Socialight lets any person, brand, or media owner create and scale local content and community apps combining user-created and branded location-based content.
Socialight was founded in 2005 in Greenwich Village, New York City. Since then, we have served clients and communities big and small.
Our Vision
Socialight creates technology that connects people intuitively to the spaces and places around them. In our increasingly globalized world, we zero in on the hyperlocal level to help customers big and small develop useful, fun, social, and profitable applications.
People
Simon Baumgartner (Head of Engineering)
Beth Harrison (Head of Business Development)
Dan Melinger (Co-Founder)
Michael Sharon (Co-Founder)
Competitors
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News
DEMO: DoubleDutch lets brands create their own check-in service
September 14, 2010 5:03 pm
DoubleDutch is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week.… Continue reading ⟩
Location service Geodelic raises $7 million, readies for big announcements
June 28, 2010 11:47 pm
Geodelic, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based mobile application company specializing in location-based services, has raised $7 million in a Series B… Continue reading ⟩
VH1, Starbucks, and other big brands explore location plays
May 21, 2010 10:59 pm
Tech-savvy early adopters — okay, Internet hipsters — are no longer the only people interested in using their smartphones to… Continue reading ⟩