Huddle (software) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Huddle is a web-based

Web application

A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.Web applications are...

team collaboration and project management application developed in the UK.

Huddle is privately held and funded by Eden Ventures and Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners

Matrix Partners is a US based private equity investment firm focusing on venture capital investments. The firm invests in seed and early stage companies in the United States and India, particularly in the software, communications, semiconductors, data storage, Internet or wireless sectors.The firm...

Features

Huddle provides file sharing, document management, meeting organization, integrated web and phone conferencing, discussion boards, tasks and project management, custom branding, security and authorization control, and an API.

Company

Huddle was founded in 2006 and launched the first version of its main application in early 2007. Huddle was chosen as one of Britain’s 10 most promising start-ups by the Financial Times, including reaching the Top 100 Best Business Startups List in UK for 2010, a definitive list of the UK's most innovative, inspiring and ground-breaking new businesses compiled by startups 100.

In 2009, Huddle was featured in BusinessWeek's article titled The next Google? which feature 50 promising tech start-ups. The company currently operates in London

London

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and San Francisco and employs 60 staff.

Partnerships

Huddle partnered with InterCall in early 2009 to provide integrated phone conferencing and project collaboration to Huddle’s and Intercall’s customers.

In October 2008 Huddle launched its OpenSocial

OpenSocial

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application as one of six partners on LinkedIn’s

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new application platform. . In 2009, Huddle launched its Huddle Workspaces application on Ning

Ning

Ning is an online platform for people and organizations to create custom social networks, launched in October 2005. Ning offers customers the ability to create a community website with a customized appearance and feel, feature sets such as photos, videos, forums and blogs, and the service layers in...

and XING

Xing

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social networks, the company also entered into a partnership with HP.

Huddle Foundation

In 2008 Huddle established the Huddle Foundation to provide Huddle packages completely free to registered charities worldwide. Existing charities that use Huddle include Unicef and the Swiss Red Cross

Swiss Red Cross

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