<p>WizeHive, a productivity tool that makes it easy for anyone to build and deploy powerful online business applications, is pleased to announce the closing of a seed round from Philadelphia's growing venture capital community, and the addition of a Gabriel Weinberg, founder and CEO of search engine DuckDuckGo to the board. Mr. Weinberg will join Dr. Michael Zisman, former CEO of Lotus Development (Lotus Notes), as investors and board members of WizeHive.</p><p>WizeHive kicked off 2013 announcing that 2012 revenues nearly doubled, fueled by a 95% year-over-year renewal rate of its current customer base. The company is now processing over one million activities a month for clients that include Discovery Communications, The Smithsonian, the Canadian Red Cross, CEA, Northwestern University, Global Health Corp, F&amp;W Media and the American Humane Society.</p><p>"This is a very exciting time for us. We are experiencing tremendous growth and customer satisfaction, which continues to validate WizeHive's value proposition - that we can make it easy for organizations to streamline and automate their business processes while increasing online engagement with customers, employees and others that matter most to their organization," said Michael Levinson, CEO of WizeHive. "Adding Gabriel Weinberg to our board adds to a dynamic and talented team we have been building and we are honored to have him aboard".</p><p>"WizeHive has begun to carve out a niche for itself in the enterprise app marketplace as a leader in group productivity tools, especially in instances where the collaboration needs to occur around data," said Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo, "I am glad to be able to add additional value and insights to help them grow."</p><p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/wizehive/investment/prweb10552229.htm">Keep reading...</a></p>