Acquisition
Sep 2012Poll Everywhere acquired ClassMetric, according to public company-profile data.
SourceInteractive meetings and presentations
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Poll Everywhere is a remote-first, San Francisco-founded audience-response and interactive presentation platform used for polls, Q&A, word clouds, competitions, and attendance tracking in classrooms, meetings, events, and enterprise settings. Public sources point to a small, privately held SaaS business with early seed funding, tiered self-serve plans, and custom enterprise contracts; I did not find public evidence of major layoffs or shutdowns.
Primary product
Interactive polling and audience engagement platform for presentations, meetings, events, and classrooms.
Founded
2008
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
30-40
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Audience response and interactive presentation software
Offices
548 Market St, PMB 17358, San Francisco, CA 94105, United States (HQ)
639 Howard St, San Francisco, CA, United States
1550 Bryant St Ste 500, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
Business model
Freemium SaaS
Subscription software
Enterprise custom contracts
Seat/presenter-based licensing
Funding
Stage
seed / bootstrapped
Total raised
$145K
Latest round
Seed · Aug 2008
Latest amount
$145K
Aug 2008 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Director of People Operations
Founders
Co-founder; former CTO; board member
Co-founder; former CEO; board member
Investors
Work & culture
Remote-first, curiosity-driven, ownership-oriented, collaborative, and inclusion-focused; the company emphasizes growth mindset, autonomy, and excellence.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job postings say salary ranges are included in every job description, benchmarked to industry data and adjusted for location; no company-wide public pay bands or equity policy were found.
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) matching
$150/month internet and cell phone reimbursement
23 PTO days
Annual self-development budget
$500 remote-work setup stipend
Discounted pet insurance
Product & market
Pricing
Tiered freemium plans with monthly or annual billing, plus custom enterprise quotes.
Differentiators
- —Browser-only participant experience; no app or account required for participants
- —Works inside PowerPoint, Google Slides, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Webex, and PDFs
- —Live polling plus Q&A, word clouds, competitions, and attendance management
- —AI-powered poll creation in Poll Everywhere 2.0
- —Enterprise security/compliance features and 99.9% uptime SLA
- —Custom branding and dedicated success management on enterprise plans
Technology
Ruby
React
Kubernetes
MySQL
JavaScript
CSS
Docker
RSpec
Salesforce
HubSpot
Zendesk
Asana
Notion
Slack
Google Analytics
Segment
WordPress
Adobe
Google Tag Manager
SAML
Customers
Educators
Higher education institutions
Corporate trainers
Event managers
Fortune 500 companies
R1 universities
Competitors
Mentimeter
Slido
AhaSlides
Wooclap
Crowdpurr
VoxVote
Pigeonhole Live
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
$10M-$20M
Estimated monthly visits
2.8M
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Signals & risks
Latest news
Poll Everywhere Blog · Aug 2025
Official roadmap post announcing Poll Everywhere 2.0, described as a faster, smarter, easier-to-use evolution of the platform, with launch planned for August 2025.
Event Tech Live · Feb 2024
Coverage of Poll Everywhere partnering with Event Tech Live Las Vegas to power audience engagement on event stages.
Business Wire · Jan 2024
Announced Attendance Management for educators, using geolocation-based attendance capture and positioning the feature for hybrid learning and student engagement.
Business Wire · Mar 2022
Announced Robert Graham as CEO, Matthew Diebolt as CTO, and Kimberly Harris as Director of People Ops, while founders Jeff Vyduna and Brad Gessler moved to board roles.
AiThority · Oct 2021
Reported a partnership to integrate audience-response functionality with Webex, extending the product’s enterprise collaboration footprint.
Jobs and careers at Poll Everywhere
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