Zemingo Group is a mobile technology company that operates in the field of Internet of Things (IoT), providing design, development and analytics services for enterprises that wish to turn their physical products into connected devices.
Zemingo Group is the largest mobile service house in Israel, based in Herzliya with offices in New York City.Steven Scheer and David Goodman (April 16, 2015). "Israeli app developer Zemingo on acquisition trail". ReutersDavid Shamah (January 16, 2015). "Second-rate mobile apps abound, says Israeli expert". Times of Israel.(April 16, 2015). "Israeli mobile app maker Zemingo on the hunt for acquisitions". Haaretz.Billie Besserglik (April 1, 2015). "Only 32 - and owns a millions dollars application developer company" . Globes.Yossi Levi (March 8, 2016). "Women in the High tech" . Nana 10.
History Zemingo was founded in 2008 by Maya Zalcberg and Tsiki Naftaly. It started out as an engineering company focused on mobile applications development.Liat Ron (December 12, 2014). "Maya Zalcberg: Zemingo's group founder" . Globes.
In 2011 Zvi Frank joined the company. Frank co-founded Interwise, a web conferencing company that was sold to AT&T for 121 million dollars in 2007. Frank also produced the Emmy winning documentary "Google Baby".Assaf Gilad (November 3, 2014). "Applications, baby: 'millions of applications aren't going anywhere'". Calcalist.
Zemingo founded two subsidiary companies; the first is PandaPepper that provides analytics and marketing services for digital products. The second is Falcore, a development company.Amit Kotler (July 23, 2015). "Changing reality: translating glasses". Ynet.
In 2014 Zemingo acquired 9Design, a New York-based design studio, for 2.5 million dollars, rebranding it as Yellowtale. Among Yellowtale's customers are Clear Channel, Stanley Tools and Eurocom.Rafi Kahan (November 6, 2014). "Zemingo bought an American design an UX company for 2.5 million dollars". Calcalist.
Most of Zemingo's customers are located in the US and Europe, among them are FLIR Systems, Securitas Direct, HP, Zero Motorcycles, and Fiverr. In Israel Zemingo provides mobile products design, development, marketing and analytics services for companies such as Viaaccess-Orca, Amdocs, and Kaltura.
Zemingo co-founded several startups, such as Boatbook (seamanship apps for yachts) and ForteeTwo (a platform for rapid development of mobile games).Ido Solomon (November 5, 2015). "Application developer". Main news broadcasting program at Channel 2 (Israel).
Zemingo group acquired "Sergata Mobile" in June 2016. "Sergata Mobile", now part of Zemingo Group development arm (Falcore), is a mobile app development company with an IoT portfolio, including companies such as: Verifone, Essence Security, HeraMed, FST (June 2, 2016). "Mobile app developer Zemingo buys Sergata Mobile". Globes.
Tsiki Naftaly, Zemingo's CEO, says that the company's annual revenue is tens of millions of dollars. The company employs approximately 120 people.
Among Zemingo's competitors are the American companies MentorMate and Fueled, and the British company Golden Gekko.
Products Zemingo developed and manages the mobile products for three major security companies: FLIR Systems, Securitas Direct and Gulfstream. Securitas Direct hired Zemingo to develop apps aimed to assist sales representatives in analyzing and improving sales.
FLIR Systems hired Zemingo to develop home security mobile and web apps.
In 2011, Zemingo developed "Traffic Observer", a hit mobile application that records and reports offensive driving for Israel's National Road Safety Committee.Arieh O'sullivan (February 21, 2011). "Israeli iPhone app reports ‘bad drivers’". Jerusalem Post.
In the wearable computing field, Zemingo developed an augmented reality solution for Fieldbit, as well as an Interface for Imagine Smartglasses company.
See also Economy of Israel Start-up Nation
References
External links Official Website App Development Company Zemingo CEO Tsiki Naftaly Interview PandaPepper Website Yellowtale Website