Spot.IM is an Insight Venture Partners-backed user identity, engagement & community platform for the world’s most important players in digital media. From top-tier media houses like Verizon Media, Microsoft, Hearst and News Corp to independent publishers like Refinery29, we help our partners build sustainable business models based on community and their most valuable users. In an uncertain time for digital media, publishers rely on us to keep the conversation and engagement around their content in-house. Our community platform is the technological force that’s spearheading a user-focused revolution in media: leading the industry away from the short-term fix of cheap clicks and towards the long-term value of true engagement, meaningful content, and real community. From live conversations, to real-time notifications and deep user profiles, to live-blogging and more, our products serve as integral parts of our partners’ sites. We’re a publisher-first, trust-driven, innovation-obsessed technology company committed to fighting for an independent media — and with it, free speech, democracy, and a thriving Open Web.