Mentimeter

Mentimeter (or Menti for short) is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that develops and maintains an eponymous app used to create presentations with real-time feedback.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Mentimeter

Type of business	Private
Founded	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Headquarters	Stockholm, Sweden
Country of origin	Sweden
CEO	Johnny Warström (CEO)[1]
Industry	Presentation Software
URL	mentimeter.com
Registration	Voters: Not required Presentation Builder: Required
Users	270 million

Foundation and background

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, the Mentimeter app was started by Swedish entrepreneur Johnny Warström^[9] and Niklas Ingvar^[9] as a response to unproductive meetings.^[10] The initial start up budget was $500,000 raised by a group of prominent investors, including Per Appelgren in 2014, following the market's tendency to invest in Scandinavia.^[11][12]

The app also focuses on online collaboration for the education sector allowing students or public members to answer questions anonymously.^[13][14][15]

The app enables users to share knowledge and real-time feedback on mobile^[6] with presentations, polls or brainstorming sessions in classes, meetings, gatherings, conferences and other group activities.^[13][16]

Achievements

By 2021, Mentimeter had over 270 million users and was one of Sweden's fastest growing startups.^[17][2][18] The company also ranked #10 on 20 Fastest Growing 500 Startups Batch 16 Companies.^{[19][20][21][22]} It was ranked Stockholm's fastest growing company of the 2018 edition of the DI Gasell Award.^[23][24]

Mentimeter has a freemium business model.^{[25] [26][27][28]}