verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message helloworld industry interactive marketing founded 1999 headquarters 3000 town center suite 2100 southfield michigan usa 48075 key people peter denunzio ceo ; phil sims cto ; chris locke cfo number of employees 500 website www.helloworld.com helloworld formerly eprize is a digital engagement agency specializing in mobile social media and web campaigns . headquartered in detroit helloworld also has offices in new york chicago nashville los angeles and seattle . contents 1 history 2 references 3 sources 4 external links history edit eprize was founded in 1999 by josh linkner . it received a monetary boost in 2006 after securing a 32 million usd investment 1 from several detroit area business leaders including dan gilbert founder and chairman of quicken loans and brian hermelin . fifth third bank also provided bank financing and a working capital facility . in july 2011 eprize acquired the crm division apollo data technologies and in january 2012 acquired cellit a mobile solutions company . in august 2012 eprize was acquired by catterton partners a private equity firm with a focus on the middle market consumer sector . in october 2012 eprize announced their salesforce appexchange app was spinning off into its own startup called leveleleven . other notable acquisitions include the january 2013 eprize acquisition of mozes a mobile cross platform engagement tool for live events and the may 2013 acquisition of promotions.com . in january 2014 eprize launched a rebrand becoming helloworld in order to expand beyond its origins as an online sweepstakes company . 2 references edit http www.adweek.com aw iq interactive article display.jsp vnu content id 1001921043 you had me at helloworld eprize announces new brand name and saas platform . market wired . retrieved 17 january 2014 . sources edit http www.prnewswire.com news releases eprize announces acquisition of cellit a mobile solutions company 137664363.html http www.prnewswire.com news releases eprize acquires crm division of apollo data technologies 125486298.html http www.crainsdetroit.com article 20120821 free 120829979 ceo on acquisition of eprize lose gilbert gain funds for http www.xconomy.com detroit 2013 01 29 eprize continues its mobile growth with mozes acquisition http www.forbes.com sites amitchowdhry 2013 05 06 eprize acquires promotions com to further expand its digital engagement platform external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title helloworld inc & oldid 729697718 categories companies based in oakland county michiganmarketing companies established in 1999hidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 13 july 2016 at 23 18 . 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