Coghead shutters, sells assets to SAP
Coghead, a startup that let users create web applications without advanced coding knowledge, has finally sold its intellectual property to shareholder SAP AG after a month of hunting for a buyer. The deal officially closed last week, but no financial terms have been disclosed. According to software giant SAP, Coghead’s technology will be used internally and not marketed as a product of its own.
Redwood City, Calif.-based Coghead started looking to be acquired at the start… Continue Reading
Application builder Coghead in acquisition talks
Coghead, a startup that allows users to create web applications using simple forms, is trying to sell itself to an unidentified buyer, according to VentureWire. The Redwood City, Calif. company is looking to be acquired after failing to raise a third round of venture backing; it last raised $8 million from American Capital Strategies, SAP Ventures and El Dorado Ventures in 2007.
(via Private Equity Hub)
Iceberg and the war on custom enterprise software
We’ve written about companies like Weebly and SynthaSite which want to give the average Joes the tools to create their own good looking websites without hiring a designer or writing a line of CSS or HTML. But this trend is extending.
Enter a range of startups that offer Do It Yourself software services for businesses including Coghead, LongJump, most recently a just-launched product called Iceberg made by a two-man Irish company called Fractis.
The vision that these… Continue Reading
Coghead, a Web-based application builder for tech-savvy, raises $8M more
Coghead, a Redwood City, Ca. start-up that lets tech-savvy people create applications from an online service with visually simple forms, a database, and business logic, has raised $8 million in a second round of venture backing.
Here is its statement.
Coghead launched a test version of its offering in Oct., and says it has attracted more than 16,000 developers who are creating customized web-based applications for a wide variety of needs, “from managing sales pipelines to tracking… Continue Reading