PeerSpot Overview
PeerSpot is a crowd-sourced, real-time platform created to connect enterprise professionals with their peers for the purpose of researching and reviewing enterprise technologies. The platform provides experts, including IT users and independent consultants, with access to current, objective, and relevant information and allows them to share their expertise with a high-quality community of decision-makers. PeerSpot protects user privacy by giving users the option of either posting anonymously to more freely express their views or using their real names to promote their expertise.
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$30.0MOct 2021
Latest News
growth-positive
IT Central Station raises $30 million Series A, announces rebranding as PeerSpot
IT Central Station, an Israeli enterprise technology review platform, has completed a $30 million Series A funding round led by Invictus Growth Partners. The company plans to rebrand as PeerSpot in January 2022 and expand into new enterprise technology categories. It aims to build the worlds largest B2B marketplace for enterprise technology. IT Central Station has a product review site for B2B technology segments and has served clients such as Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM. The company has achieved significant growth, with 97 of the Fortune 100 using its platform for technology buying decisions. It has surpassed 500,000 registered members and attracted 3.5 million enterprise software buyers in the $4 trillion annual market for enterprise IT spending.
CustomersInvestment
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces The Top Web Security Gateways of the Year Based On Real User Reviews [IT Central Station Rankings, January 2019]
Cisco Umbrella has secured the top spot for Web Security Gateways, according to IT Central Stations peer reviews and buyer intent data. The company has received an average rating of 8.4 and has been praised for helping reduce security events. IT Central Station is a leading product review site for enterprise technology, reaching over 22 million tech buyers.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces the 2017 Top Operating System for Business Based On Real User Reviews [IT Central Station Rankings, January 2018]
IT Central Station has named Oracle Linux, followed by Oracle Solaris, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS, respectively, as the year’s top operating systems for business. The rankings are based on user reviews, average rating, number of reviews, and a buyer intent index. IT Central Station is a leading product review site for enterprise technology, reaching over 22 million tech buyers. Over two million professionals, including those from 98% of the Fortune 100, have used IT Central Stations crowdsourced reviews in their technology buying process.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces The Top Enterprise Flash Arrays of Q1 2017 Based On Real User Reviews
IT Central Station, the leading product review site for enterprise technology, announced the top enterprise flash storage vendors of Q1 2017. The highest ranking solution was HPE 3PAR, followed by NetApp, Tintri, Nimble Storage, and Pure Storage. The ranking is based on peer reviews and crowdsourced buyer intent data. HPE 3PAR had the most reviews and views, while Pure Storage had the highest review rating score. Kaminario K2 and IBM FlashSystem were rated highly by users from mid-sized and small enterprises respectively. The highest trending solutions in the rankings are NetApp All Flash FAS and EMC Unity.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces the Top 10 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools Based on Crowdsourced Data
IT Central Station, the leading product review site for enterprise technology, announced the top IT infrastructure monitoring vendors based on data from over 60,000 real user visits and opinions. Nagios was found to be the number one ranked IT Infrastructure Monitoring vendor of Jan 2014 – Q1 2015. The article highlights the value that the platform offers to IT professionals through its high number of views and engagement with reviews. The article also mentions other top vendors such as Zabbix, CA Technologies, and HP. The company aims to revolutionize the enterprise technology buying process through crowdsourced knowledge and online product reviews.
Customers
| Sector | Business Software |
Funding
| Total funding | $30M |
| Last funding | $30M |
| Stage | A |
| Rounds | 1 |
| Investors | 1 |
Team Members
3
Employees: 51-200
Web & Social Links
| Website | www.peerspot.com/ |
Locations
HaOreg Street 8, Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, Israel
244 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA
Photos & Videos
2 item(s)
PeerSpot Business
Business models
B2B
Product stage
Released
Employees
51-200
Sector
Business SoftwareIT, R&D & Data SolutionsProject Management & CollaborationTarget Customer
Enterprise & Professional ServicesCore Technology
Platforms & InterfacesTags (12)
social-networksrecommendationsuser-experiencenetworkingreviewsenterprisescrowdsourcingsocial-marketingitprofessionalscontent-sharingenterprise-solutionsGeographic Markets
GlobalPeerSpot Financials
$30M
Total funding
Undisclosed
Capital raised
$30M
Last funding
A
Funding stage
1
Total rounds
1
Investors
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time ($)
$30.0MOct 2021
Private Equity Funding
A Round
Oct 2021
$30M
Invictus Growth Partners (Lead)
PeerSpot Lifecycle
Cumulative Funding Raised Over Time
$30.0MOct 2021
All Events
A Round
Oct 2021
$30M
Invictus Growth Partners (Lead)
PeerSpot News
5 articles
growth-positive
IT Central Station raises $30 million Series A, announces rebranding as PeerSpot
IT Central Station, an Israeli enterprise technology review platform, has completed a $30 million Series A funding round led by Invictus Growth Partners. The company plans to rebrand as PeerSpot in January 2022 and expand into new enterprise technology categories. It aims to build the worlds largest B2B marketplace for enterprise technology. IT Central Station has a product review site for B2B technology segments and has served clients such as Microsoft, Cisco, and IBM. The company has achieved significant growth, with 97 of the Fortune 100 using its platform for technology buying decisions. It has surpassed 500,000 registered members and attracted 3.5 million enterprise software buyers in the $4 trillion annual market for enterprise IT spending.
CustomersInvestment
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces The Top Web Security Gateways of the Year Based On Real User Reviews [IT Central Station Rankings, January 2019]
Cisco Umbrella has secured the top spot for Web Security Gateways, according to IT Central Stations peer reviews and buyer intent data. The company has received an average rating of 8.4 and has been praised for helping reduce security events. IT Central Station is a leading product review site for enterprise technology, reaching over 22 million tech buyers.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces the 2017 Top Operating System for Business Based On Real User Reviews [IT Central Station Rankings, January 2018]
IT Central Station has named Oracle Linux, followed by Oracle Solaris, Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS, respectively, as the year’s top operating systems for business. The rankings are based on user reviews, average rating, number of reviews, and a buyer intent index. IT Central Station is a leading product review site for enterprise technology, reaching over 22 million tech buyers. Over two million professionals, including those from 98% of the Fortune 100, have used IT Central Stations crowdsourced reviews in their technology buying process.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces The Top Enterprise Flash Arrays of Q1 2017 Based On Real User Reviews
IT Central Station, the leading product review site for enterprise technology, announced the top enterprise flash storage vendors of Q1 2017. The highest ranking solution was HPE 3PAR, followed by NetApp, Tintri, Nimble Storage, and Pure Storage. The ranking is based on peer reviews and crowdsourced buyer intent data. HPE 3PAR had the most reviews and views, while Pure Storage had the highest review rating score. Kaminario K2 and IBM FlashSystem were rated highly by users from mid-sized and small enterprises respectively. The highest trending solutions in the rankings are NetApp All Flash FAS and EMC Unity.
Customers
growth-positive
IT Central Station Announces the Top 10 IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools Based on Crowdsourced Data
IT Central Station, the leading product review site for enterprise technology, announced the top IT infrastructure monitoring vendors based on data from over 60,000 real user visits and opinions. Nagios was found to be the number one ranked IT Infrastructure Monitoring vendor of Jan 2014 – Q1 2015. The article highlights the value that the platform offers to IT professionals through its high number of views and engagement with reviews. The article also mentions other top vendors such as Zabbix, CA Technologies, and HP. The company aims to revolutionize the enterprise technology buying process through crowdsourced knowledge and online product reviews.
Customers
PeerSpot Team
Employee Info
| Employees (range) | 51-200 |
| Exact count | 97 |
| Team members | 3 |
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Admin Info
| Confidence | 100/100 |
| BI Verification | Yanina Wainscheinker |
| Registrar ID | 514691914 |
| Crunchbase | it-central-station |
| Last updater | Jenny Sotnik-Talisman |
| Updater email | genys30@yahoo.com |
| Last update | 2022-06-30T00:00:00.000Z |
| Created | 2014-05-27T00:00:00.000Z |
| Claimed | Yes |