streamOnce

StreamOnce, Inc. operated as an online platform focused on enhancing team collaboration by consolidating various business systems into a unified social enterprise interface. The company was established in May 2012 by co-founders Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig, who served as CEO and CTO, respectively. Both founders brought significant experience from leadership roles at major tech companies; Cohen had a background in product management at Hewlett-Packard, while Twig had led engineering teams at Hewlett-Packard and Rockmelt. This venture marked their first of two collaborations, as they would later go on to found Navan (formerly TripActions).

The company's core product was a business multimedia integration platform designed to break down information silos. It enabled employees to create customized team spaces that aggregated communications and data from disparate enterprise systems. The service allowed users to perform tasks like replying to emails, viewing documents from cloud storage, and posting to internal social networks such as Yammer and Chatter, all from a single, centralized hub within Jive's platform. This integration provided context for incoming information and was designed to bridge the gap between users of a central collaboration platform like Jive and external partners who relied on other tools. The business model targeted enterprises seeking to increase productivity by allowing teams to search, manage, and respond to data streams instantly without switching between multiple applications.

Operating from the San Francisco Bay Area with an additional office in Tel Aviv, StreamOnce secured approximately $1.36 million in funding from investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lionbird, Oren Zeev, and TriplePoint Capital. The company's trajectory culminated in its acquisition by Jive Software on April 29, 2013, for a sum reported to be around $10 million. Following the acquisition, the technology was integrated into Jive's offering and rebranded as Jive StreamOnce, aiming to connect business applications and email directly with Jive's collaboration suite. Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig joined Jive as Vice President of Product Management and a senior engineering leader, respectively, continuing their work on the product's integration.

Keywords: collaboration platform, enterprise social, system integration, Jive Software, productivity tool, unified communications, Ariel Cohen, Ilan Twig, data aggregation, enterprise software