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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Internet marketing |
| Founded | January 4, 2012 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Ilya Spitalnik (Founder), Daniel Zaturansky (Co-Founder), Sven Hoffman (Co-Founder), Oren Mashkovski (Co-Founder) |
| Products | Powtoon Visual Communication Platform. A Web-based video maker and animation software |
Powtoon Ltd. is a British company which sells cloud-based animation software (SaaS) for creating animated presentations and animated explainer videos. [1] The name "Powtoon" is a portmanteau of the words " PowerPoint" (trademarked by Microsoft) and " Cartoon".[ citation needed]
History
Powtoon was founded in January 2012.[ citation needed] The company released a beta version in August 2012. [2] In December 2012, Powtoon secured $600,000 investment from Los Angeles–based venture capital firm Startup Minds. [3]
Product
Powtoon is a web-based animation software that allows users to create animated presentations by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music and user-created voice-overs. [4] Powtoon uses an Apache Flex engine to generate an XML file that can be played in the Powtoon online viewer, exported to YouTube or downloaded as an MP4 file. [2]
See also
References
- ^ Perez, Sarah. TechCrunch, June 26th, 2012, "Now Everyone Can Make Marketing Videos: PowToon Launches DIY jump Presentation Tool"
- ^ a b Powtoon Website
- ^ Perez, Sarah, TechCrunch, Dec 14, 2012, "DIY Animation Platform PowToon Grabs $600K For Its Video Creation Software"
- ^ Mersand, Shannon (May 2014). "Product Review: PowToon". Tech and Learning. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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