Headquartered in the Crystal Tech Fund, the Arlington, VA-based company has disrupted the conference call experience by creating a visual conference platform that utilizes customized URLs (e.g., speek.com/ronaldiscool) as opposed to having to deal with dialing in and putting in a PIN number. From anywhere in the world and from any device, people can join in on any call by simply clicking on the URL. The addition of screen sharing capability allows Speek to compete against companies like WebEx which offers similar features, but currently charges $50 per month, per user; Speek for Business costs organizations less than half of that amount at $19 per month, per user. Aside from screen sharing, some key new features include branded conference calls (with the ability to customize the logo, colors, and include links to your brand’s social media pages), a dashboard for all your organization’s conference calls, and an improved visual interface. With the new features in play, companies have actually already signed up as part of a soft product launch last month, including Morgan Franklin, Politico, Dell, Heart of America, and Crowdrise. This past March, Speek raised nearly $6 million in a Series A round of funding. According to the company, the funding has allowed the company to develop Speek for Business, shifting focus from current “freemium” individual business users to multi-user businesses and organizations. Speek CTO Danny Boice is a Tech Cocktail contributor.
