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It was known as G2 Labs, Inc. until 2013. The company was launched in May 2012 by former <a href="/wiki/BigMachines" title="BigMachines">BigMachines</a> employees, with a focus on aggregating user reviews for business software. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Platform users can sign in with a <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> account and can review the products they use. To encourage reviewers to participate, some users are compensated by G2.com with gift cards, contest rewards and reputation points on the website.<sup id="cite_ref-menegaz2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-menegaz2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> G2 attempts to identify fraudulent user reviews through an algorithm that identifies employees at companies reviewing their own products and employees at companies reviewing their competitor's product. In addition, reviews are manually screened and voted on by the community to discourage spam and unhelpful comments.<sup id="cite_ref-desmarais2014_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-desmarais2014-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> G2 also requests screenshots of the reviewer using the product for verification purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-kutik2016_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kutik2016-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Information from reviews is aggregated to score business software products on The Grid<sup>SM</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (October 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, which acts as a competitor to Gartner's <a href="/wiki/Magic_quadrant" class="mw-redirect" title="Magic quadrant">magic quadrant</a> review model. Satisfaction and market presence ratings are generated based on product reviews and market presence data, which are then used to plot products onto a quadrant. The four quadrants in a G2 Crowd Grid are Leaders, High Performers, Contenders and Niche. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Research_reviews">Research reviews</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Research reviews"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reviews submitted to G2 are available for public consumption. An individual researching software can build their profile and filter information provided by reviewers similar to themselves based on company size, user role and user industry.<sup id="cite_ref-kutik2016_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kutik2016-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 five former employees of <a href="/wiki/BigMachines" title="BigMachines">BigMachines</a> – Tim Handorf, Godard Abel, Matt Gorniak, Mark Myers and Mike Wheeler – founded G2, with Abel serving as president.<sup id="cite_ref-bloom2016_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bloom2016-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-weinberger2015_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-weinberger2015-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Abel left to continue building Steelbrick (now Salesforce CPQ) with Salesforce, Handorf took over as CEO, a role he continues in today. </p><p>A beta version of the review site launched in December 2012, with several thousand users testing the service before its full launch in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-menegaz2013_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-menegaz2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2018, G2 Cofounders Godard Abel and Matt Gorniak returned to the company after a brief period building Salesforce acquired Steelbrick CPQ.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2019, G2 acquired Advocately, a B2B customer advocacy platform, with the aim of amplifying customer voices and accelerating review collection.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Funding">Funding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, G2 raised $2.3 million in seed funding from investors, including Chicago Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Filipowski" title="Andrew Filipowski">Andrew Filipowski</a>, and Greg Jones, founding CEO of <a href="/wiki/UBid" title="UBid">uBid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dorbian2014_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dorbian2014-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, G2 raised an additional $7 million in Series A funding led by Pritzker Group Venture Capital. Investors included 2014's contributors in addition to co-founder Godard Abel, Thomas Lehrman, and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Dorsey" title="Scott Dorsey">Scott Dorsey</a>. G2 Crowd announced it would use these funds to invest in its leadership and capabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-goldfisher2015_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-goldfisher2015-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, G2 secured a $30 million Series B, led by VC Accel with participation from LinkedIn and the company's founders. The funds are being used to help the company expand into services.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, G2 reached a $1.1 billion valuation with a $157 million Series D funding.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Series D funding brought G2's total funding to $257 million and put G2 on the list of Unicorn startups that are valued at over $1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significant_milestones">Significant milestones</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Significant milestones"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2015, G2 surpassed 50,000 verified-user product reviews, more than 28,000 of which were submitted that year. The firm also reported that more than 3,000 reviews were submitted per month on average.<sup id="cite_ref-benzinga2015_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benzinga2015-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2016, G2 reported more than 400,000 sessions per month, and includes more than 400 product categories.<sup id="cite_ref-lee2016_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lee2016-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2016, G2 reached more than 100,000 reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>G2 has been nominated for and earned a number of awards since its founding for its growth and culture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2013">2013</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2013"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Top 100 nominee Chicago Innovation Award<sup id="cite_ref-innovation2013_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-innovation2013-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015">2015</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2015"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Adrienne Weissman, G2 Crowd (Crain's Chicago Business)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Top 100 Small Business Influencer Award (Small Business Trends)<sup id="cite_ref-taylor2015_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taylor2015-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>50 on Fire Award nominee (Chicago Inno)<sup id="cite_ref-flanagan2015_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flanagan2015-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Coolest Companies nominee (Chicago Inno)<sup id="cite_ref-flanagan_2_2015_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flanagan_2_2015-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2016">2016</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2016"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>G2 Crowd hires ex-IDC analyst Mike Fauscette as head of research<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018">2018</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>50 on Fire Award nominee (Chicago Inno)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>No. 179 Fastest Growing Company (Inc. 500)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=G2_Crowd&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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