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CrowdRiff

240 Richmond St. W. 5th floor, Unit 5-101, Toronto, ON, M5V 1V6, Canada

Overview

CrowdRiff is an AI-powered visual content marketing platform purpose-built for travel and tourism brands, combining content discovery, digital asset management, and content delivery tools. The platform enables marketers to source and share top-performing visuals at scale. CrowdRiff works with over 500 leading travel and tourism brands across 24 countries and has processed over 500 million images to date. Customers include Destination BC, Colorado Tourism Office, CityPASS and the Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions. The company plans to use new funding to expand its customer base globally and to develop new products. CrowdRiff provides a visual and social marketing solution that enables destination and travel brands to use photos and videos to create compelling experiences across their digital channels. Led by co-founder and CEO Dan Holowack, the company serves customers including Colorado Tourism, Travel Portland, Explore British Columbia, Azamara Cruises, Shedd Aquarium, Pebble Beach Resorts and the Royal Ontario Museum. The company raised $2m in funding to support product innovation, hire sales and marketing personnel, and build out its visual influence platform. Backers on the round included BDC Capital, Gibraltar Ventures, High Alpha Capital and Foundation Capital. CrowdRiff is based in Toronto, Canada.

Total raised
$11M
Funding rounds
2
Latest round
Series A
Latest activity
Oct 2018

Industries

  • Marketing Automation
  • SaaS
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Software
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Recent funding

  1. Series A

    Oct 2018

    $9M

  2. Equity

    Mar 2016

    $2M

Team

  • Dan Holowack

    Co-Founder & CEO

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  • Abhinav Ajgaonkar

    Co-Founder & CTO

    LinkedIn
  • Ambar Pal Singh Shante

    Director of Operations, Creator Marketplace

    LinkedIn
  • Jessie Darroch

    Director of Talent Acquisition & Employer Brand

    LinkedIn