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Network Hippo, Inc.

Conference: DEMO Spring 2010
Market Segment: Consumer Software and Services
Funding Amount: N/A
Funding Round: N/A
Funding Details: Self-funded
Competitors: No direct competitors. Secondary competitors include Gist, Plaxo, Xobni, Highrise, and Batchbook.
Product Description: Network Hippo is the smartest way to manage your network. We help individuals and businesses manage and stay connected to people across social, professional, and business networks. Network Hippo aggregates and organizes contact information intelligently from email and social networking sites and has proactive, addictive tools to engage your network. Close more deals, crowdsource your next product design, or change the world: Network Hippo and your network make it possible.
Market Opportunity: Jack Myer's Media Business report forecasts spending in social marketing to grow from $800 million to $3.2 billion by 2012. AMR projects CRM revenue of $22 billion in 2012 (up from $14 billion in 2007) and Gartner predicts 80% of the immediate growth to come from "social application vendors."