Shaker

Online Venue for Community Meetups

Media & Entertainment Technologies
Acquired (Inactive) by Playstudios on Aug 2016 - closed due to acquisition
Acquired Tel Aviv-Yafo Founded 2009
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Total raised
$18.0M
Last: Series A 2011-10
Stage
Acquired
Founded
2009
Headcount
18
HQ
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies

About

Shaker creates online venues where users can host events of different kinds for almost any size audience. From live-stream music concertsto networking events and conferences, Shaker's mission is to bring people together in lifelike places online. Shaker adds another dimension to the social network a layer of places. By giving Facebook profiles virtual arms and legs, Shaker lets users explore different venues and environments. Users can choose from a variety of events, chat with friends and their friends, get introduced to like-minded people, listen to music, or even host their own meetup to geteveryone together. Shaker was developed by Scene53 Ltd.

Funding history · 3 rounds · $18.0M total

2011-10
Series A $15.0M
2011-03
Undisclosed $2.0M
2010-07
Seed $1.0M

Sectors & technology

Primary sector
Media & Entertainment Technologies
Sub-sectors
Media & Entertainment TechnologiesDigital Content ProductionDigital Content Engagement & Entertainment
Technologies
Platforms & Interfaces
Target customers
Media & EntertainmentMediaSocial MediaConsumers
Business model
B2C

Highlights

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Tags

social-mediaeventsmusicvirtual-classroomchatweb-platformsocial-networkssocial-platformcommunicationsnetworkingevent-organizers