Backstage Technologies
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Location: 101-1814 Vancouver Street, Victoria, V8T 5E3, Canada Canada
Founded in: 2005
Stage: Profitable
Number of employees: 6-15
Profitable year: already profitable
Short URL: vator.co/backstage-technologies
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Backstage Technologies

Building your social network, one game at a time.
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Canada Canada Canada
http://www.bstage.ca/
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Company description
Backstage is a Canadian software company that creates casual games for social networks, and the only company developing for the Facebook Platform that provides charities and non-profits with fundraising and awareness opportunities through the creation of branded content that seamlessly blends into our applications.
Team

Russell Ovans, Ph.D.
Founder, CEO

Chris Hoefgen
CTO

Business model
Social games that are monetized through virtual currency payment platforms.
Competitive advantage
Backstage Technologies is a company with a history of continual innovation in social gaming software. We brought the casual games model of prize collecting and achievements to a social context through the introduction of competition, trading, and community. We also pioneered social game monetization, being the first the first to integrate the Super Rewards virtual currency monetization platform, and Spare Change micro-payments.

Most recently, three of our applications were listed in the top 10 most engaging Facebook apps, including the top spot held by Slots, in a recent post on the blog All Facebook:

http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/engaging-facebook-applications/