not follow wikipedia s policies or guidelines . please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message pixlee inc. type private industry visual marketing founded july 2012 founder kyle wong awad sayeed miraj mohsin jeff chen headquarters san francisco california area served worldwide number of employees 25 website www.pixlee.com pixlee is a visual marketing platform that allows businesses to market and sell with real customer photos and videos . history edit pixlee was founded in july 2012 in palo alto california by kyle wong awad sayeed miraj mohsin and jeff chen . the group originally founded pixlee out of wong s stanford university dorm room before being accepted to the startx business incubator in 2012 . 1 2 3 4 after successfully graduating from the startx program pixlee closed a 1.5 million seed funding round from a number of venture capital firms and individual silicon valley investors . some of the notable contributors to the round were andreessen horowitz xseed capital and rothenberg ventures . 5 6 7 8 9 in 2015 pixlee closed a 4 million venture round from investors including gs shop and you & mr jones brandtech ventures . 10 the company has won numerous awards including digiday s signal award for best content curation platform sxsw most disruptive retail technology audience choice award and san francisco business time s best places to work . 11 12 13 pixlee works with more than 150 brands such as kenneth cole gaiam levi strauss and kimpton hotels to develop a more authentic marketing experience and to create stronger relationships with their most passionate customers . pixlee s visual marketing platform curates customer generated content in real time manages permission rights and easily integrates the content directly into multi channel browsing and shopping experiences . the company s approach has proven to impact sales profoundly shoppers that engage with pixlee managed content on a brand s website are on average 2x more likely to make a purchase . 14 pixlee is headquartered in san francisco with offices in new york and toronto . references edit http techcrunch.com 2012 09 06 startx the startup accelerator for stanford students kicks off its summer 2012 demo day http www.digitaltrends.com mobile five favorite startx demo day startups http www.stanforddaily.com 2012 10 01 startx stand outs http paloalto.patch.com groups business news p palo alto s startx unveils new entrepreneurs http a16z.com portfolio http www.finsmes.com 2013 10 pixlee raises 1 5m seed funding.html http www.xseedcap.com portfolio http www.forbes.com sites karstenstrauss 2013 10 29 can pixlee change image based marketing 1 5m on yes http www.thedishdaily.com news 2013 05 22 what 49ers have common shoedazzle https www.crunchbase.com organization pixlee entity http www.bizjournals.com sanfrancisco blog 2016 04 sfbt 125 best places to work in the bay area 2016.html http zocalogroup.com 2015 sxsw retail disruptors 5 more companies you should know http digiday.com announcement grapeshot saatchi dominate signal awards http www.pixlee.com external links edit pixlee inc pixlee on angellist retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pixlee & oldid 743699604 categories companies based in san franciscointernet companieshidden categories wikipedia external links cleanup from november 2013wikipedia spam cleanup from november 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 add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 44 . 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