Industry | Enterprise mobility management |
---|---|
Founded | 2010 |
Founder | Andrew Toy (CEO) Alexander Trewby (COO) David Zhu (CTO) |
Headquarters | |
Number of locations | London, Hong Kong |
Products | Divide dual-persona BYOD platform |
Website |
www |
Enterproid is an enterprise mobility management software company that helps business customers manage employee-owned smartphones and tablets, a trend known as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Enterproid is best known for its dual-persona platform called Divide, which separates iOS and Android devices into two personas for work and play.
Divide provides a workspace container that encrypts business data and applications and keeps them separate from personal data on an employee's mobile device. Enterproid was one of the first companies to introduce a dual-persona approach for enterprise mobility management and BYOD. Separating a device into two personas allows companies to protect only the business apps and data without having to manage or restrict the personal use of the device [1] Divide, which also includes a number of business apps for email, calendar and contacts, is available for both iOS and Android devices.[ citation needed]
Enterproid was founded in 2010 by former Morgan Stanley mobile security and IT executives. [2] The founding team includes CEO Andrew Toy, COO Alexander Trewby and CTO David Zhu. The company, which debuted Divide at the Demo Spring 2011 conference, [3] established a headquarters in New York with offices in London and Hong Kong.
On May 20, 2014, the company was acquired by Google. Following the acquisition, Divide became Android for Work. [4]
In October 2013, Enterproid rebranded as Divide and announced closing a $12M funding round led by Google Ventures. [5] The company raised $25 million,[ citation needed] including an $11 million series A round in June 2011 from Google Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures and Comcast Ventures. [6] It raised a $2 million seed round from Genacast Ventures, NYC, High Peaks Venture Partners and BOLDstart Ventures in October 2010. [7]
Date | Award | Description |
---|---|---|
Feb. 2011 | Qualcomm Venture QPrize | Grand Prize Winner |
Jan. 2012 | GSMA Global Mobile Awards | Nominated for best enterprise mobile service and most innovative mobile app |
April 2012 | Gartner Cool Vendor[ dead link] | Recognized as a top vendor in security: infrastructure protection |
May 2012 | Time Inc.'s 10 NYC Startups to Watch | Listed as one of the top New York startups |