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method sold its first product on February 28th, 2001 – we mark this as the day we became people against dirty®. But why did two twenty-something guys start a cleaning product company? Well, we’re not exactly big fans of cleaning, but we are passionate about cleaning up a dirty business. We recognized that household cleaning, which includes laundry and hand wash, was a massive category in desperate need of a little disruption. We also had questions. Why do we pollute when we clean? Why do we use poison to make our homes healthier? And why do cleaners have to be so ugly that you hide them away or smell so bad that you hold your breath? The answer: we can do better. Leveraging two major cultural shifts in health + wellness and life styling of the home, we disrupted every aspect of the category and grew method into a green cleaning leader. Along the way, we hit #7 on the Inc. 500 list, were named the #16th most innovative company in the world by Fast Company in 2008 and became PETA persons of the year for developing the first vegan laundry products. method products can be found in Target, Lowe’s, Safeway, Whole Foods and most grocers nationwide, along with growing distribution in the UK, France, China, Japan and Australia. And the party is only getting started. In 2012, method merged with Belgian green cleaning giant Ecover, and together became the world’s largest green cleaning company. Our two brands are committed to inspiring generations of happy, healthy homes by making non-toxic products that work—for you and the planet. And we’re building a LEED-Platinum certified manufacturing plant to prove it, the first of its kind in our industry. We even formalized the name of our joint enterprise: People Against Dirty (PAD) Manufacturing. Of course, this is more than a company name, it is one of our founding principles. By pioneering a cleaner clean, we believe we can make a difference.
NetSocket is the creator of the worlds first real-time cloud service assurance solutions that ensure high quality, availability and performance for all IP services.
SpareFoot makes renting self-storage easy. Our free marketplace lets customers find and reserve storage units online. We have the largest inventory of storage units in the U.S., with a network of more than 9,400 facilities, ranging from independent operators to publicly traded REITs. We reach millions of people who need storage through exclusive partnerships with brands like AAA, ForRent.com, Penske Truck Rental and SelfStorage.com. SpareFoot brings consumers and facilities together to deliver the most convenient and enjoyable storage experience possible online, offline, and via mobile.
Avangate, a Francisco Partners portfolio company, is the digital commerce provider that enables the new services economy, helping Software, SaaS and Online Services companies to sell their products and services via multiple channels, to acquire customers across multiple touch points, to increase customer and revenue retention, to leverage smarter payment options, and to maximize sales conversion rates. Avangate`s clients include ABBYY, Absolute, Bitdefender, Brocade, FICO, HP Software, Kaspersky Lab, Telestream and many more companies across the globe.
Since 2011, Red Spot Interactive has developed and implemented a SaaS-based integrated marketing and customer acquisition platform for small business advertisers to optimize and maximize ROI from their online and offline marketing channels. The objective results from our platform have been $15,000,000 earned in gross margin by our first 50 small business clients, and over 30,000 consumer appointments implemented across our first 100 clients. Through the proprietary integration of media targeting, lead management, operational and ROI based analytics, along with client retention technology, RSI drives the highest revenue possible from every marketing channel available to small business advertisers. With robust real time ROI reporting by marketing channel, RSI’s platform is designed for small business advertisers to generate, track, and optimize sales and ROI, not just leads. Our proprietary technology and services combine all critical transaction points for unit and conversion rate optimization and analysis of the entire marketing and customer acquisition funnel into one simple-to-use system and reporting dashboard. As well, through our platform, small businesses achieve scalability and time savings in their operations by receiving all necessary tools for website analytics, advertisement creation, customer retention and lifecycle marketing, along with online reputation management through one interface.