<s>
Marq	B-Protocol
(	O
formerly	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
web-based	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
software	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built	O
on	O
web	O
standards	O
such	O
as	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Marq	B-Protocol
is	O
supported	O
in	O
modern	O
web	O
browsers	O
including	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Safari	B-Application
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
single	O
users	O
and	O
small	O
businesses	O
,	O
Marq	B-Protocol
has	O
found	O
substantial	O
user	O
bases	O
in	O
both	O
education	O
and	O
enterprise	O
spaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Lucid	O
Software	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
was	O
featured	O
in	O
TechCrunch	O
,	O
VentureBeat	O
and	O
PC	O
World	O
,	O
with	O
TechCrunch	O
noting	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
had	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
app	O
before	O
its	O
launch	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
indeed	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
've	O
ever	O
used	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
app	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
you	O
'll	O
feel	O
right	O
at	O
home	O
with	O
Marq	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
it	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
kind	O
of	O
standard	O
top-bar	O
menu	O
and	O
layout	O
options	O
as	O
most	O
other	O
publishing	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2015	O
,	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
hit	O
1	O
million	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
in	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Marq	B-Protocol
hit	O
2	O
million	O
users	O
and	O
announced	O
its	O
Advanced	O
Template	O
Locking	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2016	O
,	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
announced	O
its	O
Print	O
&	O
Ship	O
feature	O
,	O
by	O
which	O
users	O
can	O
order	O
printed	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
documents	O
they	O
create	O
in	O
Marq	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2021	O
,	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
acquired	O
by	O
Charles	O
Thayne	O
Capital	O
(	O
"	O
CTC	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
growth-oriented	O
and	O
technology-focused	O
private	O
investment	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Lucidpress	B-Protocol
officially	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Marq	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
received	O
a	O
$36	O
million	O
investment	O
from	O
Spectrum	O
Equity	O
,	O
whose	O
previous	O
investments	O
include	O
other	O
online	O
platforms	O
such	O
as	O
Ancestry.com,	O
Lynda.com,	O
Prezi	B-Application
,	O
and	O
SurveyMonkey	O
.	O
</s>
