Sprout Social, Inc. is a technology company that runs a social media management platform.[1] A public company headquartered in Chicago, it was founded in 2010 by Justyn Howard, Aaron Rankin, Gil Lara, and Peter Soung.
History
Headquartered in Chicago, Sprout Social, Inc. was founded in April 2010. The company had raised $60 million by early 2011, including $1 million in a 2010 funding led by Lightbank, $10 million from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) in February 2011, and $42 million from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners and NEA.[2][3]
In November 2011, Sprout released S2, the second generation of the platform. Among new features were support for multiple users and iPhone functionality.[4][5]