Crowdcast is an online events platform headquartered in Oakland, California. It enables businesses, creators, and individuals to host interactive webinars, live streams, workshops, Q&A sessions, summits, and online concerts. Crowdcast aims to empower users to build communities, share ideas, and monetize events by providing an easy-to-use, engaging virtual event experience accessible directly via browsers without downloads. Its customers range from major enterprises such as Adobe, IBM, Twilio, and HP to creators including Mos Def, Amanda Palmer, MIA, System of a Down, and Jacob Collier. Monthly, millions attend Crowdcast events, highlighting its reach and appeal.
Crowdcast was founded in 2015 with the mission to use technology to bring people together and bridge divides through scalable community interaction. The company has experienced significant growth as virtual events moved mainstream globally, expanding user base and event types. Crowdcast’s ability to support diverse interactive features and multi-session events have helped solidify its market position as a go-to platform for online and hybrid events.
Crowdcast has raised funding primarily in earlier years. The platform raised a $6 million Series A round led by Menlo Ventures with participation from Alsop Louie Partners. Another reported round was a $120K Seed VC round in 2016 with investors including CSC Upshot Ventures and NFX. Despite limited disclosed recent funding, Crowdcast maintains substantial revenue estimated at around $1.1 million annually. The company was also acquired by Spigit in 2012, a social innovation company with over $26 million raised, reflecting Crowdcast’s strategic value in innovation and business intelligence markets.
Crowdcast was acquired by Spigit in 2012, enhancing Spigit’s innovation management capabilities by integrating Crowdcast’s social business intelligence solutions. This broadened Crowdcast’s market into enterprise innovation and collaboration alongside Spigit’s extensive customer base including MetLife, American Express, Walmart, and GE. The acquisition expanded Crowdcast’s product scope in crowdsourced enterprise intelligence while continuing to serve a diverse clientele across industries.
Recent improvements by Crowdcast include enhanced interactive chat with react-mojis, cleaner replay recording experiences by removing unwanted audio and signals, and performance optimizations in tab switching during events. These updates reflect ongoing refinement in user experience and technical stability.
Crowdcast places strong emphasis on maintaining a positive and authentic engineering and company culture amid its growth. Its leadership and team focus deliberately on preserving core values, fostering a learning environment, and ensuring their culture scales with the company. There is attention to transparent communication and embedding shared values as new talent joins to sustain a cohesive and mission-driven organization.
Crowdcast powers over 20,000 live events monthly, attracting nearly 1 million viewers. Its user base comprises a mix of individual creators, businesses, and large corporations. This community ranges from enterprise clients such as Adobe and IBM to individual creators and artists. The platform differentiates itself by enabling users to build and own direct relationships with their audiences through features allowing email collection, multi-platform streaming, and live interactions, unlike social platforms that focus primarily on exposure.
