Qlipso Inc. is an

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technology company, which builds and operates multi-user content-sharing platforms for

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-based media. The company's social-viewing platform provided users the ability to view and share various forms of media with others, live or asynchronously. Since 2010, the company holds the assets of the online video portal

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. In May 2012, Qlipso launched a new personal social video sharing platform, called ''Mixin'', which allows users to find their friends' favorite videos, interact with them on the video itself, and discover the trending videos online in a personalized matter. The platform gained more than 200,000 users in the first days after the official launch.

Acquisition of Veoh

On April 8, 2010, it was announced that Qlipso had acquired substantially all of the assets of online video portal

, which in 2008 had approximately 17 million unique visitors monthly. Qlipso used the acquisition to add a broad and established base of users, along with revenue, to its content-sharing service, while integrating its social-viewing features into Veoh's mainstream

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platform.

Management and Funding

Qlipso is led by an international team of established

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and digital media industry veterans. Qlipso was founded in September 2007 by Ishay Pnueli, a veteran of the

and technology industries. Jon Goldman, who previously founded and served as CEO of the

development company

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, joined Qlipso as CEO in early 2009. Qlipso was incubated and funded by

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and now headquartered in

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, with additional offices in

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and

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References

External links

Qlipso.com

Veoh.com

Mixin.com

Qlipso Blog

Interview with Jon Goldman, CEO of Qlipso, in ''Billboard Magazine''

Jon Goldman byline on ''Mashable.com'' about future of online video
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