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Blockspring (YC S14) — Automate data collection for spreadsheets and productivity tools

Blockspring helps small businesses and merchants integrate APIs into their productivity tools without any code - useful for report automation, lead generation, and building dynamic landing pages. It is recognized by Gartner, wired, BI, and Techcrunch for API data management.

Blockspring is a Y Combinator company in the Summer 2014 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Automate data collection for spreadsheets and productivity tools. The founders listed are Don Pinkus (Founder/CTO), Jason Tokoph (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, May 1, 2014).

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Blockspring

New accelerator entry · 2014-05-01 · the record

Summer 2014
batch
3
people
Early
stage
United States of America
region
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BatchSummer 2014
Announced2014-05-01
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
Team size3
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Infrastructure
SectorsAnalytics
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedLos Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
HiringNo
Sitehttp://blockspring.com
Previously known asBlockSpring

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Blockspring helps small businesses and merchants integrate APIs into their productivity tools without any code - useful for report automation, lead generation, and building dynamic landing pages. It is recognized by Gartner, wired, BI, and Techcrunch for API data management.

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