Icebreaker
Founded 2018 · 9 employees on LinkedIn · 1 known investors
Icebreaker (Gatheround) builds an online platform designed to create a sense of togetherness and genuine connection among people gathering virtually. It aims to strengthen communities by making virtual interactions feel less awkward and more personal.
Also known as Gatheround
Investors · 1
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Gatheround, operating at icebreaker.video, is a video meeting platform positioned around structured participation rather than passive attendance. The product organizes meetings into agenda "building blocks" and activities, including breakouts into pairs or small groups, group share segments that give each participant equal camera time to answer a prompt, upvoted question collection, timed screen shares, photo booth moments, embedded YouTube playback, polls, quizzes, flash cards for announcements or instructions, and timed reflection pauses for solo work or breaks.
For presentation-driven sessions the platform offers a presentation mode with multiple layouts and picture-in-picture, moderated Q&A with audience submissions, upvoting and commenting under host controls, and recording for people who cannot attend live. The company markets templated agendas for recurring formats such as all hands, community building, onboarding, team meetings, workshops and celebrations.
Business model
Software platform sold for use in recurring workplace meetings, with reusable agenda templates that hosts apply to formats they already run.
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Market position
Presents itself as an alternative to conventional video conferencing and to one-off virtual social events, emphasizing participation formats embedded in existing work meetings.
Differentiates on structured activity formats and matching that distribute speaking time across participants, with more than a dozen ways to take part, rather than open-floor video calls or standalone virtual team-building events.
Technology
Browser-based video meeting environment combining presentation layouts, picture-in-picture, recording, moderated Q&A with upvoting, participant matching for pairs and small groups, and more than a dozen structured in-session activity types.
Go-to-market
Self-serve sign-up from the website, supported by agenda templates, a sample all-hands trial experience, and customer testimonials from employee experience, engagement and talent roles.
Workplace teams and frequent meeting hosts, including team leaders, community leaders, executives, people operations staff and onboarding managers.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Icebreakericebreaker.video · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Icebreaker do?
- Gatheround (formerly Icebreaker) is an interactive video meeting platform built for engaging all-hands, onboarding and team sessions.
- Who are Icebreaker's investors?
- Icebreaker's investors include Atelier.