3D Virtual Workspace:ProtonMedia got $4.5 Million of funding
By ajay at June 21, 2011 | 11:05 am | Print
ProtonMedia, technology company and creator of Protosphere, a 3D virtual collaboration environment for the enterprise,got $4.5 million Series B venture financing led by Kaplan Ventures.
As part of the financing, Kaplan EduNeering will become a strategic reseller of ProtonMedia products to its customers and vertical markets. ProtonMedia and Kaplan EduNeering have had a partnership for the past 18 months. During this time, the companies completed first-level product integration between ProtoSphere and ComplianceWire.
ProtonMedia will use the additional capital to expand its marketing and sales programs and launch ProtoSphere Lync Edition 2.0, the company’s second-generation virtual collaboration environment that uses Microsoft’s Lync unified communications and collaboration technology.
Protonmedia:
Protonmedia’s virtual environment provides business-focused collaboration and communication tools that help companies accelerate decision-making and raise productivity, improving workplace performance overall.
ProtonMedia’s virtual technology used for meetings, R&D, training, clinical trials, and more.Life sciences and other highly regulated companies use ProtoSphere to create engaging environments that measurably improve the productivity and organizational effectiveness of globally dispersed teams.
The company is a Gartner “Cool Vendor in the High-Performance Workplace” for 2010. Its customers include some of the world’s most respected brands, including AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Merck Inc., BP, Chevron, Duke University, Deloitte, TIAA-CREF, Lockheed Martin, and Boeing. A trial version of ProtoSphere can be downloaded at http://protonmedia.com/trial-download/.
What VCs Says about company:
“ProtoSphere is powerful online business software that improves learning and retention of business-critical information, all at a lower cost,” said Jason Palmer, Senior Vice President of Kaplan Ventures. “We believe it is poised to be a game-changing technology for delivering solutions that help companies make better decisions and improve business performance through enhanced corporate collaboration.”
Visionwiz’s Views:
ProtoSphere’s unique ability to provide an engaging, cost-effective virtual workspace, where collaboration and learning come together, positions ProtonMedia for rapid growth in the years ahead.
More information:www.ProtonMedia.com
