We started Connected in 2010 to help professionals build, maintain, and leverage their most important relationships. Since our public launch in February 2011, we’ve seen tremendous growth and engagement from our users, with over 11 million contacts under management. These users share our passion for a better way to manage their professional network through a fully automated real-time address book and an intelligent system that proactively helps them stay in touch.
The feedback from our community has been invaluable in helping us iterate on our service and make it a more useful part of your day. We’ve introduced improved daily agendas, new messaging options, and even more integrations with the most popular email, social networks, and address books. And it only gets better from here. Today, we’re thrilled to announce that Connected is now part of LinkedIn!
We’re excited about the acquisition by LinkedIn because they share our passion for helping individuals maximize the value of their professional connections. As part of the acquisition, we will be joining the LinkedIn team and working to truly revolutionize contact management. We’ll now be able to do this better and faster and bring this functionality to LinkedIn’s audience of over 120 million professionals.
We’re also happy to announce that starting today we’re making Connected completely free! You can now experience the joys of managing your contacts in Connected without the price tag. If you’re an existing user of Connected, please visit our FAQ for how this affects you.
We would like to thank all of our early adopters, advisers, and investors who have helped us get here. The product would not have grown to what it is today without all of your inspiration, feature suggestions, bug reports, and overall support. We look forward to continuing to improve how you manage your professional relationships!
Sachin Rekhi & Ada Chen
