Industry Software Founded 2014 Type of business Private | Headquarters Lehi | |
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Key people Eric Rea, Co-Founder, Dennis Steele, Co-Founder Products Online Reputation Management | ||
Podium is a privately held technology company headquartered in Lehi, Utah that develops cloud-based software to help businesses collect and manage online reviews on review sites and social media sites like Google and Facebook.
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History
Podium was founded in 2014 when co-founder Eric Rea got a call from his father about the low online reviews his tire shop had been receiving. His father was looking for a way to improve those reviews, but he didn’t know how to go about it.
After doing some research, Rea found that the only solutions available were antiquated, email-based campaigns. Determined to build a better solution, Rea teamed up with Dennis Steele, an old college classmate, to develop a tool that would help small businesses build their online reputation through online reviews.
Podium was initially known as RepDrive before rebranding as Podium in 2015. The company raised $500,000 in an initial round of funding led by Peak Ventures.
Y Combinator
Podium was selected to participate in the Winter 2016 class of Y Combinator, a startup incubator that has helped develop Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit. The company presented on the second demo day for the Winter 2016 batch on March 23, 2016.