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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Digital marketing |
Headquarters | New York City, New York |
Website |
conductor |
Conductor, founded in 2006, started as a marketing services company. In 2010, it launched its cloud-based software platform called Conductor Searchlight, supporting search engine optimization (SEO) and content marketing. [1] [2] The platform also offers suggestions for optimizing digital marketing metrics and increasing revenue. [3] [4] [5]
In 2018, it was announced that WeWork would acquire Conductor. [6] [7] However, in 2019, the company spun off from WeWork to become an independent employee-owned company, with all its employees becoming co-founders. [8] [9] [10]
In 2016, Conductor introduced Insight Stream, a solution that combines data from multiple marketing technologies, including Deepcrawl, Dragon Metrics, and Google Search Console, into a single stream. [11]
The Conductor Foundation, the philanthropic branch of Conductor, provides annual grants to mission-based organizations that include access to the company's technology and support with digital marketing. [12] [13]
Conductor was established by Jeremy Duboys and Seth Besmertnik in New York City in 2006. [14] [15]
In 2012, the company was 38th on the Inc. 500 list of US companies, which ranks companies by their highest growth percentage, and received US$20 million in financing. [14] [16]
In 2014, the company opened an office in San Francisco. In February 2015, Conductor received a $27 million Series D round of funding, with Seth Besmertnik as CEO.
In March 2018, it was announced that WeWork was acquiring Conductor. [6] [7] On December 12, 2019, it was announced that Conductor would become an independent employee-owned company after spinning off from WeWork. [8] [9] [17] [18]
On February 16, 2022, Conductor acquired ContentKing, a real-time SEO monitoring platform, after securing $150 million in funding. [19]
On February 7, 2023, Conductor acquired enterprise SEO platform Search Metrics for undisclosed terms. [1]