| April 2009: |
Founded by Andreas Bodczek, Jan Beckers, Janis Zech and Team Europe |
| October 2009: |
Launch of monetization platform with ~20 employees |
| February 2010: |
Acquisition of competitor GratisPay to become European market leader in ad-funded payments |
| April 2010: |
Commencement of US operations |
| June 2010: |
$5M in Series A1 funding from Team Europe, Hasso Plattner Ventures and Kite Ventures |
| September 2010: |
Company grows to 56 employees and offices in San Francisco, London, Paris and Berlin |
| February 2011: |
$5M in Series A2 funding from Nokia Growth Partners and existing investors |
| March 2011: |
Launch of SponsorPay's mobile platform and services |
| July 2011: |
Transaction volume doubles in first half of 2011 |
| September 2011: |
Start of Japan operations |
| January 2012: |
Company grows revenue 125%; team expands to 110+ |
| April 2012: |
BrandEngage grows audience to 85+ million monthly users; fills 10 million daily video requests |
