Snapvine was a Seattle, Washington startup company that specialized in providing voice-over-IP features for the users of social networks.
Russell Siegelman, a partner in the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former Microsoft executive, personally invested in the company and sat on its board of directors.
[1] In July 2006, the company had six employees, 20,000 users, and had recently moved its headquarters to Belltown, Seattle.
[2] In September 2007, the company had grown to 18 employees, and its product had five million downloads on Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, Hi5.
[3] Its software widget was used in 200 social networks, and its voice player was invoked 22 million daily by users accessing their accounts.