Connectbeam

{{Short description|American software company}}

{{notability|Companies|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Connectbeam

| logo =

| type = Private

| foundation = December 2005

| location = Mountain View, California

| key_people = Puneet Gupta
Sanjeev Sisodiya

| industry = Enterprise social software

| products = Social network
Social bookmarking

| homepage = [http://connectbeam.com/ Connectbeam.com]

}}

Connectbeam, a company based in Mountain View, California, provided enterprise social software. The company provided two core services: social bookmarking and aggregation of links and metadata for content from other social software applications. The company's stated goal was to establish the enterprise social network by integrating employees' user-generated content.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

Connectbeam was founded by Puneet Gupta [http://connectbeam.com/company/management.html Connectbeam | Management Team] in December 2005. Gabriel Venture Partners lead a Series A round of $3.5 million for the company in July 2007.[https://techcrunch.com/2007/07/17/connectbeam-lands-35million-series-a/ Connectbeam Lands $3.5 Million Series A] Connectbeam sells into the global enterprise market, and has been recognized for innovation by Gartner,[http://www.connectbeam.com/news_events/coolvendor07.html Connectbeam Recognized as 'Cool Vendor' in 2007 Gartner Report] InformationWeek,[http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199904347 Five Enterprise 2.0 Startups to Watch] eContent[http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/2008-2009-EContent-100-List-51609.htm 2008-2009 EContent 100 List] and KMWorld.[http://www.kmworld.com/Articles/Editorial/Feature/KMWorld-Trend-Setting-Products-of-2008-50459.aspx KMWorld Trend-Setting Products of 2008]

In July 2011, the Connectbeam website was removed.{{Cite web|url=http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2011/07/29/connectbeam-may-be-disconnected/|title = Connectbeam May be Disconnected|date = 29 July 2011}}{{Cite web |last=Corfield |first=Gareth |title=Cisco to face trial over Leadfactors IP theft claim |url=https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/26/cisco_theft_leadfactors/ |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.theregister.com |language=en}}{{Clarify|reason=|date=July 2020}}