Praized was founded to help media companies tap into the growing potential of online word-of-mouth and social media. Praized’s local newsfeed technology platform harnesses these valuable local conversations by enabling local information about places and bringing them to local media portals.

The rise of social media online is a game-changing opportunity for local media publishers. People are discussing, sharing and recommending to each other news to read and places to visit on Facebook, Twitter and Friendfeed. Millions of word-of-mouth conversations about local places are occurring every day on the Web, yet they are not happening on major local portals.

Founded by a team of local search technology veterans and social media experts, Praized received funding from Garage Technology Ventures Canada in September 2007.

Milestones
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Praized Media — Praized Media Selected for Red Herring’s Canada Top 50 Award (8/26/08)

Posted 9/10/08 at 8:14am
Praized Media — Praized officially launch the first community-focused local search platform for social media sites (7/9/08)

Posted 7/15/08 at 10:20am
Praized Media — Praized prepares for launch, Announces partnerships with YellowBook, Yellow Pages Group, and Localeze. (6/25/08)

Posted 6/26/08 at 11:19am
Praized Media received $1M in Seed funding. (9/1/07)

Posted 11/11/07 at 6:31am
Praized Media added Harry Wakefield as CEO.

Posted 3/21/08 at 11:50pm
Praized Media added Sebastien Provencher as VP Product Management and Business Development.

Posted 3/21/08 at 11:50pm
Praized Media added Sylvain Carle as CTO.

Posted 3/21/08 at 11:50pm
Praized Media added Paul Dawalibi as CEO.

Posted 5/7/09 at 1:26pm