Likeable Local offers Likeable Hub, a comprehensive solution for small businesses to create, enhance, and manage their social media presence. The company is led by CEO Dave Kerpen and serves over 1,000 customers, including doctors, lawyers, retail shops and restaurants. It is based in New York City and opened an office in Portland, Maine in April 2013. Likeable Local secured $500K in debt funding from Lighter Capital. The company intends to use the funds to grow its team and expand its marketing and sales efforts. Lighter Capital is a Seattle-based investment lender specializing in Revenue-Based Financing for small businesses. Likeable Local offers a B2B software suite for SMBs that includes a vertical-specific content publisher, Turbopost™ social ad technology, mobile-friendly websites, offline marketing kits, and full analytics to help businesses monetize social channels. The company launched in 2013 and is led by CEO Dave Kerpen, with an MIT‑trained CTO running development in Portland, Maine. Management is scaling go-to-market through a newly launched Likeable Consultants partner program that allows marketers and consultants to resell and white-label the software. The company reported a goal to expand from 700 customers to 7,000 via the consultants program. With the recent financing the company hired a Chief Revenue Officer to manage sales, marketing, and customer success. Funds will also be used to grow the development team and accelerate SMB growth efforts.

Total raised

$2M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Debt Financing

Latest activity

Jul 2015