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Proven outcomes

7 products that exited — IPO, acquisition, or recapitalization. Capital Thought built the first version of each.

Bazaarvoice

IPO · 2005

Built the first Reviews & Ratings product.

IPO 2012. "Without Capital Thought, Bazaarvoice would have launched five months later." — Brett Hurt, CEO.

Rackspace (Mosso)

IPO · 2006

Helped build Mosso — the cloud platform that became Rackspace Cloud.

Rackspace (RAX:NYSE). — Patrick Condon, founder.

Return Path

acquired · 2007

Built the initial Sender Score Reputation Network.

Acquired by Validity (2019). — George Bilbrey, president. UnsubCentral's speed-to-market won the engagement.

company wound down / merged

OtherInbox

acquired · 2008

Cloud-native email organizer.

Acquired by Return Path (2011).

company wound down / merged

WP Engine

recapitalized · 2010

Managed WordPress hosting.

Silver Lake recapitalization (2018).

Pingboard

acquired · 2013

Org-chart / people-directory software.

Acquired by Workleap (2023).

UnsubCentral

acquired · 2004

CAN-SPAM suppression-list management — our first product, spun out of SKYLIST.

Acquired (DigitalRiver, 2011).

company wound down / merged