Whisbi

Whisbi
Private
Industry Marketing software
Founder
  • Alex Bisbe
  • Jose Luis Cantero
Headquarters Barcelona, Spain
Number of locations
 Barcelona, Madrid, London, Berlin
Key people
 Alex Bisbe, (CEO); Jose Luis Cantero, (CTO); Jon Smith, (VP Marketing)
Number of employees
 78

Whisbi is a SaaS e-Commerce performance management company specializing in website Conversion optimization for small, mid-size and enterprise business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) companies. Whisbi provides a patented Video Agent technology solution to help clients sell products and services via their website.

Background and history

Headquartered in Barcelona, Spain with additional offices in Madrid, London, and São Paulo, Brazil, Whisbi was founded in 2009 by Alex Bisbe and Jose Luis Cantero. Their aim was to take their experience in call center sales and integrate the one-to-one experience customers receive through a call center agent and apply that to online sales for eCommerce clients by combining live video images of the Video Agent with the audio transferred via telephone.

In December 2011 a first round of funding was completed led by Active Venture Partners.[1] In September 2012, Whisbi announced[2] further equity funding from BDMI[3](the investment arm of Bertelsmann) raising a total of $2.5 million[4] in venture capital to date. In October 2013, Wired Magazine listed Whisbi as one of the hottest 100 European start-ups[5]

Whisbi's interior office in Madrid.

Patents

Whisbi has been active, since its inception, in applying for patents for various aspects of its proprietary technology platform. The company recognizes that developing and protecting its intellectual property creates additional value in the company, and acts as a business moat to deter competitors. So far, Whisbi has secured three issued patents[6] and has additional pending patent applications in the United States and other countries..

References

  1. ↑ Active Venture Partners. "Active Venture Partners invests in Whisbi". Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  2. ↑ The Next Web. "Bertelsmann invests in Spain’s Whisbi, which helps increase online sales with live video agents". Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Wall Street Journal. "Bertelsmann Invests in Whisbi’s Online Video Agents". Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. ↑ CrunchBase. "CrunchBase Company Profile - Whisbi". Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  5. ↑ Wired 100 hottest European Start-ups. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ↑ PatentStorm. "US Patent 20120242841 - SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING REAL-TIME IMAGES". Retrieved 12 June 2013.
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