum Equity and Bain Capital acquired a majority interest in the company. [10] The same year, Dave Goldberg joined SurveyMonkey as CEO. [11]

The company went public under the name SurveyMonkey (Nasdaq: SVMK) on September 25, 2018. [12]

Expansion

In 2010, the company received $100 million in debt financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. [13] By 2013, SurveyMonkey raised $800 million in debt and equity valuing the company at $1.35 billion. [14] In September 2013, the company announced HIPAA-compliant features for premium subscription holders. [15]

In 2014, the company raised $250 million in equity financing from Google Capital (now CapitalG), Tiger Global Management, Baillie Gifford, T. Rowe Price and Morgan Stanley. [16]

Dave Goldberg died in May 2015, and Zander Lurie was named chairman of the board in July of the same year. [17] [18]

On August 3, 2015, Bill Veghte replaced Goldberg as SurveyMonkey CEO. Veghte held top posts at HP and Microsoft. [19] Veghte left the role after fewer than 6 months due to strategic differences with investors and was replaced by Zander Lurie in January 2016. [20]

In February 2016, SurveyMonkey began polling public opinion using the SurveyMonkey platform. [21] Poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight gives the poll a 'C' rating. [21]

In 2017, the company rolled out "SurveyMonkey Genius" which estimates survey performance and makes actionable suggestions to increase survey effectiveness. [22] In August, the company launched "SurveyMonkey CX" which assists organizations in managing their customer experience programs. [23]

On September 26, 2018, SurveyMonkey (SVMK) made its debut on the NASDAQ Exchange. [24] The stock launched at $12 per share and rose 43% on the first day of trading. [25]

Emory University Goizueta Business School dean Erika James joined the SurveyMonkey board of directors in 2018, creating Gender Parity on the company's board. [26] [27]

Acquisitions

The company has acquired three other survey tools: Precision Polling, Wufoo, and Zoomerang, as well as a 49.9 percent stake in the UK-based Clicktools. [28]

In August 2014, SurveyMonkey acquired Canadian company Fluidware, the creator of FluidSurveys.com and FluidReview.com. [29]

SurveyMonkey acquired TechValidate, a Canadian marketing content automation company in August 2015. [30]

By March 2019, SurveyMonkey acquired Usabilla, an Amsterdam-based website and app survey company, for $80 million in cash and stock. [31] That same year, SurveyMonkey acquired GetFeedback, a San Francisco-based customer experience management company, in August. [32]

Transition to Momentive and buyout offers

Momentive logo Momentive-logo.png
Momentive logo

On June 9, 2021, SurveyMonkey announced its rebrand as Momentive, a new entity that encompasses experience management and corporate insights solutions across a suite of products. Momentive includes SurveyMonkey, GetFeedback, and Momentive Insights. [33] [6]

On October 28, 2021, Zendesk announced that it had agreed to acquire MomentiveAI for about $4.1 billion, in an all-stock deal. [34] Chief executive Mikkel Svane of Zendesk said of the acquisition, "We have a big overlap in customers. It's incredibly powerful. And we believe that it will create a whole new, richer picture of your customers," according to Reuters. [35] Although shareholders of Momentive Global Inc. approved the deal, Zendesk's shareholders voted against the acquisition. [36] Subsequently the deal was terminated. [36]

In March 2023, a private equity consortium led by Symphony Technology Group agreed to acquire Momentive in an all-cash deal valued at $1.5 billion. [37] The acquisition completed in June that year. [9]

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