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Crowdly

Techstars '10

Boston, US · Founded 2011 · Delaware corporation · 7 employees on LinkedIn · 3 known investors

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92 people in our graph share verified history with the Crowdly team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Joe Medvedunlockedknows Dan Sullivan · together at Boston College (overlapped)
×7knows the team · via Techstars
×4knows the team · via Boston College

Crowdly connects brands with their customer advocates to foster authentic relationships and community engagement around products.

Founders & leadership

Crowdly was founded in 2011 by Dan Sullivan.

DSDan Sullivan
Dan SullivaninFounder and CEODan Sullivan founded Crowdly in 2013 after earlier work at Appswell and as co-founder and president of Speak With A Geek, and started his career as community manager at CollegeClub.com in 1999.

Board

MH
Marcia HooperBoard director
CMChristopher Mirabile
Christopher MirabileinBoard Member2014–2020Executive Chair at Launchpad Venture Group
WS
William SullivanBoard director

Investors · 3

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$1.7M disclosed across 2 rounds · 2012–2014

$1.6MraisedMay 2016 · 45 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Marcia HooperDirector
  • Daniel M SullivanExecutive Officer, Director
  • William SullivanDirector
  • Christopher MirabileDirector
Offering amount
$2.2M
Amount sold
$1.6M
First sale
Aug 2014
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2011
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$125KraisedFeb 2012 · 2 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Daniel M. SullivanExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$600K
Amount sold
$125K
First sale
Jan 2012
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2011
Federal exemptions
06
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Competitors · 9

by search overlap
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Calendly9 shared keywordsCalendly is a scheduling platform that integrates with Microsoft Teams to automatically generate and include Teams video conferencing links in calendar events.
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Pitchly7 shared keywordsPitchly offers a data enablement platform with data pipeline, data workspace, and data productivity tools that automate data workflows to save time and improve performance for business teams. The company positions its product around a data-driven approach to work.
Connectly7 shared keywordsConnectly builds an AI platform that lets retailers deploy AI agents to handle the full customer lifecycle—support, marketing, loyalty, and post-sales—across messaging (including WhatsApp), voice, and utilities. It targets retail businesses looking to engage prospects, qualify leads, and automate customer conversations.
Cluely6 shared keywordsCluely is an AI meeting assistant that provides real-time transcription, note-taking, and instant answers during video calls while remaining undetectable on screen. It integrates with major video conferencing platforms and supports over 12 languages with 95% transcription accuracy.
Termly5 shared keywordsTermly provides a cookie policy generator tool that automatically scans websites to discover and categorize cookies, then generates compliant cookie policies and manages user consent across GDPR, CCPA, and other data privacy regulations.
Checkly5 shared keywordsCheckly provides a monitoring-as-code platform for development teams to build, deploy, and run software applications. The platform targets software developers and engineering teams across industries.
Rootly5 shared keywordsRootly provides AI-powered on-call and incident management software that integrates with Slack and Teams to help engineering and SRE teams page, schedule, diagnose, and resolve incidents faster. It also offers automated status pages and post-incident analysis for teams that require high system availability.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Crowdly do?
Crowdly connects brands with their customer advocates to foster authentic relationships and community engagement around products.
Who founded Crowdly?
Crowdly was founded by Dan Sullivan in 2011.
Who are Crowdly's investors?
Crowdly's investors include Bantam Group, Launchpad Venture Group, Techstars.
How much funding has Crowdly raised?
Crowdly has disclosed $1.7M raised across 2 rounds.
Where is Crowdly headquartered?
Crowdly is headquartered in Boston, US.