Jive Software
Corporate brand
UnclaimedAmerican enterprise social software company that developed internal communication, collaboration, and community platforms for businesses.
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Overview
Jive Software was an American enterprise software company focused on social collaboration, internal communications, and digital community products. Matt Tucker and Bill Lynch founded the company in 2001 in Iowa, after which it relocated to New York later that year and moved its headquarters to Portland, Oregon, in 2004. It subsequently established its principal headquarters in Palo Alto, California, while maintaining offices and operations in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific region. Jive emerged during the development of the enterprise social-networking market, applying familiar social-network concepts to workplace communication, knowledge sharing, employee engagement, customer communities, and collaboration. Its platforms were designed to give organizations a central environment for discussion, document sharing, profiles, groups, activity streams, and community interaction. The company positioned these tools as an alternative or complement to fragmented email and traditional intranet systems. The business expanded through both organic product development and acquisitions. Jive acquired Jotlet, an online calendar company, in 2008; Filtrbox, a social-monitoring company, in 2010; and OffiSync, an Israeli startup that added collaboration capabilities to Microsoft Office applications, in 2011. In 2012 it acquired Producteev, a task-management service, and Meetings.io, a chat and video-conferencing technology company. Producteev was later relaunched as a standalone application for individuals and teams, while Meetings.io technology contributed to Jive's real-time communications products, including Jive Chime. In 2013, Jive also announced acquisitions involving CLARA and StreamOnce, integrating community analytics and related capabilities into its platform. Jive reported strong growth in the late 2000s, including an 85 percent revenue increase at the end of 2009 and a $12 million Series B financing round led by Sequoia Capital. The company filed for an initial public offering in 2011 and completed its NASDAQ listing on December 12 of that year. Its public-market period later became more difficult as customer and revenue growth slowed amid increasing competition in enterprise collaboration and workplace software. Leadership changed in 2014 and 2015, when Tony Zingale moved from chief executive to executive chairman and Elisa Steele became president and then chief executive officer. Jive reported its first quarter of GAAP operating profitability in the fourth quarter of 2016. Despite that improvement, the company remained subject to strategic and financial pressure. On May 1, 2017, Jive announced an agreement to be acquired by Aurea Software for $462 million in cash. Aurea completed the acquisition on June 12, 2017. Jive therefore ceased to operate as an independent publicly traded company, although its products and capabilities continued within Aurea's software portfolio. The independent Jive corporate brand is consequently treated as defunct or absorbed, rather than as a current standalone public company.
History
Jive Software was founded in 2001 by Matt Tucker and Bill Lynch. The company began in Iowa, moved to New York later in its founding year, and relocated its headquarters to Portland, Oregon, in 2004. Its business developed around the idea that social and community-oriented software could improve communication inside large organizations. Rather than treating the corporate intranet as a static repository, Jive built tools for profiles, groups, discussions, activity streams, document collaboration, and knowledge exchange. The company grew as enterprises began adopting internal social networks and branded online communities for employees, customers, and partners. At the end of 2009, Jive reported an 85 percent increase in revenue and raised $12 million in Series B financing from Sequoia Capital. Its expansion strategy included acquisitions. Jive purchased Jotlet, an online calendar provider, in 2008, and Filtrbox, a Colorado-based social-monitoring company, in 2010. In 2011 it announced the acquisition of OffiSync, an Israeli startup whose technology connected collaboration functions with Microsoft Office applications. Jive became a public company in 2011. It filed for an IPO seeking approximately $100 million and began trading on NASDAQ on December 12, 2011. The offering raised $161.3 million. The public listing gave Jive additional capital and visibility as it competed in the expanding enterprise collaboration market, but the market later became more crowded as established software vendors added social, messaging, document, and team-work features to their suites. In 2012, Jive acquired Producteev and Meetings.io. Producteev supplied task-management applications for web, desktop, and mobile use, while Meetings.io contributed chat and video-conferencing technology. Jive subsequently released a redesigned Producteev as a standalone free application for individuals and teams and separated real-time communications capabilities from Meetings.io into Jive Chime. In 2013, Jive announced acquisitions of CLARA and StreamOnce. CLARA's Jive Resonata product added analytics intended to measure community reach, sentiment, and influence and to help organizations anticipate customer behavior. Jive's leadership changed during a period of slower growth. In November 2014, Tony Zingale announced his retirement as chief executive and assumed an extended role as executive chairman. Elisa Steele became president and interim chief executive, and in February 2015 she was formally appointed chief executive and added to the board. By 2015, customer and revenue growth had weakened and the company's market value had fallen to approximately $400 million according to the cited reference material. Industry observers discussed whether Jive's difficulties reflected broader changes in enterprise collaboration rather than only company-specific problems. Jive later reported that the fourth quarter of 2016 was its first quarter of GAAP operating profitability. The improvement did not prevent a change in ownership. On May 1, 2017, Jive announced a definitive agreement to be acquired by Aurea Software for $462 million in cash. Aurea completed the transaction on June 12, 2017. After the acquisition, Jive became part of Aurea's software portfolio and no longer operated as an independent public company. The standalone Jive corporate entity is therefore considered absorbed or defunct, although the product name and technology remained associated with Aurea.
- 2017
Aurea acquisition completed
[1]Aurea Software completed its acquisition of Jive on June 12.
- 2015
Elisa Steele appointed chief executive
[1]Elisa Steele became Jive's chief executive while continuing as president.
- 2013
Expansion of analytics and communications products
[1]Jive announced acquisitions involving CLARA and StreamOnce and introduced related integrations, including community analytics and Jive Chime capabilities.
- 2012
Producteev and Meetings.io acquisitions
[1]Jive acquired task-management company Producteev and communications technology company Meetings.io.
- 2011
NASDAQ IPO
[1]Jive completed its initial public offering on NASDAQ on December 12.
- 2010
Acquisition of Filtrbox
[1]Jive acquired social-monitoring company Filtrbox.
- 2008
Acquisition of Jotlet
[1]Jive acquired online calendar software company Jotlet.
- 2004
Headquarters move to Portland
[1]Jive relocated its headquarters to Portland, Oregon.
- 2001
Jive is founded
[1]Matt Tucker and Bill Lynch founded Jive in Iowa. The company moved to New York later that year.
Products and positioning
A pioneer in enterprise social software, positioned around employee collaboration, internal communications, knowledge sharing, and branded customer or partner communities.
Employee collaboration and internal communications
Jive-n
Jive-n was Jive's employee-facing collaboration and communication platform. It was designed for internal communities, knowledge sharing, discussions, profiles, groups, and activity-based communication, helping organizations organize workplace interaction in a social-network format.
Customer and partner communities
Jive-x
Jive-x was oriented toward external communities operated by businesses. The offering supported branded customer, partner, and user environments where organizations could publish information, encourage peer discussion, collect feedback, and build ongoing relationships beyond the employee base.
Task management
Producteev
Producteev was a task-management application acquired by Jive in 2012. It offered web, desktop, and mobile clients and was later redesigned and presented as a standalone free application for individuals and teams.
Team messaging and real-time communication · 2013
Jive Chime
Jive Chime was a standalone real-time communications product derived in part from technology obtained through the Meetings.io acquisition. It focused on chat and related team communication functions within Jive's broader collaboration portfolio.
Community analytics · 2013
Jive Resonata
Jive Resonata was associated with the CLARA acquisition and added analytics for online communities. Its capabilities were described as helping organizations assess reach, sentiment, and influence and use predictive analysis to anticipate customer behavior.
Brand decisions
2017
Sale to Aurea SoftwareM&ABackground
Jive faced slower customer and revenue growth and was operating in an increasingly competitive enterprise collaboration market.
Action taken
Jive agreed to be acquired by Aurea Software in an all-cash transaction, which Aurea completed on June 12, 2017.
Aftermath
Jive ceased to be an independent publicly traded company and became part of Aurea's software portfolio.
Acquisition value. 462 million USD in cash (Announced May 1, 2017; completed June 12, 2017)
2012
Acquisition of Producteev and Meetings.ioM&ABackground
Jive sought to broaden its collaboration portfolio beyond enterprise social networking into task management, chat, and video communications.
Action taken
Jive acquired Producteev and Meetings.io and subsequently integrated their capabilities into its product strategy.
Aftermath
Producteev was redesigned as a standalone application, while Meetings.io technology contributed to real-time communication features later associated with Jive Chime.
Acquisition consideration. 7.6 million USD plus 460,000 Jive shares (November 2012)
2011
Public-market listingOtherBackground
Jive sought additional capital and visibility while enterprise social software was gaining attention.
Action taken
The company completed an initial public offering on NASDAQ on December 12, 2011.
Aftermath
The offering raised $161.3 million, but Jive later faced slower customer and revenue growth in a more competitive collaboration-software market.
IPO proceeds. 161.3 million USD (December 12, 2011)
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