Applause (software company)

Applause, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Software Testing Crowdsourcing Software Quality Assurance
Founded	August, 2007
Headquarters	Framingham, Massachusetts
Key people	Doron Reuveni, CEO and Co-founder Matt Johnston, CMO Thom Kenney, CTO Chris Malone, CFO Roy Soloman, VP Product Management and Co-Founder Tom Bonos, Senior VP Global Sales John Montgomery, VP Project Delivery [1]
Number of employees	250 FTE
Website	http://www.applause.com/

Applause (http://www.applause.com/) is one of two brands of Applause App Quality, Inc., a venture-funded software and application quality company, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

With six offices worldwide, the company’s U.S. headquarters are located in Massachusetts, with additional U.S. locations in San Mateo, California and Seattle.^[2] Its European headquarters are located ^[3] in Berlin, with additional offices in Poland^[4] and Israel.

History and Acquisitions

The company was originally incorporated under the name uTest in August 2007 by founders Doron Reuveni and Roy Solomon ^[5] with $2.3M in seed funding from Mesco Ltd. and the Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation (MTDC). ^[6]

• August 2012: The company acquired Apphance from Polish company Polidea ^{[7] [8]}

• January 2014: The company closed a $43 million Series E round of funding, led by Goldman Sachs, bringing its current funding to more than $80 million.^[9]

• May 2014: The company changed its name to Applause ^[10]concurrent with the acquisition of German testing company Testhub, which became Applause’s European headquarters.^[11]

Applause subsequently repurposed the uTest brand as a community of professional testers. Growing to more than 200,000 testers, uTest relaunched as a brand of Applause App. Quality, Inc. in 2015 with an updated site coined the “LinkedIn for Testers.”^[12]

References

1. "Applause Management". Applause, Inc. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
2. "Boston mobile app testing firm Applause establishes offices in Seattle area" (August 11, 2014): http://www.geekwire.com/2014/boston-mobile-app-testing-firm-applause-establishes-offices-seattle-area/
3. "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German’s Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe"(May 5, 2014):http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/
4. "UTest Acquires Apphance In 7-Figure Deal As Mobile Developer Tools Consolidate" (August 15, 2012):http://techcrunch.com/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-in-7-figure-deal-as-mobile-developer-tools-consolidate/
5. "Executive Team," Applause website (retrieved February 22, 2016); http://www.applause.com/executives
6. "Applause Company Profile," (CrunchBase); https://www.crunchbase.com/funding-round/68248e31fd1635c3782ad8f7dd82744a
7. https://www.polidea.com/
8. "uTest Acquires Apphance Mobile App Testing Tool for Seven Figures," BostInno (August 15, 2012); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2012/08/15/utest-acquires-apphance-mobile-app-testing-tool-for-seven-figures/
9. "UTest Adds $43M for App Testing, Gets Ready for Future as Applause," Xconomy (January 14, 2014); http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2014/01/14/utest-adds-43m-for-app-testing-gets-ready-for-future-as-applause/
10. "Targeting Bigger Market, UTest To Change Name To Applause Along With Strategy," Forbes (November 5, 2013); http://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/2013/11/05/targeting-bigger-market-utest-to-change-name-to-applause-along-with-strategy/#489b8ab72d03
11. "App Tester uTest/Applause Acquires German’s Testhub To Grow Its Presence In Europe," TechCrunch (May 5, 2014); http://techcrunch.com/2014/05/05/applause-buys-testhub/
12. "Boston Download: Applause Relaunches uTest, 'Rock Band' on Oculus, Mayor Visits Wayfair," (December 4, 2015); http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2015/12/04/boston-download-mayor-visits-wayfair-harvard-students-green-line-bomb-incident-50-on-fire-winners-announced/