Streak (company) explained

Streak
Trade Name:Streak
Type:Privately held company
Industry:Customer relationship management
Foundation:2012
Founder:Aleem Mawani
Omar Ismail
Location City:San Francisco, California
Location Country:United States
Area Served:Worldwide
Products:Customer relationship management software for Gmail

Streak is an American software company which is the developer of an eponymous customer relationship management platform for Gmail.[1] [2] The company also developed Secure Mail for Gmail, an open-source Google Chrome extension that allowed users to encrypt their Gmail messages.[3]

History

Streak was founded in 2011 by Aleem Mawani, a former Google product manager,[4] and Omar Ismail.[5] [6] It was accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2011 class[6] and graduated from the accelerator in early 2012.[7] It has received $1.9 million in venture capital.[8] The company held a soft launch of its platform in January 2012;[6] it entered open beta in March of that year.[7]

Product

Streak is a spreadsheet-style[7] customer relationship management plug-in for Gmail that supports both Google Chrome and Safari web browsers.[9] [10] Users connect the plugin to their Google account via OpenID and do not share their login credentials with the program.[9] Streak was released as an iOS application in August 2013.[11] It added email read receipts to its platform in early 2014.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Watch Out: This CRM App Just Got Very Personal. Laura Entis. Entrepreneur. 2013-11-26. 2014-05-14.
  2. Web site: Streak is a well designed social CRM inside of Gmail, but is also much more . Stowe Boyd . . 2014-02-18 . 2014-05-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531230435/http://research.gigaom.com/2014/02/218523/ . 2014-05-31.
  3. Web site: SecureGmail Encrypts Your Gmail Messages with One Click. Alan Henry. Lifehacker. July 5, 2013. 2014-05-14.
  4. Web site: Access Google Docs Via Gmail with New Gadget. Chloe Albanesius. PC Magazine. 2008-11-21. 2014-05-14.
  5. Web site: 3 Stellar Productivity Tools You Need to Try. Eric Siu. 2012-06-26. Mashable. 2014-05-14.
  6. Web site: Y Combinator-Backed Streak.com Takes On Salesforce With A Simple CRM For Gmail. Eric Eldon. 2012-03-21. TechCrunch. 2014-05-14.
  7. Web site: For the Organizer Nerd in Everyone, There's Streak. Sarah Mitroff. Wired. 2012-10-16. 2014-05-14.
  8. Web site: Streak Grabs $1.9M for Email-Based Customer Management. 2012-10-15. VentureWire. 2014-05-14.
  9. Web site: Streak Supercharges Gmail with Text Expansion, Scheduled Emails, Event Planning, and More. https://web.archive.org/web/20161116154049/http://www.lifehacker.co.in/work/Streak-Supercharges-Gmail-with-Text-Expansion-Scheduled-Emails-Event-Planning-and-More/articleshow/19039954.cms. dead. 2016-11-16. Alan Henry. Lifehacker. 2012-03-22. 2014-05-14.
  10. Web site: Find Out When That Email You Sent Was Read. Alex Magdaleno. Mashable. 2014-02-20. 2014-05-14.
  11. Web site: Streak's New iPhone App Is A CRM Service With Gmail Baked In. Alex Williams. TechCrunch. August 7, 2013. 2014-05-14.

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