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Doubling in size over the last three months, Owler will surpass one million active users this year and has its sights set on 10 million active users
SAN MATEO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 16, 2016–
Owler – the crowdsourced competitive intelligence platform that business professionals use to outsmart their competition, gain competitive insights, and uncover the latest industry news and alerts – announced that they have crossed half a million active users. Over the last three months, Owler’s highly engaged member community has doubled in size and Owler has quickly become the second largest active business community, surpassed only by LinkedIn. CEOs, salespeople, marketers, recruiters, and all types of business professionals use Owler daily to gain actionable, competitive insights. Startups, large enterprises, and companies of all sizes are leveraging Owler to outsmart their competition.
Every 10 seconds, members of the Owler community contribute competitive insights, such as private company revenue estimates and CEO ratings for companies they follow. Owler solves the core problem that exists in competitive intelligence: the lag between the creation of information and the timeliness in which it’s needed. “Leveraging the wisdom of crowds, Owler provides people that are in-the-know with a great way to share information, benefitting members of the community,” explains Kevin Buckby, Partner at Carbon Partners, an executive recruitment firm.
With unique data on 15 million searchable company profiles and proprietary community driven Competitive Graph, Owler helps business professionals uncover competitive insights and discover new companies that participate in their space. Owler’s web platform provides members with real-time insights not found anywhere else and helps them outsmart their competition.
Owler users receive three free email products. Weekly Showdown shows weekly competitive insights that delight users. Insights Insight delivers real-time announcements on funding, acquisitions, and leadership changes. Daily Snapshot surfaces top news stories, blog posts, and other coverage relevant to each person’s unique competitive graph (competitors, customers, prospects, and industry sectors news).
About Owler
Owler is the crowdsourced competitive intelligence platform that business professionals use to outsmart their competition, gain competitive insights, and uncover the latest industry news and alerts. Owler is powered by an active community of 500K business professionals that contribute unique business insights such as competitors, private company revenue, and CEO ratings. From startups all the way to large enterprises (including 96% of the Fortune 500), CEOs, salespeople, marketers, product managers, and all types of business professionals use Owler daily. Launched in 2014, and funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures, Owler is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with offices in Coimbatore, India.
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