Redbooth was previously known as Teambox Technologies S.L., which was founded in 2008[3] and continued to serve commercial and free hosting for Teambox.[4] The company also offered installation and customization of the software.[2]
In February 2010, Teambox secured US$193,400 (€140,000)[4] and an additional US$250,000 as part of a seed funding round in November 2010.[5] In April 2010, Canadian internet company Talker announced that it had been acquired by Teambox.[6] In June 2013, Teambox partnered with Zoom Video Communications to provide HD videoconferencing to its users.[7]
On January 21, 2014, following the acquisition of 650,000 users, Teambox underwent a name change to Redbooth, Inc.[8] Later, on November 18, 2014, Redbooth disclosed an $11 million Series B funding round led by Altpoint Ventures and Avalon Ventures, bringing its total funding to $17.5 million.[9]
In August 2016, Redbooth released an exclusive app for Apple TV, available in the Apple TV App Store.[10]
On 13 September 2017, Redbooth merged with AeroFS, a company that develops collaboration applications. The new combined company is called Redbooth.[11]
Features
Status updates and conversations — Status updates are registered as project conversations. Users can later organize conversations by giving them headlines. There are options to notify other project members via email and to attach files from one's computer or Google Docs.[12]
Task management – Tasks are organized into task lists under the projects. The task system is closely related to the conversation system and conversations can be converted to tasks. Tasks' status can be changed when commenting on it. There are time tracking, delegation and due date properties for tasks.[13]
