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| foundation = 1999 | founder = | location_city = Tysons Corner, Virginia | location_country = USA | key_people = | industry = Meeting planning | products = Event Management, Cvent Supplier Network, Strategic Meetings Management, Web Surveys | num_employees = 1,750+ | homepage = (www.cvent.com ) }} Cvent, Inc. is a publicly held software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in meetings management technology. The company offers web-based software for meeting site selection, online event registration, event management, email marketing, and web surveys.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Event Management Giant Cvent Scoops Up Seed Labs To Help It Go Mobile )〕 ==History== Cvent was founded in September 1999 by Reggie Aggarwal. That same year it received $17 million in venture capital and grew its staff to 125 employees. Following the dot-com bubble burst and the September 11 attacks, Cvent faced near-bankruptcy and was forced to cut 80% of its staff.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=There And Back Again – How Cvent’s Founder Stood By His Company, For Better Or Bankruptcy )〕 The company became profitable again by 2003. In 2011, Cvent was growing by 50% a year and received $136 million of funding from New Enterprise Associates in July 2011, which, at the time, was the largest investment in a U.S. software company since 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Daily Start-Up: NEA, Insight Lead Mega-Round For Cvent )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Venture investments grow in 3Q from last year )〕 In 2012, Cvent entered the mobile market with the acquisition of two event application developers. On June 13, Cvent announced its acquisition of Austin-based startup Seed Labs, recently rebranded as CrowdTorch, for $4.2 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=With a pair of acquisitions, Cvent expands into mobile )〕 Seven days later, the company announced its acquisition of Portland-based application developer CrowdCompass for $10 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=After Seed Labs, Cvent Snags CrowdCompass For $10M To Double Down On Mobile Event Apps )〕 CrowdTorch develops mobile applications for consumer-oriented events and CrowdCompass develops mobile applications for business-related events.〔 Cvent filed an S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 8, 2013, proposing an initial public offering of an estimated $5.6 million in shares.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cvent Unveils Estimated Terms of Planned IPO of 5.6 Million Shares )〕 It went public on the New York Stock Exchange on August 9, 2013,〔 at an initial price of $21.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cvent stock drifts back to earth )〕 The company raised $117.6 million and received a market capitalization of more than a billion dollars. The IPO was referenced in regards to its use of the JOBS Act, which enabled the company to offer an IPO much more quickly.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cvent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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