14 Facts About StarLeaf

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StarLeaf was a global video conferencing and collaboration software company that provided cloud-based messaging, meeting and calling for business users.

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StarLeaf enabled people to meet and collaborate from their desktop and mobile devices, as well as via proprietary StarLeaf and third-party meeting room systems.

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StarLeaf was headquartered near Watford, UK, with offices throughout Europe, the Americas and Australasia.

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StarLeaf entered administration in 2022 and its services and videoconferencing platform ceased operation in October 2022.

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StarLeaf was established in 2008 by Mark Loney, Mark Richer and William MacDonald.

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StarLeaf initially developed a telepresence and video meeting service that offered a range of personal and group telepresence endpoints connected via a dedicated on-premise PBX.

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StarLeaf announced a partnership with Poly in 2020 to make StarLeaf services available on Poly conferencing and meeting room systems.

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StarLeaf was one of a number of global video conferencing providers to offer services free of charge during the 2020 coronavirus crisis.

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StarLeaf was VC-backed and had secured eight funding rounds totaling almost £60m, the last £12m of which came in 2019 with investment from Grafton Capital and Highland Capital Partners.

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StarLeaf was available as SaaS with the option to add StarLeaf and third party room systems.

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StarLeaf meetings had capacity for up to 100 participants and supported live webcast streams for up to 3,000 viewers.

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Instant messaging in StarLeaf supported chat groups, which could be public and searchable, or private.

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StarLeaf was compatible with a range of meeting room system hardware, including proprietary and third-party equipment.

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StarLeaf received awards and recognition for both business development and video conferencing service, including:.

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