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etouches is a cloud-based event management software company based in Norwalk, Connecticut best known for its integrated events management SaaS solutions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Event Technology )〕 The company has 9,000 users spanning across 35 different countries.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Interview with Melanie Taylor – APAC Sales Director from eTouches )〕 Its clients have included organizations such as Dell, Volkswagen, and the Financial Times.〔〔 etouches has been included on ''Inc. Magazine's'' Inc. 5000 rankings, and was listed as of the top ten companies in Connecticut.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Etouches )〕 ==History== Leonora Valvo, a former travel consulting specialist, founded etouches in 1998 originally as Global Executive Business Services. Global Executive Business Services operated as a fee-for-service event managing company until 2008 when the business was relaunched as etouches. etouches launched its first events management technology solution in that year. In 2010, etouches received $2.5 million in the first round of venture capital investments with lead investor Greycroft Partners, with the remainder coming from Cava Capital and Connecticut Innovations.〔 etouches launched its mobile application, eMobile, to allow users to create and run meeting and event scheduling on their phones in October 2012. The application also integrates with etouches modules such as eReg and eSocial. In 2012, etouches received $7.75 million in Series B financing led by Level Equity. In September 2013, etouches appointed Oni Chukwu as its company president and chief executive officer. Prior to joining etouches, Chukwu was formerly the vice president of Triple Point Technology, an in-cloud commodity management software company. Chukwu is also a board member of the Connecticut Technology Council and a member of the Board of Governors for the University of New Haven. Also in 2013, etouches generated $6 million in its Series C round investments. By the first quarter of 2014, etouches had processed 100,000 events and 10,000,000 registrations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=ETOUCHES )〕 2014 also marked the year that etouches applications were launched on the Sales Force App Exchange, months after announcing their strengthened integration with the CRM software.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Company Overview of eTouches, Inc. )〕 In 2015, the company expanded its operations into the Middle East with headquarters in Dubai. Later that year, SmartCEO included CEO Chukwu as one of its 2015 New York Future 50 award winners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Etouches )〕 Later that year, etouches acquired TapCrowd, a mobile application company that focuses on marketing data based on events for businesses and associations. In July 2015, etouches earned $14 million in Series C funding through investors including Argentum Group, and announced an official distribution partnership with InGo. In August 2015, etouches acquired Inevention, a venue sourcing platform which estimates total event costs. 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「Etouches」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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