MetaCommunications

MetaCommunications
Industry Management and workflow software
Founded 1991
Headquarters Iowa City, USA
Key people
 Robert Long, CEO
Products Workgroups DaVinci software
Website Official website

MetaCommunications is a U.S. software company that develops project workflow and collaboration solutions that automate marketing, brand management, creative design, packaging and prepress processes. MetaCommunications is based in Iowa City, Iowa.

History

In 1991, MetaCommunications was founded in Iowa City as a developer of project management software and collaboration tools for marketing and creative departments. The company later opened additional offices in St. Petersburg, Russia.[1] MetaCommunications first developed software for in-house use and then divested its design and prepress divisions in 1997 in order to focus on software development.[2][3] In 2011, current CEO Robert Long led an employee buyout of the company.[4][5]

In 2014, the company moved its headquarters to a new 14-story building in Iowa City known as Park@201.[6] In 2015, the company opened a second downtown space to house the engineering team working on a new B2C product.[7] In 2016, Meta opened a new sales office in Austin, Texas.[8]

In September 2015, MetaCommunications closed an $8M series A round of funding led by Next Level Ventures, a Des Moines-based venture capital fund and St. Martin Land Company, a Cedar Rapids-based investment firm.[9] The investment is the largest to date for Next Level Ventures.[10] Meta CEO Robert Long has indicated the company plans to use these funds to expand its workforce and accelerate its growth in the productivity software market.[11]

Products

Workgroups DaVinci

Workgroups DaVinci combines project management, online proofing, digital asset management and financial management tools into one integrated solution. The software won a 2014 Must See Em award at Graph Expo.[12]

Approval Manager

Approval Manager is an online proofing and approval workflow application that "is designed to streamline and simplify the client approval process of digital proofs."[13]

Virtual Ticket

Virtual Ticket is a project management solution for managing the production of print, packaging, web, photo, copy and interactive media. The product "helps managers automate workflows, track jobs and manage digital assets" according to Macworld.[14]

Digital Storage Manager

Digital Storage Manager is a document management and storage management solution designed for "creative professionals who need to find, tag and archive files used in their production processes" and automatically monitors multiple online and offline storage locations, then applies keywords to the files as they are created and edited by users.[15]

Job Manager

Job Manager is a suite of financial management tools, described by Macworld as "a job tracking, costing, and billing system that lets organizations track jobs, capture alterations, and obtain costing and billing information ... offering data collection of employee time/material usage for jobs, analyzing productivity, tracking job costs and status, and generating invoices automatically."[16]

ProofMe

MetaCommunications’ newest product, ProofMe, is a video, image, text and web content review and approval tool for creatives.[17]

Software for Students

The company donates subscriptions to its software to some universities and colleges through its Software for Students program. The purpose of the program is to aid instructors in "teaching real-world estimating, billing, scheduling, project collaboration, productivity techniques and project management skills to their students."[18][19]

References

  1. ↑ "Iowa City software developer to hire 24". The Gazette. February 25, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  2. ↑ Gigi Wood (April 4, 2011). "Software company has international ties". Corridor of Business. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Erin Core (October 1, 2003). "Management tools for efficiency: business management software--which some say is as critical as printing equipment--is available for print shops of any size.". Graphic Arts Monthly. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ "MetaCommunications | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  5. ↑ "Iowa City's MetaCommunications raises $8M in investment". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
  6. ↑ "Iowa City aims to attract the right businesses downtown | The Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  7. ↑ "MetaCommunications fills former nori space downtown". Iowa City Press Citizen. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  8. ↑ "MetaCommunications opens Texas office | The Gazette". The Gazette. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  9. ↑ "Iowa City's MetaCommunications raises $8M in investment". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  10. ↑ "MetaCommunications closes $8 million in Series A, led by Next Level Ventures - Silicon Prairie News". Silicon Prairie News. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  11. ↑ "Iowa City's MetaCommunications raises $8M in investment". Iowa City Press Citizen. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  12. ↑ "2014 Recipients". www.mustseeems.com. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  13. ↑ "MetaCommunications rolls out Manager software | PrintWeek". www.printweek.com. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  14. ↑ "Virtual Ticket 6 gains new JDF framework". Macworld. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  15. ↑ "Expo: MetaCommunications offers Digital Storage Manager". Macworld. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  16. ↑ "Job Manager now integrates with MYOB, Intuit software". Macworld. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  17. ↑ "ProofMe". BetaList. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  18. ↑ "MetaCommunications offers free classroom software to educators.(INDUSTRY NEWS) - Printing News | HighBeam Research". www.highbeam.com. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  19. ↑ "Company giving out free software". Iowa City Press Citizen. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
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