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| Developer(s) | Redbooth, Inc. (formerly Teambox Technologies S.L.Teambox Technologies S.L. [1] ) |
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| Written in | Ruby on Rails |
| Available in | Castilian, English [2] |
| Type | Project management |
| License | Software as a service |
| Website | redbooth |
Redbooth (formerly Teambox) is a web-based workplace collaboration tool and communication platform.
Redbooth was previously known as Teambox Technologies S.L., which was founded in 2008 [3] and continued to serve commercial and free hosting for Teambox. [4] The company also offered installation and customization of the software. [2]
In February 2010, Teambox secured US$193,400 (€140,000) [4] and an additional US$250,000 as part of a seed funding round in November 2010. [5] In April 2010, Canadian internet company Talker announced that it had been acquired by Teambox. [6] In June 2013, Teambox partnered with Zoom Video Communications to provide HD videoconferencing to its users. [7]
On January 21, 2014, following the acquisition of 650,000 users, Teambox underwent a name change to 'Redbooth, Inc.' [8] Later, on November 18, 2014, Redbooth disclosed an $11 million Series B funding round led by Altpoint Ventures and Avalon Ventures, bringing its total funding to $17.5 million. [9]
In August 2016, Redbooth released an exclusive app for Apple TV, available in the Apple TV App Store. [10]
On 13 September 2017, Redbooth merged with AeroFS, a company that develops collaboration applications. The new combined company is called Redbooth. [11]
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