Ziggeo is a cloud-based video technology

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(software as a service) company that provides asynchronous video

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s, mobile SDKs and tools to deliver enterprise-grade

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capabilities. Ziggeo is the initiator and backer of BetaJS, an open-source framework. It also launched Video Hack Day. Ziggeo is headquartered in New York City.

History

Ziggeo was founded by Susan Danziger and Oliver Friedmann in 2013. It launched the same year as a recruitment platform, and then pivoted in 2014 to a general video recording API provider that supports a variety of use cases and partners. Ziggeo is backed by

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. Ziggeo's API for Video Recording and Playback won the API: World Award for its Music/Video API in 2016 and 2017. Ziggeo was a finalist for the SaaS Award in HR / Recruitment and was a finalist for the SAAS Award in Non-Profits / Education in 2017. In August 2022, Ziggeo was acquired by Kargo, an ad-tech firm, for an undisclosed sum.

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External links

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