App-X Celebrates Adding Its 500th User On AIM
Online, September 9, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Application Experts (App-X) announced this week that they have surpassed 500 total users on their cloud-based asset management tool AIM. Users of AIM are made up of App-X's over 60 clients who span the range of the Alternative Asset Management space including institutional investors like educational endowments and family offices, funds of funds, and fund managers in the buyout space, in the real estate space, and in the VC space.
"It's definitely an exciting milestone to reach," said App-X CEO Kevin Kelly. "The fact that we retain so many of our existing clients I think says a lot about the kind of service App-X is known for and the functionality of our products."
The milestone is reached in part with help from new client adds this year including the California Healthcare Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and Qualcomm Ventures. Nedka Ivanova of California Healthcare said after bringing on AIM earlier this year, "I love working with the App-X team. Their knowledge and desire to make everything perfect contributed enormously to the success of the project."
And Kelly sees the user count continuing to grow quickly. "With the addition of PULSE and new features in AIM such as our new AIM Portal, plus the constant platform upgrades from Salesforce.com," he said, "we're very excited about the possibilities for AIM and the functionality we'll be able to offer additional users in the future."
Application Experts, LLC (App-X) is the leading provider of flexible web-based solutions for Alternative Asset Fund Managers and Institutional Investors.
App-X was founded in 2006 by Kevin Kelly and Joe McVicker. At that time, Kevin was working as an outsourced CTO for what is now a $2 billion fund of funds in Chicago and he identified the need for a web-based, specifically-tailored solution for the front- to mid-office of Private Equity and Venture Capital fund managers and funds of funds. From this insight, AIM was born.
In 2008, App-X participated in TechStars, a startup incubator based in Boulder, Colorado. Led by the mentorship of the founders of such companies as Tumblr, whitepages.com, and foursquare, the TechStars program helped App-X solidify the initial build-out of the AIM product and refine a go-to-market strategy.
Over the last couple of years, App-X has worked with a wide variety of organizations across different subsectors of the Alternative Asset Management space including institutional investors like educational endowments and family offices, funds of funds, and fund managers in the buyout space, in the real estate space, and in the VC space. App-X clients are leaders in the Alternative Asset Community with over $30 billion in assets under management. Subsequently, App-X has developed a unique perspective on the Private Equity world from the viewpoint of both an LP and a GP. The result is a continually-evolving and feature-rich set of products that are flexible enough to handle several different investing scenarios.
In 2009, App-X won the bid to develop and take to market PULSE, a cloud-based social impact tracking system developed by Acumen Fund with help from Google, Rockefeller Foundation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte, among others. Today, App-X implements and supports PULSE for various members of the impact community including non-Profits, foundations, and corporate sustainability and responsibility managers.
In 2011, App-X was awarded certified B Corporation status, joining B Corp companies around the world in a commitment to solve social and environmental problems through the power of business. B Corps differ from traditional businesses in that they meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards, meet higher legal accountability standards, and build business constituency for good business.
For more information on Application Experts, visit www.app-x.com.