pennsylvania united states 1 october 2009 2009 10 01 founder alex gizis headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania u.s. area served worldwide products connectify hotspot connectify dispatch 1 speedify website www.connectify.me connectify is a software company focused on developing networking software for consumers . 2 3 connectify hotspot 4 5 is a software router for microsoft windows . 6 and connectify dispatch 7 a network load balancing solution 8 and speedify 9 a link aggregation service . history edit connectify launched their first product in october 2009 . 10 it can enable a windows pc to serve as a router over ethernet or wi fi . along with a windows 7 or 8 certified wi fi device it can act as a wireless access point . this enables users to share files printers and internet connections between multiple computing devices without the need for a separate physical access point or router . well regarded by the press 11 12 connectify spent the next two years improving the product first making it free and ad supported . in 2011 connectify decided to offer a pro version of the software which included premium features for paying customers . these features included extended support of 3g 4g mobile devices fully customizable ssids and premium customer support . also in 2011 connectify received funding 13 from in q tel to begin developing a more powerful and secure remote networking platform and a connection aggregation application . connectify used this funding to develop the foundation of the application and then in 2012 turned to the crowdfunding site kickstarter 14 15 to raise additional funding 16 17 to develop connectify dispatch . dispatch is a load balancer which can combine any number of ethernet wi fi or mobile internet connections . references edit henry alan 7 october 2013 . connectify dispatch gets a free tier still combines your connections . lifehacker . retrieved 8 november 2014 . connectify in crunch base . crunch base . crunch base . retrieved 7 november 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techspot inc. retrieved 9 january 2012 . rupley sebastian 29 october 2009 . connectify is early evidence of why win7 s virtual wi fi matters . gigaom . gigaom . yegulalp serdar 19 october 2011 . sharing wi fi is easy with connectify . informationweek . informationweek . distefano joseph 28 september 2011 . cia s investment firm backs philly s connectify . philly.com . interstate general media llc . parker tammy 12 august 2012 . connectify aggregates wi fi 3g and 4g into a fat pipe . fiercewirelesstech . retrieved 8 november 2014 . rubin ross 25 may 2013 . yanked from the cloud why connectify unplugged its switchboard campaign . techcrunch . retrieved 16 november 2014 . gannes liz 10 september 2012 . why choose one connectify blends vc and crowdfunding in kickstarter campaign pdf . allthingsd . wall street journal . parker tammy 15 may 2013 . connectify returns to kickstarter to enable channel bonding in the cloud . fiercewirelesstech . retrieved 8 november 2014 . external links edit 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