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UPshow
Digital signage software
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Marketing
- SaaS
- Advertising
- Media
- Chicago Loop, Chicago, IL
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Company mission
To empower client businesses to foster meaningful digital customer experiences.
-15% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
With advances in touch-screen and sensor technology, digital screens are no longer merely displays but now present opportunities for direct interaction. Whilst many business venues use these screens as forms of advertisement, most are not making use of the interactive potential of digital signage to engage customers and increase business efficiency.
UPshow develops interactive digital signage for physical stores, focusing on providing engaging and entertaining services for customers. The startup provides a deliverable hardware package and software management platform to make digital signage more accessible to small businesses. This prevents them from having to work with complex and expensive bespoke arrangements.
In addition to providing an accessible means to install such technology, UPshow stands out from the crowd of digital signage startups by also providing a variety of software subscriptions. These allow for the development of customized engagement tools, in addition to the displaying of streamable entertainment such as basic TV packages and premium sports content.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Performance Bonuses
- Comprehensive Health Plans
- Professional Development
- Hybrid Work Schedule
- 401k match
- Unlimited PTO
Company values
- We love our product
- UPshow partners come first
- We win together; we lose together
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2020
$8m
SERIES A
Mar 2019
$6m
SERIES A
Total funding: $17m
Leadership
Adam Hirsen
(CEO)Adam started their career by founding Uptown Taxi and TextAway Mobile before almost 3 years as a PwC Consultant. They spent 3 years at Sterling Partners before leaving their role as CEO of SparkReel to co-found UPshow in August 2015.
Matt Gibbs
(Chief Service Officer)Having studied at Miami University, Matt worked at Starcom IP and Denuo for 4 years, before co-founding Blogstand Media and spending 2 years as Director of Social Media at Playboy. They co-founded SparkReel with Adam in 2012, before they both founded UPshow 3 years later.