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Strands Labs

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Strands Labs powers online personalization by providing solutions within the financial and recommendation industries. The company is divided into the following business units:

Strands Finance is a leading provider of personal finance management solutions. It enables financial institutions to better engage their customers while helping users develop effective money management habits.

Strands Recommender is a personalization, recommendation, and segmentation engine that lets sites increase sales and customer retention with predictive profiling and targeting technology.

Recent Milestones

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  Strands Labs added Wolfgang Bremer as Director of Design and User Experience. (5/1/09)
  Posted 6/19/09 at 8:32pm
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  Strands Labs received $123k in Venture Round funding. (10/21/08)
  Posted 8/22/09 at 7:06am
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  Strands Labs — Strands Call for Recommender Start-ups (9/23/08)
  Posted 9/23/08 at 1:34pm via mystrands.com
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  Strands Labs — Strands to power BBVA’s Personal Finance tool (7/18/08)
  Posted 7/18/08 at 10:13am via strands.com
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  Strands Labs acquired NetworthIQ. (5/15/08)
  Posted 5/15/08 at 12:53pm via techcrunch.com
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  Strands Labs acquired expensr. (4/29/08)
  Posted 5/1/08 at 10:23am via oregonlive.com
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  Strands Labs added Wolfgang Bremer as Mobile Designer. (3/1/08)
  Posted 2/13/10 at 1:43am
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  Strands Labs added Jesus Pindado as Vice President, Business Solutions. (2/1/08)
  Posted 5/2/08 at 7:07pm
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  Strands Labs added Drew Olanoff as Community Manager. (1/1/08)
  Posted 7/8/11 at 12:22am
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  Strands Labs received $24M in Series B funding. (12/1/07)
  Posted 12/4/07 at 7:04am via strands.com
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  Strands Labs received $25M in Series B funding. (6/18/07)
  Posted 6/18/07 at 7:19pm via strands.com
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  Strands Labs added Trevor Legwinski as Sr. Director of Marketing. (6/5/06)
  Posted 6/17/07 at 12:19am
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  Strands Labs received $6M in Series A funding. (3/1/06)
  Posted 6/18/07 at 7:17pm
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  Strands Labs added Gabriel Aldamiz-echevarria as Vice President, Marketing and Communications. Member of the Board of Directors. (12/1/04)
  Posted 6/29/10 at 12:23am
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  Strands Labs added Dr. Rick D. Hangartner as Chief Scientist.
  Posted 6/17/07 at 12:20am
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  Strands Labs added Dr. Marc Torrens as Chief Technology Officer.
  Posted 6/17/07 at 12:21am

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Strands Finance

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Website	spf.strands.com
Stage	Private
Launch Date	2003

Strands Finance is a leading provider of web and mobile Personal Finance Management (PFM) solutions to global financial institutions such as Barclays (UK), Bank of Montreal (Canada), ING (Netherlands) and BBVA (Spain). Strands Finance’s award winning technology is delivered through a scalable and highly customizable application, Strands PFM. Strands PFM gives banks the ability to gain new customer insights, further engage customers, acquire new customers, and improve cross-selling.

Strands Labs has offices in San Francisco, U.S. (headquarters) and Barcelona, Spain.

Above: Strands PFM
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Above: Strands PFM Community Widget
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Above: Strands PFM Widgets
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Strands Recommender

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Website	recommender.strands.com
Blog	recommender.strands.com/blog
Stage	Live

Strands Recommender is an SaaS plug-and-play recommendation engine that can be easily and quickly installed by eCommerce and content websites.

The Strands Social Recommender delivers relevant product suggestions to first-time users, as well as offering filtered, personalized results over time to returning customers. These personalized recommendations are based on an individual’s ‘taste’ profile that is developed over time. No personal data is ever exchanged and each user’s interaction remains anonymous and secure.

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Sources

1. techcrunch.com [edit]
2. Oregon live blog (blog.oregonlive.com) [edit]
3. Citation Needed [add]
4. MyStrands raises $25 Million to lead the social recommendation industry - Strands blog (blog.strands.com) [edit]
5. MyStrands Raises $24 Million to lead the social recommendation industry - Strands press release (blog.strands.com) [edit]
6. EDGAR [edit]
Strands to power BBVA’s Personal Finance tool for it’s 4.1 million online users and 1.3 billion online financial transactions (blog.strands.com) [edit]
Strands $100,000 Call for Recommender Startups (mystrands.com) [edit]