appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message hoopla software type private company industry software as a service saas gamfication computer software headquarters san jose california area served worldwide key people mike smalls founder & ceo eric douglas cto rick kawamura vp of marketing products sales motivation platform hoopla tv hoopla mobile number of employees 35 website http www.hoopla.net hoopla software inc. is a privately held saas company founded in 2010 headquartered in silicon valley san jose california . the company is backed by trinity ventures safeguard scientifics illuminate ventures and salesforce . the company currently has over 500 customers and between 11 50 employees . the hoopla software uses gamification technology to help motivate sales teams . contents 1 history 2 product 3 customers and partners 4 awards and recognition 5 references 6 external links history edit the company was originally founded in philadelphia in 2010 . michael smalls the founder and ceo of the saas company moved headquarters to san jose in 2012 . the company received 2.8 m of funding in the series a round 1 and in february 2014 hoopla has raised a 8m series b round funding . 2 the total funding of 10.8 was received from safeguard scientifics salesforce ventures illuminates ventures and trinity ventures . 3 4 product edit the initial product launch included a cloud based application which integrates the salesforce crm which was available on hoopla tv . with the 2014 release hoopla launched a mobile version . modern game mechanics gamification and motivation psychology are used to build this platform . a team can create customizable leaderboards and challenges . customers and partners edit hoopla s customers include linkedin zillow new relic glassdoor and the nba sacramento kings . citation needed long term partnerships include salesforce xactly gainsight empire sales and crm superstars . citation needed michael smalls speaks at multiple events a year including saleshacker and dreamforce . awards and recognition edit 2012 salesforce appexchange customer choice award 5 2014 ondemand 50 companies to watch 6 2014 alwayson global 250 award 7 2014 aa isp service provider of the year saas gamification 2014 8 2015 gold stevie award for sales and customer service 9 references edit hoopla celebrates your sales wins grabs new funding . venturebeat . 2012 06 20 . hoopla sales motivating startup snags 8 million . silicon valley business journal . 2014 02 13 . hoopla on crunchbase . crunchbase . 2010 . the daily startup . wjs the wall street journal . 2014 02 14 . appexchange customer choice award winners 2012 . salesforce . 2012 01 23 . the 2014 ondemand 50 companies to watch . alwayson . 2014 06 04 . announcing the 2014 alwayson global 250 top private companies . alwayson . 2014 07 26 . aa isp annual awards . aa isp . 2014 . nomination title hoopla sales motivation platform . stevie awards for sales and customer service . 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hoopla software & oldid 706257230 categories software companies based in californiatechnology companies based in the san francisco bay areacompanies based in san jose californiasoftware companies established in 20102010 establishments in californiahidden categories wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from april 2015pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2015 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 add links this page was last modified on 22 february 2016 at 09 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view