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Mentimeter

Mentimeter is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that develops and maintains an eponymous app used to create presentations with real-time feedback.

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Mentimeter
Type of businessPrivate
Founded2014 (2014)
HeadquartersStockholm,
Sweden
Country of originSweden
CEOJohnny Warström (CEO)1
IndustryPresentation Software
URLmentimeter.com
RegistrationVoters: Not required Presentation Builder: Required
Users270 million

Mentimeter (or Menti for short) is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that develops and maintains an eponymous app used to create presentations with real-time feedback.12345678

Foundation and background

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the Mentimeter app was started by Swedish entrepreneur Johnny Warström9 and Niklas Ingvar9 as a response to unproductive meetings.10 The initial start-up budget was $500,000 raised by a group of prominent investors, including Per Appelgren in 2014, following the market's tendency to invest in Scandinavia.1112

The app also focuses on online collaboration for the education sector, allowing students or public members to answer questions anonymously.131415

The app enables users to share knowledge and real-time feedback on mobile devices6 with presentations, polls or brainstorming sessions in classes, meetings, gatherings, conferences and other group activities.1316

Achievements

By 2021, Mentimeter had over 270 million users and was one of Sweden's fastest-growing startups.17218 The company also ranked #10 on 20 Fastest Growing 500 Startups Batch 16 Companies.19202122 It was ranked Stockholm's fastest growing company of the 2018 edition of the DI Gasell Award.2324

Mentimeter has a freemium business model.25262728

References

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