CitySpark
Effective hyper-local event aggregation subscriptions
- Stage Full Product Ready
- Industry Media and Entertainment
- Location Sandy, UT, US
- Currency USD
- Founded April 2011
- Employees 8
- Website cityspark.com
Company Summary
CitySpark has developed the most effective, hyper-local event parsing and aggregation technology on the market. This unprecedented event content is populated into a powerful calendar platform and paired with industry leading monetization tools, then white-labeled and sold to media partner sites (radio, newspaper, TV, etc) on a subscription basis. Less than six months after product release, we are servicing 144 media outlets in 24 states.
Team
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CEO, co-founder
MBA Stanford GSB
Sorenson Capital Partners
Bain & Company
BS Finance, BYU, cum laude -
Bennett CooksonCTO, co-founder
BS Computer Science, BYU
Senior architect/engineer, Ancestry.com (9 yrs)
Folio Corp, NextPage
20+ years programing experience -
Sam WalkerVP Web and Mobile Development
8 years web development (ACS, Customer Dynamics, 1-800-Contacts)
BS, Computer Science, Neumont University -
Rich SmithVP Marketing & Business Development
Hewlett Packard, marketing manager (5 years)
BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah
MBA, Brigham Young University
Advisors
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Brent Hawkins, Bennett Tueller Johnson & DeereLawyerUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Small Angel RoundUnconfirmedCo-founders' cash contributionsUnconfirmed
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