| Type of business | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Founded | November 2011 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Optional |
| Current status | Inactive |
Spreecast, Inc. was an Internet application and free social video broadcasting platform.
The company was founded in 2011 by Jeff Fluhr, founder and former CEO of online ticketing marketplace StubHub, and is based in San Francisco, California[1] . According to Fluhr, spreecast seeks "to bring face-to-face interactions to the Internet in a far-reaching way".[2]
The company tweeted out on June 15, 2016, that their site would be shutting down on July 14.
Spreecast was launched as a public beta on November 10, 2011.[3] In December 2011, spreecast received $4 million in seed venture funding from Frank Biondi, Gordon Crawford, and Edward W. Scott. In September 2012, they raised an additional $7 million.[4] The company added social media author Gary Vaynerchuk as an advisor in February 2012.[citation needed] They closed their website on July 14, 2016[5]
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Miley Cyrus, American recording artist and entertainer.[11]
Anderson Cooper American Journalist[6]
Neil Patrick Harris, American actor, producer, and director.[12]