For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Cristina Pérez Ferrer
Chief Marketing & Sales Officer
CloudGuide SL
[email protected]
+34 932 200 042
CloudGuide, the unique application for Museums, closes Seed
Round of financing.
The new mobile social experience application to learn, share and view the world’s cultural
heritage, receives the support from a Google Executive, Ecosystem Ventures and other global
business angels.
BARCELONA – September 23rd, 2014 – CloudGuide SL has closed an initial Seed Round of
financing with the participation of international investors from Spain, Belgium, Germany, Japan
and the United States. Six angel investors, including a Google Executive, and Ecosystem
Ventures, a Silicon Valley based Fund, participated in the current round.
“All the investors have a wide experience in managing successful international businesses,
which will add much value to the company. Furthermore, since the investors are spread in
various countries, their respective network will help us enter those markets faster.” says Olga
Plets, one of the three Co-founders. CloudGuide also received public financing from the Catalan
Administration as a promising innovative start up.
The funds raised by the company will allow it to finance the multiple Pilots with museums and
to improve the application by adding enhanced features. It will also accelerate the international
expansion by hiring some country representatives in various European countries and the United
States.
“The response from Museums, not only in Europe but from around the world, has been
amazing. We have a large funnel of interested partners. Let’s not forget that millions of people
visit museums every year. Our application will allow visitors to do much more than just read
about the current exhibition. For museums, we are providing a platform to increase their
revenues and reach their visitors even after they have left the museum”, explains Cristina Pérez,
another Co-founder.
“The visitor will no longer have to carry around the old-fashioned, unhygienic audio guide or
download multiple apps per museum. Everything will be available from a single multi-lingual
application. They can also make purchases in the museum's in-app gift shop, buy tickets and join
the museum association”, concludes Joris Van Dyck, the CTO and the last Co-founder.
About CloudGuide
CloudGuide SL was incorporated in late 2013 by three Master classmates from the prestigious
ESADE Business School. The founders come from Belgium, Russia and Spain, giving the company
from day one a global advantage. CloudGuide aims to provide museums and galleries with a
modern channel of communication. The Content Management System platform for museums
will allow them to create multimedia guides without any investment. The system supports
audio, video, text, links and suggested routes among other features. Moreover, the museum
can review all the related statistics gathered through CloudGuide. Please visit
www.cloudguide.me for more information.
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