Powtoon Ltd.
TypePrivate
IndustryInternet marketing
FoundedJanuary 4, 2012 (2012-01-04)
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Key people
Ilya Spitalnik (Founder), Daniel Zaturansky (Co-Founder), Sven Hoffman (Co-Founder), Oren Mashkovski (Co-Founder)
ProductsPowtoon Visual Communication Platform. A Web-based video maker and animation software

Powtoon Ltd. is a British company which sells cloud-based animation software (SaaS) for creating animated presentations and animated explainer videos.[1] The name "Powtoon" is a portmanteau of the words "PowerPoint" (trademarked by Microsoft) and "Cartoon".

History

Powtoon was founded in January 2012. The company released a beta version in August 2012.[2] In December 2012, Powtoon secured $600,000 investment from Los Angeles–based venture capital firm Startup Minds.[3]

Product

Powtoon is a web-based animation software that allows users to create animated presentations by manipulating pre-created objects, imported images, provided music and user-created voice-overs.[4] Powtoon uses an Apache Flex engine to generate an XML file that can be played in the Powtoon online viewer, exported to YouTube or downloaded as an MP4 file.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Perez, Sarah. TechCrunch, June 26th, 2012, "Now Everyone Can Make Marketing Videos: PowToon Launches DIY jump Presentation Tool"
  2. 1 2 Powtoon Website
  3. ↑ Perez, Sarah, TechCrunch, Dec 14, 2012, "DIY Animation Platform PowToon Grabs $600K For Its Video Creation Software"
  4. ↑ Mersand, Shannon (May 2014). "Product Review: PowToon". Tech and Learning. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.


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