Skyword Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 2004

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Private

  • Employees
  • 186

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • Mezzanine

  • Latest Deal Amount
  • $9.1M

  • Investors
  • 4

Skyword General Information

Description

Developer of a content creation platform designed to promote content at any scale to create meaningful, lasting relationships. The company's platform helps writers, agencies, brands, and media companies to acquire and engage customers by producing brand-aligned content that matches the information that people seek and automates talent recruitment and management, topical management, assignment, optimization, editorial review, and program management, enabling enterprises to bring scalability and sustainability to their content marketing programs.

Contact Information

Website
www.skyword.com
Formerly Known As
Gather
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Corporate Office
  • 33 Arch Street
  • Boston, MA 02110
  • United States
+1 (855)
Primary Industry
Business/Productivity Software
Other Industries
Media and Information Services (B2B)
Vertical(s)
Marketing Tech
Corporate Office
  • 33 Arch Street
  • Boston, MA 02110
  • United States
+1 (855)

Skyword Timeline

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Skyword Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
18. Mezzanine 14-Nov-2022 $9.1M Completed Generating Revenue
17. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-May-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
16. Later Stage VC (Series C) 19-Jan-2021 Completed Generating Revenue
15. Debt - PPP 14-Apr-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
14. Later Stage VC (Series B) 17-Jan-2020 Completed Generating Revenue
13. Mezzanine 01-Sep-2019 Completed Generating Revenue
12. Later Stage VC (Series A) 26-Oct-2018 Completed Generating Revenue
11. Later Stage VC (Series A) 05-Jan-2018 Completed Generating Revenue
10. Debt - General 17-Sep-2017 $6M $57.6M Completed Generating Revenue
9. Mezzanine 18-Nov-2015 $4.05M $51.6M Completed Generating Revenue
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Skyword Cap Table

Stock # of Shares
Authorized		 Par Value Dividend Rate ($) Original
Issue Price		 Liquidation Liquidation
Pref. Multiple		 Conversion Price % Owned
Series C
Series B
Series A 67,650,127 $0.010000 $0.06 $0.81 $0.81 1x $0.81 49.82%
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Skyword Comparisons

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Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Developer of a content creation platform designed to promote content at any scale to create meaningful, lasting relation
Business/Productivity Software
Boston, MA
186 As of 2023

New York, NY
 

Boca Raton, FL
 
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Skyword Competitors (95)

One of Skyword’s 95 competitors is Contently, a Venture Capital-Backed company based in New York, NY.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Contently Venture Capital-Backed New York, NY
Rock Content Venture Capital-Backed Boca Raton, FL
Hootsuite Venture Capital-Backed Vancouver, Canada
Skai (Business/Productivity Software) Formerly VC-backed Bonn, Germany
nDash Accelerator/Incubator Backed Concord, MA
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Skyword Patents

  • 9

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 2

    Granted

  • Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

Skyword Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
EP-1969543-A2 Computer method and system for publishing content on a global computer network Inactive 08-Nov-2005
EP-2242012-A1 Computer method and system for publishing content on a global computer network Inactive 08-Nov-2005
EP-2244220-A1 Computer method and system for publishing content on a global computer network Inactive 08-Nov-2005
CA-2611974-A1 Computer method and apparatus for targeting advertising Active 13-Jun-2005
EP-1896987-A2 Computer method and apparatus for targeting advertising Inactive 13-Jun-2005 G06Q10/10
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Skyword Signals

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Skyword Investors (4)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Hercules Capital Lender/Debt Provider Minority
Rho Ventures Venture Capital Minority
Horizon Technology Finance BDC Lender/Debt Provider Minority
Cox Media Group PE-Backed Company Minority
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Skyword Investments & Acquisitions (3)

Skyword’s most recent deal was a Buyout/LBO with TrackMaven. The deal was made on 23-Oct-2018.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
TrackMaven 23-Oct-2018 Buyout/LBO Business/Productivity Software
Vidaao 08-Sep-2014 Merger/Acquisition Multimedia and Design Software
Clear Content Marketing 09-Jul-2014 Merger/Acquisition Media and Information Services (B2B)
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Skyword Subsidiaries (1)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
TrackMaven Business/Productivity Software Washington, DC
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Skyword FAQs

  • When was Skyword founded?

    Skyword was founded in 2004.

  • Where is Skyword headquartered?

    Skyword is headquartered in Boston, MA.

  • What is the size of Skyword?

    Skyword has 186 total employees.

  • What industry is Skyword in?

    Skyword’s primary industry is Business/Productivity Software.

  • Is Skyword a private or public company?

    Skyword is a Private company.

  • What is Skyword’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for Skyword is .

  • How much funding has Skyword raised over time?

    Skyword has raised $131M.

  • Who are Skyword’s investors?

    Hercules Capital, Rho Ventures, Horizon Technology Finance BDC, and Cox Media Group have invested in Skyword.

  • Who are Skyword’s competitors?

    Contently, Rock Content, Hootsuite, Skai (Business/Productivity Software), and nDash are some of the 95 competitors of Skyword.

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