101 lytton avenue palo alto ca 94301 united states 2 no . of locations palo alto portland seattle dublin ottawa london sydney 3 area served worldwide founder s ryan finley chris finley ceo zander lurie ceo 4 industry online survey services products online survey tools revenue 113m 5 slogan s the best decisions start here website surveymonkey.com written in . net python alexa rank 457 august 2013 update 6 registration required for creating a survey users 25 000 000 available in dansk deutsch english espa ol fran ais italiano nederlands norsk portugu s suomi svenska t rk e surveymonkey is an online survey 7 development cloud based software as a service company founded in 1999 by ryan finley . surveymonkey provides free customizable surveys as well as a suite of paid back end programs that include data analysis sample selection bias elimination and data representation tools . 8 in addition to providing free and paid plans for individual users surveymonkey offers more large scale enterprise options for companies interested in data analysis brand management and consumer focused marketing . 9 since releasing its enterprise in 2013 business focused services surveymonkey has grown dramatically opening a new headquarters in downtown palo alto . 5 surveymonkey provides data collection data analysis brand management and consumer marketing for facebook virgin america salesforce.com samsung and kraft foods among others . 10 as of 2015 surveymonkey has 25 million users and receives 90 million survey responses a month . the company was named to the forbes unicorn list in 2015 . 11 contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 expansion 1.3 partnerships 1.4 acquisitions 2 corporate 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit founding edit the company was majority owned by ryan and chris finley until 2009 when it was sold to a private equity consortium . surveymonkey ceo dave goldberg died suddenly on may 1 2015 while on vacation abroad with his wife facebook executive sheryl sandberg . 12 starting august 3 2015 bill veghte replaced the late david goldberg as surveymonkey ceo . veghte held top posts at hp and microsoft and attended harvard with goldberg . he credits the surveymonkey founder as a mentor . veghte held the role for less than 6 months due to strategic differences with investors primarily on where to allocate talent and resources . he was replaced by zander lurie in january 2016 . in 2010 the company received us 100 million in debt financing from bank of america merrill lynch and suntrust robinson humphrey . 13 in 2013 the company raised 800 million in debt and equity valuing the company at 1.35 billion . 14 expansion edit in 2012 the company launched a self serve analytics platform called audience allowing customers to send their survey to a select group of respondents . as of 2013 surveymonkey had 15 million users . 1 in september 2013 the company announced hipaa compliant features for premium subscription holders . 15 in november 2013 the company announced a new enterprise product with additional management capabilities . 16 in 2014 the company raised 250 million in equity financing from google capital tiger global management baillie gifford t. rowe price and morgan stanley . 17 in april 2015 the company announced a new data platform called benchmarks . this allows users to compare their survey results against competitors . 18 partnerships edit in february 2013 surveymonkey announced their partnership with api management platform mashery . this allows for the integration of third party apps and widgets into surveymonkey s core tool . currently the company has partnerships with eventbrite mailchimp zendesk pick1 19 and others . 20 in 2014 surveymonkey announced partnerships with salesforce and marketo . acquisitions edit the company has acquired three other survey tools precision polling wufoo and zoomerang as well as a stake in the uk based clicktools . citation needed in august 2014 surveymonkey acquired canadian company fluidware creators of fluidsurveys.com and fluidreview.com . 21 corporate edit the surveymonkey office in palo alto california . there are offices in palo alto california ; portland oregon ; seattle washington ; dublin ireland ; ottawa ontario ; and luxembourg . 2 surveymonkey s board of directors includes finley former facebook cfo david ebersman former verisign cfo dana l. evan lee fixel senior vice president of media at gopro zander lurie facebook coo sheryl sandberg and benjamin c. spero . lurie was named chairman of the board in july 2015 . 22 23 the company runs on a freemium 24 business model . see also edit comparison of survey software references edit a b scott martin 27 august 2012 . customer research easier in digital era . usa today . retrieved 20 february 2013 . a b contact surveymonkey . surveymonkey . retrieved 2014 05 07 . surveymonkey office locations . retrieved 24 july 2016 . lurie departs gopro to take ceo job at surveymonkey . recode . retrieved 2016 01 13 . a b quentin hardy . surveymonkey releases business version of popular questionnaire software . the new york times . retrieved 27 may 2014 . surveymonkey.com site info . alexa internet . retrieved 2013 02 18 . how to use online tools for customer surveys . inc. 30 july 2010 . retrieved 20 february 2013 . surveymonkey how it works . surveymonkey . retrieved 27 may 2014 . surveymonkey enterprise . surveymonkey . retrieved 27 may 2014 . surveymonkey home . surveymonkey . retrieved 27 may 2014 . konrad alex. spurning ipo surveymonkey now allows you to compare data with rivals . retrieved 24 july 2016 . king hope may 2 2015 . dave goldberg husband of facebook exec sheryl sandberg dies suddenly . cnn money . retrieved may 2 2015 . lynley matthew november 3 2010 . surveymonkey bucks the trend picks up 100m in debt financing . venturebeat.com . lashinsky adam 2013 01 17 . why surveymonkey is holding off on an ipo fortune tech . tech.fortune.cnn.com . retrieved 2014 03 03 . surveymonkey protects patient privacy with new hipaa features . marketwatch . retrieved 2014 03 03 . konrad alex 2013 11 18 . surveymonkey jumps into enterprise market with new product for businesses . forbes . retrieved 2014 03 03 . surveymonkey is worth 2 billion after new 250 million fundraising round . 15 december 2014 . retrieved 24 july 2016 . surveymonkey . surveymonkey launches audience service for consumer insights . retrieved 24 july 2016 . pick1.com . pick1 . retrieved 2014 03 24 . enqu tepartners integraties services en providers in dutch . surveymonkey . retrieved 2014 03 03 . macmillan douglas 2014 08 05 . surveymonkey acquires smaller canadian rival . retrieved 2014 09 17 . surveymonkey about us . surveymonkey.com . retrieved july 6 2015 . quentin hardy july 6 2015 . sheryl sandberg joins surveymonkey s board . ny times . surveymonkeyfreemium.org . freemium . 2012 07 12 . retrieved 2014 03 03 . external links edit official website v t e survey data collection online survey platforms createsurvey google consumer surveys sogosurvey surveygizmo surveymonkey survata qualtrics questback zoho survey retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title surveymonkey & oldid 739869025 categories companies based in portland oregonpolling companiescompanies established in 1999privately held companies based in oregon1999 establishments in oregonhidden categories cs1 dutch language sources nl articles containing potentially dated statements from february 2013all articles containing potentially dated statementsall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschespa olfran ais portugu st rk e edit links this page was last modified on 17 september 2016 at 15 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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