an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . july 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message sailthru industry communication platform founded 2008 founder neil capel chairman & founder ian white cto & founder headquarters new york city website https www.sailthru.com sailthru is a cross platform marketing company with an international client base . 1 2 based in new york city the company s smart data solution makes automated decisions based on user activity across clients websites email and mobile applications . 3 4 5 the company has offices in new york city san francisco los angeles and london . 6 contents 1 founders 2 history 3 products 4 external links 5 references founders edit neil capel is the founder and original ceo of the sailthru . 7 capel graduated from the university of portsmouth in the u.k. with a bsc in computer science . 7 a british citizen capel worked as a coder before beginning work at morgan stanley in 2000 . 2 7 the company transferred him to new york where he left morgan stanley to become chief executive officer at redscope llc . 2 7 from 2003 until 2009 capel worked as chief technical officer for several companies including money media and music nation . 7 capel is chief executive officer at sailthru and also advisor to refinery29 and replyforall . 7 ian white is the co founder and cto of sailthru . white graduated from brown university with a dual major in computer science and theatre . 8 he also holds an mfa in theatre from brown . 8 from 2005 he served as developer at money media and music nation . 8 in 2008 he became lead developer for business insider eventually becoming its technical adviser in 2010 . 8 his hobbies include maintaining an acting career in off broadway plays and taking part in the brooklyn generator a monthly playwriting and production event . 9 history edit working with co founder ian white capel funded the company through its first year out of his own pocket . 2 in 2010 he sought and obtained 1 million in seed funding . 3 a year later series a investors provided the company with 8 million in additional funding . 3 the series b funding round in 2013 raised 19 million with bill gurley benchmark joining core investors aol ventures rre ventures and dfj gotham ventures . 3 the series c funding round in late 2013 raised 20m with rob theis scale venture partners and existing investors participating . the company will expand its production development account management and marketing staff as well as infrastructure to expand into fortune 500 companies . 10 in 2013 sailthru opened an office in san francisco ca. 10 products edit sailthru is a smart data platform that lets businesses make real time automated decisions for optimizing their customers experiences across email communication websites and mobile apps . 1 3 the platform tracks user preferences and behavior on clients websites email and apps and generates large datasets and unique profiles to help clients customize communications and develop advertising targeted to each user . 1 3 4 5 sailthru s products include concierge a tool that provides targeted pop out recommendations through their horizon technology scout a personalized webpage that recommends personalized content and adflight an automated email ad campaign tool . 3 5 external links edit home page references edit a b c nissen max feb 11 2013 . sailthru raises 19 million for using big data respectfully . business insider . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b c d lerner dave sep 23 2011 . neil capel ceo at sailthru video interview . venture studio . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b c d e f g profile sailthru . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b shontell alyson sep 20 2011 . smart email provider sailthru raises 8 million round led by rre ventures . business insider . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b c frommer dan july 26 2010 . behavioral email startup sailthru raises 1 million led by dfj gotham . business insider . retrieved april 10 2013 . company . retrieved april 24 2014 . a b c d e f linked in neil capel . linked in . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b c d linked in ian white . retrieved april 10 2013 . del castillo michael dec 18 2012 . thespian cto creates dramatic vision . upstart business journal . retrieved april 10 2013 . a b sailthru raises 19 million in series b funding . finsmes . feb 11 2013 . retrieved april 10 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sailthru & oldid 738810421 categories media technologytelecommunications companies of the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from july 2014all articles with a promotional tone 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 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